Meaning of Life — Alexa Skill

A custom Amazon Alexa skill that finally answers one of humanity's oldest questions. Ask Alexa what the meaning of life is and get the truth philosophers have overlooked for centuries: Dutch Bros Coffee.

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How to Use

1. Enable the skill on your Alexa device.
2. Say: "Alexa, open meaning of life"
3. Then ask: "What is the meaning of life?"
4. Alexa will respond: "The meaning of life is Dutch Bros Coffee."

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Project Structure

├── lambda/
│   ├── index.js                          # Lambda function handler (zero dependencies)
│   └── package.json                      # Node.js package info
├── skill-package/
│   ├── skill.json                        # Skill manifest
│   └── interactionModels/
│       └── custom/
│           └── en-US.json               # Intents and utterances
├── ask-resources.json                    # ASK CLI v2 project config
└── ask-states.json                       # ASK CLI deployment state

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Deployment

Prerequisites

• Node.js v14+
• ASK CLI (npm install -g ask-cli)
• An Amazon Developer account
• An AWS account with CLI credentials configured (aws configure)

Steps

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/ddavis83864/DutchBros.git
cd DutchBros

2. Configure ASK CLI

ask configure

3. Deploy

ask deploy

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Testing

Browser (Recommended)

1. Go to developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask
2. Open the Meaning of Life skill
3. Click the Test tab and set the dropdown to Development
4. Type: open meaning of life
5. Then type: what is the meaning of life

Real Alexa Device

Any Alexa device signed into the same Amazon developer account can run the skill in Development mode without publishing. Just say:

"Alexa, open meaning of life"

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Sample Utterances

• "What is the meaning of life?"
• "What's the meaning of life?"
• "Tell me the meaning of life."
• "What does life mean?"

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Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js 18.x (AWS Lambda)
• Dependencies: None — zero-dependency handler
• Deployment: ASK CLI v2 with Lambda deployer