I am trying to develop a skill and after very frustratingly had to find out via trial-and-error that my skill seems to be “broken beyond repair” /a/79007139/5460596

But even with a brand new project, I immediately get errors that will not disappear no matter what I do. Once I add npm dependencies or code to my project, I only get “There was a problem with the requested skill’s response” with the following error-message. I have tried for days to narrow the source down, but it seems rather arbitrary, which worries me the most.

{
        "type": "SessionEndedRequest",
        "requestId": "amzn1.echo-api.request.0c7270aa-f54a-497f-8e97-9a71dec7f1a0",
        "timestamp": "2024-09-24T15:38:34Z",
        "locale": "en-US",
        "reason": "ERROR",
        "error": {
            "type": "INTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR",
            "message": "Can't find skill bundle metadata for skillId amzn1.ask.skill.XXXXXXXXXXX locale en-US stage development"
        }
    }

I cannot find any resource for this error-message anywhere, and I have no idea how to proceed with this, I cannot deploy or configure anything else myself?

This is the package.json – after I add the custom dependencies to the hello-world-skill something breaks, and keeps “broken”, even if I remove all dependencies again. Obviously some bundler/builder is triggered and messes up on Amazon-side?

{
  "name": "alexa-skill-helper",
  "version": "1.2.0",
  "description": "alexa utility for quickly building skills",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "Amazon Alexa",
  "license": "Apache License",
  "dependencies": {
    "ask-sdk-core": "^2.7.0",
    "ask-sdk-model": "^1.19.0",
    "aws-sdk": "^2.326.0",
    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "googleapis": "^52.1.0",
    "i18next": "^19.4.5",
    "i18next-sprintf-postprocessor": "^0.2.2",
    "ics": "^2.22.1",
    "lodash": "^4.17.0",
    "luxon": "^1.24.1"
  }
}

Edit

FYI, here is my model, I just use the default “From Scratch” Hello World intent template. The error occurs filling the intent-slots with auto-delegation – but only AFTER adding the extra nodeJS packages and redeploying

{
    "interactionModel": {
        "languageModel": {
            "invocationName": "meta tester",
            "intents": [
                {
                    "name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
                    "samples": []
                },
                {
                    "name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
                    "samples": []
                },
                {
                    "name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
                    "samples": []
                },
                {
                    "name": "AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent",
                    "samples": []
                },
                {
                    "name": "AMAZON.FallbackIntent",
                    "samples": []
                },
                {
                    "name": "TechSupportAppointmentIntent",
                    "slots": [
                        {
                            "name": "appointmentDate",
                            "type": "AMAZON.DATE",
                            "samples": [
                                "{appointmentDate}"
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "appointmentTime",
                            "type": "AMAZON.TIME"
                        }
                    ],
                    "samples": [
                        "make a tech support slot on {appointmentDate} at {appointmentTime}",
                        "book a tech support slot"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "types": []
        },
        "dialog": {
            "intents": [
                {
                    "name": "TechSupportAppointmentIntent",
                    "delegationStrategy": "ALWAYS",
                    "confirmationRequired": false,
                    "prompts": {},
                    "slots": [
                        {
                            "name": "appointmentDate",
                            "type": "AMAZON.DATE",
                            "confirmationRequired": false,
                            "elicitationRequired": true,
                            "prompts": {
                                "elicitation": "Elicit.Slot.5137408571304957813049571345134513451345.1617658477706"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "appointmentTime",
                            "type": "AMAZON.TIME",
                            "confirmationRequired": false,
                            "elicitationRequired": false,
                            "prompts": {}
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "delegationStrategy": "ALWAYS"
        },
        "prompts": [
            {
                "id": "Elicit.Slot.5137408571304957813049571345134513451345.1617658477706",
                "variations": [
                    {
                        "type": "PlainText",
                        "value": "Ok, what day or date would you like to meet?"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}