Alexa will send back error information to Skills. To see the details, print out the Event JSON by adding:
console.log("===EVENT=== \n"+ JSON.stringify(event));
to the exports.handler function:
exports.handler = function(event, context, callback) { console.log("===EVENT=== \n" + JSON.stringify(event)); var alexa = Alexa.handler(event, context); alexa.APP_ID = APP_ID; alexa.registerHandlers(handlers); alexa.execute(); };
In CloudWatch, you'll see:
Expand out the entry and you'll see the Request JSON sent from Alexa: