I am going to use this post as my worksheet of understanding and creating amazon echo skills.   I will update often as I learn new things and hopeful have this as a template as I move down.

What I would like to do:

• Create a Amazon Echo skill that will tell me the last 5 things downloaded by Sabnzbd.
• Create an Amazon Echo skill that allows me to interface with Sonar and Couch Potato.
• Create an Amazon Echo skill that will allow me to pause and unpause Sabnzbd

Everything I create or use I will reference in this post.   feel free to make comments if I am missing the mark or there is a much easier way.

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Started on the documentation from this amazon: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/alexa-skill-tutorial

Looks like my first step should be to create a simple skill that responds to questions.   I am thinking if I add something simple like what is your favorite team and respond with a team name from a list.

Sub Task:  Create simple questions response

• Name: AskTeamTest
• Questions:  What is your favorite team
• Response: Reds, Bengals or Bearcats(guess you figured where I am from)

The following steps where taken from this document:   Amazon Dev Doc