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Create Alexa Skills using
IBM Watson Conversation and
Apache OpenWhisk
Niklas Heidloff
Developer Advocate, IBM
@nheidloff
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January 2018

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Alexa, start Watson
How is the weather?
Berlin
Hello. How can I help you?
Please tell me your location.
Okay. I'll lookup the weather for Berlin... Looking up
weather information for Berlin...
Light rain developing in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 30s with temperatures nearly steady overnight.
Demo
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Demo Alexa Simulator
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Demo Alexa Application
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Motivation of the PatternMotivation
• Use Alexa to test conversations defined with Watson
• Learn Apache OpenWhisk and Watson Conversation
capabilities
• Use Watson Conversation for rapid prototyping of
conversations for Alexa skills
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Architecture Architecture
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AmazonDeveloperConsole Skill Deployment – Invocation Phrase
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AmazonDeveloperConsole Skill Deployment – Intents and Slots
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AmazonDeveloperConsole Skill Deployment – OpenWhisk URL
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OpenWhisk URL:
https://openwhisk.ng.bluemix.net/api/v1/web/niklas_heidloff%40de.ibm.com_demo/default/alexa-watson.json

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AmazonDeveloperConsole Skill Deployment – SSL Settings
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AmazonDeveloperConsole Simulator
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AmazonDeveloperConsole Simulator
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AmazonDeveloperConsole Simulator
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WatsonConversation Intents
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WatsonConversation Weather Intent
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WatsonConversation Entities
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WatsonConversation Location Entity
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WatsonConversation Dialog – Greetings Node
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WatsonConversation Dialog – Weather Node
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IBMCloudFunctions OpenWhisk Function Parameters
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IBMCloudFunctions OpenWhisk Function Web URL
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Web URL:
https://openwhisk.ng.bluemix.net/api/v1/web/niklas_heidloff%40de.ibm.com_demo/default/alexa-watson.json

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OpenWhiskFunction OpenWhisk Function – Main
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OpenWhiskFunction OpenWhisk Function – Initialize Clients
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OpenWhiskFunction OpenWhisk Function – Handle Session Context
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OpenWhiskFunction OpenWhisk Function – Send Message to Watson
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OpenWhiskFunction OpenWhisk Function – Handle Action
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OpenWhiskFunction OpenWhisk Function – Send Response to User
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ResourcesResources
• https://github.com/IBM/alexa-skill-watson-conversation
• https://developer.ibm.com/code/patterns
• https://www.ibm.com/cloud
• https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/conversation
• https://www.ibm.com/cloud/functions
• https://developer.amazon.com/edw/home.html#/skills
• https://alexa.amazon.de
• https://echosim.io/welcome
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