Control Amazon Alexa devices and smart home via the alexacli CLI.

No licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Alexa CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill alexa-cli -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills alexa-cli --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/alexa-cli .claude/skills/alexa-cli && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
alexa-cli
GitHub stars
663
Token cost
~691 tokens
SKILL.md length
157 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
362
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Control Amazon Alexa devices and smart home via the alexacli CLI.

  • A user asks to speak/announce on Echo devices
  • SKILL.md covers Devices, Text-to-Speech, Voice Commands (Smart Home… and Ask (Get Response Back), plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Control lights/thermostats/locks

What it does

Alexa CLI is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Control Amazon Alexa devices and smart home via the alexacli CLI. Use when a user asks to speak/announce on Echo devices, control lights/thermostats/locks, send voice commands, or query Alexa.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • A user asks to speak/announce on Echo devices
  • Control lights/thermostats/locks
  • Send voice commands

Example prompts

  • “/alexa-cli”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Alexa CLI loads about 691 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 157 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~691

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 157 words (~691 tokens).

“Use alexacli to control Amazon Echo devices and smart home via the unofficial Alexa API.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
alexa-cli
homepage
https://github.com/buddyh/alexa-cli

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/alexa-cli of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

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Questions about Alexa CLI

What does Alexa CLI do?

Control Amazon Alexa devices and smart home via the alexacli CLI. Alexa CLI is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Control Amazon Alexa devices and smart home via the alexacli CLI.

When should I use Alexa CLI?

Alexa CLI fits situations like: A user asks to speak/announce on Echo devices; control lights/thermostats/locks; send voice commands.

How do I install Alexa CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill alexa-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/alexa-cli in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/alexa-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Alexa CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill alexa-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/alexa-cli in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/alexa-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Alexa CLI in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill alexa-cli -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/alexa-cli, .gemini/skills/alexa-cli, .github/skills/alexa-cli and .opencode/skills/alexa-cli in your project.

What does Alexa CLI need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Alexa CLI is instructions for the agent only.

Does Alexa CLI access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Alexa CLI safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Alexa CLI use?

No licence was found for Alexa CLI or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Alexa CLI use?

About 691 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Alexa CLI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Alexa CLI: Gh Stack (remotion-dev/remotion, 62k stars), HyperFrames Media Use (heygen-com/hyperframes, 58k stars), Guizang Social Cards (op7418/guizang-social-card-skill, 7.4k stars) and Weekly Changelog Video (heygen-com/hyperframes, 58k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Alexa CLI?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 362 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.