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Welcome to Alexa Actionable Notifications

"Good morning, Jennifer. It is six o'clock. Do you want the wake-up coffee now?"

coffeemachine

Image: Volker Gröschel - Pixabay-License

Alexa Actionable Notifications allow users to create dialogues and workflows using Alexa as the interface to Home Assistant. Leveraging the fantastic HACS integration Alexa Media Player, it brings its possibilities to another level.

Examples

Dogs

Alexa: "Do you like dogs?"

You: "Yes"

Alexa: "Cool, I like dogs too"

Cats

Alexa: "Oscar is back. Shall I unlock the cat door?"

You: "Yes"

Alexa: "As you please"

Alexa: "Oscar came inside. Shall I lock the cat door?"

You: "Not yet"

Alexa: "OK. I keep it open."

Coffee

Alexa: "Good morning, Peter. It's six o'clock. Shall I prepare the coffee for you now?"

You: "Let me sleep!"

Alexa: "Alright. I'll ask again within 15 minutes."

Beer

Alexa: "It's Friday afternoon. Do you want me to chill the beer?"

You: "Yes, please."

Alexa: "Have a nice weekend."

Look how simple it is in node red for example:

Hello world with node red

Getting Started

Follow these steps in order for best results.

  1. Prerequisites
  2. Initial Configuration
  3. Alexa Talking to Home Assistant (The Skill)
  4. Home Assistant Talking to Alexa (The Script)
  5. Hello World

Further Reading

Video Guides

You also find a video guide in german here: https://youtu.be/jNNl-qMUdfo

Search on Youtube for "alexa actionable notifications" to find a lot more.

If you get an error with the skills response:

For the URL make sure you are using an external URL and not your personal internal IP that you use to access the HA dashboard.

Make sure you setup port forwarding to let HA communicate to outside your firewall.

Go to this video and watch how to port forward, create a URL, and setup the DNS in Home Assistant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkBcGl7Vq8s

Index

Alexa Actionable Notifications

Getting started

  1. Prerequisites
  2. Initial Configuration
  3. Alexa Talking to Home Assistant (The Skill)
  4. Home Assistant Talking to Alexa (The Script)
  5. Hello World

Further Reading

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