Control Amazon Alexa devices and smart home via the `alexacli` CLI. Use when a user asks to speak/announce on Echo devices, control lights/thermostats/locks, send voice commands, or query Alexa.
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Use
alexacli# Browser login (recommended) alexacli authNon-US accounts
alexacli auth --domain amazon.de alexacli auth --domain amazon.co.uk
Check auth status
alexacli auth status alexacli auth status --verify # validate token against API
Remove credentials
alexacli auth logout
Token is valid ~14 days. Configuration stored in
~/.alexa-cli/config.jsonalexacli devices alexacli devices --json
# Speak on a specific device alexacli speak "Hello world" -d "Kitchen Echo"Announce to ALL devices
alexacli speak "Dinner is ready!" --announce
Device name matching is flexible
alexacli speak "Build complete" -d Kitchen
Send any command as if you spoke it to Alexa:
# Lights, switches, plugs alexacli command "turn off the living room lights" -d Kitchen alexacli command "dim the bedroom lights to 50 percent" -d BedroomThermostats
alexacli command "set thermostat to 72 degrees" -d Bedroom alexacli command "what's the temperature inside" -d Kitchen
Locks
alexacli command "lock the front door" -d Kitchen
Music
alexacli command "play jazz music" -d "Living Room" alexacli command "stop" -d "Living Room"
Questions
alexacli command "what's the weather" -d Kitchen
Timers
alexacli command "set a timer for 10 minutes" -d Kitchen
Send a command and capture Alexa's text response:
alexacli ask "what's the thermostat set to" -d Kitchen # Output: The thermostat is set to 68 degrees.alexacli ask "what's on my calendar today" -d Kitchen --json
Interact with Amazon's LLM-powered assistant:
# Quick start - auto-selects conversation alexacli askplus -d "Echo Show" "What's the capital of France?"Multi-turn retains context
alexacli askplus -d "Echo Show" "What about Germany?"
List conversations
alexacli conversations
View conversation history
alexacli fragments "amzn1.conversation.xxx"
Play MP3 audio through Echo devices:
alexacli play --url "https://example.com/audio.mp3" -d "Echo Show"
Requirements: MP3 at 48kbps, 22050Hz sample rate, HTTPS URL.
alexacli history alexacli history --limit 5 alexacli history --json
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| List all Echo devices |
| Text-to-speech on device |
| Announce to all devices |
| Voice command (smart home, music, etc.) |
| Send command, get response back |
| List Alexa+ conversation IDs |
| View Alexa+ conversation history |
| Alexa+ LLM conversation |
| Play MP3 via SSML |
| Browser login or manual token |
| Show auth status |
| Remove credentials |
| View recent voice activity |
alexacli authalexacli command--verbose-vNo automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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