# Alexa home skill

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-skill/24635>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [11 April 2020 10:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-skill/24635 "2020-04-11T10:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![neodev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/neodev/32/420_2.png) [@neodev](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/neodev)\
**Post date:** [11 April 2020 10:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-skill/24635/1 "2020-04-11T10:16:07Z")

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I to all  
I want user alexa home skill node for ask : Alexa read temperature"  
then using alexa node Home Response i tell the poi of my house "garden"  
then into my nodered flow read the request "read temperrature" and "garden"

i look alexa home response is possible give to alexa second command but not find a example to follow

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [11 April 2020 12:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-skill/24635/2 "2020-04-11T12:05:58Z")

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I don't think you can do exactly what you want but you could try using the alexa-remote2 node on its own with the Q&A skill and set up question like

"Alexa, read garden temperature"

and then check when its received

See [Get number from Alexa - #5 by E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-number-from-alexa/23138/5)

but also note that I have reliability issues

> [@Alexa-remote2 not supplying all requests reliably and other issues with it](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-remote2-not-supplying-all-requests-reliably/24403):
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> I've been using alexa-remote2 a bit recently (coupled with the Q&A skill) as per this useful thread but I'm finding its not quite reliable enough (compared to using @hardillb[node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill (node) - Node-RED](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill) ) for everyday use and I'm wondering is it just my setup or do others have same issue Basically, I find that if I say "alexa fast forward" - if alexa is successfully triggered, then it picks this the spoken phrase 100% of the time and the activity node outputs the mes…

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [11 April 2020 12:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-skill/24635/3 "2020-04-11T12:19:36Z")

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I also found this today which may help

> **[Voiceflow | Pricing](https://www.voiceflow.com/pricing)**
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> Visually design, prototype and publish Alexa Skills and Google Actions without writing code.

  
build alexa google skills with no coding.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2020 12:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/alexa-home-skill/24635/4 "2020-06-10T12:19:40Z")

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