# AlexaSkill
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The object describing an `AlexaSkill` event source type.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) template, use the following syntax.

### YAML
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```
  [SkillId](#sam-function-alexaskill-skillid): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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 `SkillId`   <a name="sam-function-alexaskill-skillid"></a>
The Alexa Skill ID for your Alexa Skill. For more information about Skill ID see [Configure the trigger for a Lambda function](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/host-a-custom-skill-as-an-aws-lambda-function.html#configuring-the-alexa-skills-kit-trigger) in the Alexa Skills Kit documentation.  
*Type*: String  
*Required*: No  
*CloudFormation compatibility*: This property is unique to AWS SAM and doesn't have an CloudFormation equivalent.

## Examples
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### AlexaSkillTrigger
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Alexa Skill Event Example

#### YAML
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```
AlexaSkillEvent:
  Type: AlexaSkill
```

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Serverless Application Model. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query serverless-application-model` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).