bespoken-tools

Tools for making Alexa development easier and more fun

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

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Develop, Debug, and Test Alexa skill and Google Actions Better and Faster

Overview

With Bespoken, develop faster and better. Do not slow-down for:

Time-consuming server deployments
Over-complicated and highly manual testing routines
Time-intensive and error-prone regression and utterance testing

The command-line tools include:

Test - Test your voice application with minimum code required using YAML files
Proxy - Easily debug Alexa requests by having them send directly to your laptop
Launch - Send a Launch Request to your Alexa skill
Utter and Intend - Send intents and utterances to your Alexa skill
Speak - Send a request directly an Alexa Virtual Device - uses the "real" Alexa! Magic!

You can also use:

--version, -v - Indicates the current BST and Node versions
--help, -h - Shows usage information

Installation

For use of the CLI:

$ npm install bespoken-tools -g

Learn More

Getting Started With The CLI
Unit-Testing - Using our simple, expressive YAML test scripting syntax
End-To-End Testing - Also uses our YAML syntax, but for end-to-end tests that use the real Alexa
Virtual Alexa - The core component of our unit-testing - use this for programmatic unit tests

Questions/Feedback?

Talk to us on Gitter, also feel free to open an issue for a bug or feature request.

We love to hear feedback.