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Could I get notified when a timer is finished?

I'm thinking calling another intent when a timer is finished.

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Andy Whitworth answered

If you create the timer programatically via the Timer API then you can elect to invoke a skill task when the timer expires. You can't do this with a timer created outside of a skill.

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/smapi/alexa-timers-api-reference.html#create-a-timer-operation-launch_task

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Yujin Yano avatar image Yujin Yano commented ·
Thank you for your answer. custom tasks. I check out the link.
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