design guide

Author: Rob McCauley

labs/Design/README.md

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+### Alexa Skill Building Cookbook
+## Labs <a id="title">Alexa Design Lab</a>
+
+
+#### Welcome! <a id="intro"></a>
+A good design is critical to an effective and popular skill.  Review the resources below to get started designing your skill.
+
+*Before we begin*
+
+Verify you have registered on each of these pages:
+
+1. [developer.amazon.com](https://developer.amazon.com)
+1. [aws.amazon.com](https://aws.amazon.com)
+1. [alexa.design/voicehacks](https://alexa.design/voicehacks)
+
+*Design Tools*
+
+* [Model-to-Code Generator](http://ask-boston.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/)
+* ```arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:653599009844:function:reflectWithDialog```
+
+
+#### Additional Resources
+
+One-page design sheets can be printed and used to brainstorm ideas for a conversation with Alexa.
+
+* [Alexa Dialogue Design](https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/5WMoGXcKHSWWSoRiC3VNFmBnEveQBdPnLZq711Iu3d?ref_=cd_ph_share_link_copy)
+* [Alexa Dialogue Design - Detailed](https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/PLKDyDip6Jv1HK450NTTGzJZJB4QjDyYxTMlQgmWDCQ?ref_=cd_ph_share_link_copy)
+
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+<hr />
+
+Back to the [github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook](https://github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook) home page.
+

labs/LocalGuide/README.md

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 You should see a sequence of skill events be tested and the corresponding output.
 This will look best with a black-background command prompt.
 
-#### Extend
+#### Lab 1: Extend this skill
+When the user says "go outside", the ```GoOutIntent``` intent is called.
+This makes an API call over the Internet to an API that returns the weather and current time in your city.
+
+You can add your own custom features to this skill.
+For example, add a feature to decide, based on current time and weather conditions, whether to:
+
+ * Go out to a local beach or park
+ * Recommend a movie theatre or mall
+ * Attend a scheduled public event happening soon
+ * Staying home to watch a movie on Amazon Prime
+ * etc..
 
 
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labs/README.md

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  + When you get an idea for a new Intent or new skill feature, go ahead and add it to your skill!
 
 #### Ready to begin?
-Click to [FactService](FactService) or [HelloWorld](HelloWorld), install the skill, and scroll down to follow the series of labs.
+Click to [LocalGuide](LocalGuide) or [FactService](FactService) or [HelloWorld](HelloWorld), install the skill, and scroll down to follow the series of labs.
 
 
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tools/README.md

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 #### Download from GitHub
 You can download the entire Cookbook to your local hard drive in one of two ways:
 * Click the green **Clone or download** button from the home page, and download the zip file.  Be sure to extract everything to a new folder.
-* If you have [GIT](https://git-scm.com/downloads) installed, open a command prompt and run : ```git clone https://github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook```
+* If you have [GIT](https://git-scm.com/downloads) installed, open a command prompt and run :
+  * ```git clone https://github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook```
 
 You can also create a new skill function from scratch.  Create an empty folder, and add a file called ```index.js```