Certify and Publish Your Skill
After you design, build, and test your skill, you're ready to certify and publish your skill. To receive certification, your skill must meet Amazon requirements and pass a certification process. After your skill receives certification, you can publish your skill in the Alexa Skills Store. The Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) includes guidelines and tools to certify and publish skills.
For smart home skills and devices, Amazon has an additional certification program to establish your product's compatibility with Alexa.
Skill certification guidelines
- Alexa Skill Certification Requirements
- Smart Home and Video Skill Certification Guide
- Flash Briefing Skill Certification Checklist
- In-Skill Purchase Certification Guide
For smart home skills and devices, you can also submit your product for Works with Alexa Certification.
Certification process
After you submit your skill for certification, you can track the review progress of your skill in the Alexa developer console or follow the progress by using the Get certification review REST API.
Certification turnaround time varies based on the type of skill and the type of test plan that the skill requires. The certification process includes policy, security, functional, voice interface and user experience testing. Amazon recommends that you review the submission checklist as you build your skill.
After the certification review completes, you receive an email at the address associated with your Amazon developer account. If you don't receive an email, check your spam folder or update the email address associated with your company profile.
To view the progress of certification testing in the Alexa developer console
- Sign in to the Alexa developer console.
- From the skill list, under STATUS, locate the development version of your skill, and then, in the dropdown under ACTIONS, select Edit.
- Open the Certification tab, and then from the left menu, select Submission.
- Here you can view the skill status, an estimated date of certification, and the countries that your skill will be available in.
Additional resources
Use the following additional resources to help you learn how to certify and publish an Alexa skill. For questions about certification of Alexa skills and features, you can contact Amazon.
Concepts and procedures
- Define Skill Store Details and Availability
- Submit Skills for Certification in the Alexa Developer Console
Blog posts
- First steps to a successful skill certification
- Five common errors why Alexa skills don’t get certified — and how to fix them
- How to Create a Child-Directed Skill
- 8 Tips for Effective Skill Description And Metadata Writing
- Five Benchmarks for Writing Dialog that Sounds Great to Alexa Customers
- Best Practices for Controlling Devices Successfully with Your Smart Home Skill
- Five insights to boost skill quality from the Alexa Skills Insights Team
- Top 5 questions from new Alexa developers
- Three ways for you to build skills with Alexa
Related topics
- Build Your Skill
- Design Your Skill
- Test Your Skill
- Monitor Your Skill and Metrics
- Tools to Create and Manage Skills
- Rollback a Skill
Last updated: Apr 23, 2024