# fossasia/susi_alexa_skill

An alexa skill which can be used to ask susi for answers: "Alexa, Ask Susi Who Are You"

Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/susi_alexa_skill
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/susi_alexa_skill
Language: JavaScript
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-05-30T15:05:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3355, "days_push": 1921, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1470, forks 16 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.180828+00:00)

## What it is
An Amazon Alexa skill that connects Alexa-enabled devices to the Susi AI chatbot, letting users ask questions like 'Alexa, ask Susi what is the temperature in Berlin'. It is a JavaScript service intended to be hosted on Heroku and linked to an Alexa skill via the Alexa Skills Kit.

## Use cases
- ask Alexa questions answered by Susi AI
- build a custom Alexa skill for a chatbot backend
- integrate Susi AI with Amazon Echo devices
- host a voice assistant skill on Heroku
- query weather or facts through voice

## When to choose
- you want to add Susi AI as a voice skill on Alexa devices
- you need a simple example of building an Alexa skill with Node.js
- you want a Heroku-hosted Alexa skill backend

## When to avoid
- you need Google Assistant or Siri integration instead
- you want a modern actively maintained voice assistant project
- you need local/offline voice processing

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chatbot, nlp, speech-recognition
- domain: artificial-intelligence, chatbots
- platform: cloud
- tags: alexa-skill, voice-assistant, susi-ai, heroku, amazon-echo, voice-assistants, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- fossasia/susi_alexa_skill (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.180828+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:49.085457+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fossasia/susi_alexa_skill (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.180828+00:00, sha f5fd0cda9594)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.