Working on actionable notifications for Alexa

packages/alexa.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+input_text:
+  alexa_actionable_notification:
+    name: Alexa Actionable Notification Holder
+    max: 255
+    initial: '{"text": "This is a test of the alexa actions custom skill. Did it work?", "event": "actionable.skill.test"}'
+
 intent_script:
   ActivateSceneIntent:
     action:
@@ -7,4 +13,28 @@ intent_script:
       data:
         option: "{{ Scene }}"
     speech:
-      text: "Scene is set to {{ Scene }}"
+      text: "Scene is set to {{ Scene }}"
+
+script:
+  activate_alexa_actionable_notification:
+    description: 'Activates an actionable notification on a specific echo device'
+    fields:
+      text:
+        description: 'The text you would like alexa to speak.'
+        example: 'What would you like your thermostat set to?'
+      event_id:
+        description: 'Correlation ID for event responses'
+        example: 'ask_for_temperature'
+      alexa_device:
+        description: 'Alexa device you want to trigger'
+        example: 'media_player.bedroom_echo'
+    sequence:
+      - service: input_text.set_value
+        data:
+          entity_id: input_text.alexa_actionable_notification
+          value: '{"text": "{{ text }}", "event": "{{ event_id }}"}'
+      - service: media_player.play_media
+        data:
+          entity_id: "{{ alexa_device }}"
+          media_content_type: skill
+          media_content_id: !secret alexa_actionable_notifications_skill_key