3. Create the Skill

In this step you will create an Alexa skill that will respond to Smart Home commands.

Create a Skill using the Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console

In a web browser open the Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console at https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask. If not already authenticated, you may have to sign in with your Amazon Developer Account.
Click the Create Skill button.
For the Skill name, enter Fireplace (or a proper translation if you want to use another locale).
In Default language you'll see English (US), leave it as is or change it to your preferred locale.
Under Choose a model to add to your skill select the Smart Home model.
Under Choose a method to host your skill's backend resources, Provision your own will be automatically selected.
Back at the top of the page, click the Create skill button.
You will see the Skill ID that was generated for your skill in the middle of the screen. Click on Copy to clipboard
Using a text editor, open the setup.txt file in your working directory instructions folder.
Paste the copied Skill ID value in step 6 into the [Alexa Skill Application ID] section overwriting the placeholder.
```
[Alexa Skill Application ID]
amzn1.ask.skill.XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
```
You will use the setup.txt file to collect the required ARNs, Credentials, IDs, & URLs.
Leave this tab open. You will come back to it soon to fill out the Default endpoint value.

You should have a folder called skill-sample-smarthome-fireplace-python that contains the sample code with the README.md file at the root.
You should have a skill with the Smart Home model and should have captured the Alexa Skill Application ID generated during skill creation into the setup.txt file.

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