Alexa MCP

Name: Alexa MCP
Author: chrischall

by chrischallversion 0.4.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.chrischall/alexa-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Amazon Alexa for Claude — Echo devices, announcements, routines, smart home, lists

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Online shops & payments
You need to fill in: ALEXA_REGISTRATION

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: ALEXA_REGISTRATION, ALEXA_STATE_DIR, ALEXA_AMAZON_PAGE, ALEXA_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/alexa-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALEXA_REGISTRATION": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_STATE_DIR": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_AMAZON_PAGE": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add alexa --env ALEXA_REGISTRATION=your-value --env ALEXA_STATE_DIR=your-value --env ALEXA_AMAZON_PAGE=your-value --env ALEXA_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE=your-value -- npx -y @chrischall/alexa-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/alexa-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALEXA_REGISTRATION": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_STATE_DIR": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_AMAZON_PAGE": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "alexa": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@chrischall/alexa-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALEXA_REGISTRATION": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_STATE_DIR": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_AMAZON_PAGE": "your-value",
        "ALEXA_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

ALEXA_REGISTRATION secret env
Registration from `alexa-mcp login --print`; optional when the state file exists
ALEXA_STATE_DIR env
Where the refreshed registration is kept (default ~/.alexa-mcp)
ALEXA_AMAZON_PAGE env
Amazon site of the account (or what the registration recorded); default amazon.com
ALEXA_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE env
Accept-Language sent to Amazon; default en-US

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account chrischall, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Online shops & paymentsi

More stars than 0% of the other 2555 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 86% of the other 2555 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2555 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Alexa MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: ALEXA_REGISTRATION

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.4.1) reached the registry 4 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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alexa-mcp

This project was developed and is maintained by AI (Claude Code). Use at your own discretion.

An MCP server for Amazon Alexa: list and control Echo speakers, Echo Shows and Fire TVs, make Alexa speak or announce, run routines, read and control the smart-home devices Alexa knows about (thermostats, lights, plugs, locks, garage doors, robot vacuums, scenes), read and edit shopping/to-do lists, and set or cancel alarms, timers and reminders.

It talks to Amazon's private Alexa web API — the one the Alexa app uses — through alexa-remote2. There is no public API for any of this, so expect occasional breakage when Amazon changes things.

Sign in once

You sign in to Amazon in your own browser; this server never sees your password.

In a chat: ask Claude to sign in to Alexa. It calls alexa_begin_login and gives you an amazon.com link. Sign in there (password, two-step code, whatever Amazon asks), and you land on a blank www.amazon.com/ap/maplanding page. Paste that page's address back and Claude calls alexa_finish_login.
Hosted connector: the sign-in page shows a Sign in to Amazon button and a box for that same address.
Terminal: npx @chrischall/alexa-mcp login prints the link and reads the pasted address (--print also writes the registration as one base64 line for ALEXA_REGISTRATION; treat it as a credential).

Under the hood this is the Alexa iOS app's OAuth sign-in with PKCE. The link carries only a challenge, the matching secret stays on the server, and the code in the pasted address is single-use and expires in minutes. Finishing registers a virtual device named alexa-mcp on your account and saves the registration (refresh token plus session cookies) to ~/.alexa-mcp/registration.json (mode 0600). After that no browser is needed: cookies are re-minted from the refresh token every few days. To revoke access, remove the alexa-mcp device from your Amazon account (Manage Your Content and Devices → Devices). A copy of the token is written to registration-seed.json while sign-in completes and deleted once registration.json is saved. Versions before this fix never deleted it, so if you are cleaning up an older install, delete ~/.alexa-mcp/registration-seed.json too.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`alexa_list_devices`	Echo speakers, Echo Shows, Fire TVs and other Alexa devices with online status (not thermostats, lights or plugs: those are smart-home)
`alexa_get_now_playing`	Media state on one device
`alexa_list_volumes`	Volume and mute (only devices Amazon reports, often just a few)
`alexa_get_do_not_disturb`	Which devices have Do Not Disturb on
`alexa_get_equalizer`	Bass / mid / treble of a speaker or soundbar
`alexa_list_bluetooth`	Bluetooth devices paired with each Echo, and what's streaming
`alexa_list_routines`	Routines with their triggers
`alexa_list_smart_home`	Thermostats, lights, plugs, locks, sensors, groups and scenes, with the actions this server can send to each
`alexa_get_smart_home_state`	Live state: thermostat temperature, mode and setpoints, humidity, light on/brightness/colour, lock state, sensors, reachability
`alexa_list_lists` / `alexa_get_list_items`	Shopping and to-do lists
`alexa_list_alarms_reminders`	Alarms, timers and reminders (with ids for cancelling)
`alexa_set_volume` ✋	Set a device's volume
`alexa_playback` ✋	Play / pause / next / previous
`alexa_stop` ✋	Stop one device (or all of them): music, a ringing alarm, speech
`alexa_speak` ✋	Speak on one device, or announce on several
`alexa_run_builtin` ✋	Play weather, traffic, the news briefing, a joke, a story, calendar and other built-ins out loud
`alexa_fire_tv` ✋	Fire TV on / off / pause / resume / home
`alexa_set_do_not_disturb` ✋	Do Not Disturb on or off
`alexa_set_equalizer` ✋	Set bass / mid / treble
`alexa_run_routine` ✋	Run a routine now
`alexa_control_smart_home` ✋	turnOn / turnOff / setBrightness / setColor / setColorTemperature / sceneActivate
`alexa_list_device_modes`	A device's mode settings (thermostat fan mode, vacuum mode, light effect), current value and options
`alexa_set_device_mode` ✋	Change one of those modes, e.g. fan mode to Circulate (not garage doors)
`alexa_lock` ✋	Lock or unlock a smart lock. Unlocking reduces security; Amazon may insist on a voice PIN or the Alexa app
`alexa_garage_door` ✋	Open or close a garage door. Opening reduces security
`alexa_set_thermostat` ✋	Thermostat setpoint(s) and/or mode, checked against the thermostat's allowed range
`alexa_set_vacation_mode` ✋	Thermostat vacation / away mode, emulated: saves each thermostat's settings, sets energy-saving setpoints, and restores them when turned off
`alexa_create_reminder` ✋ / `alexa_create_timer` ✋ / `alexa_cancel_alarm_reminder` ✋	Set a reminder, alarm or timer; cancel one
`alexa_add_list_item` ✋ / `alexa_update_list_item` ✋ / `alexa_remove_list_item` ✋	Edit a list: add, check off / un-check, delete
`alexa_begin_login` / `alexa_finish_login`	Browser sign-in (see above)
`alexa_session_status`	Configuration, no network
`alexa_healthcheck`	Does Amazon still accept the session?

✋ = confirmation-gated. A client that supports prompts asks you first; elsewhere (claude.ai, Claude Desktop) the first call sends nothing and returns a preview plus a confirmToken, and only a repeat call with that token acts.

Deliberately left out:

Free-text voice commands ("Alexa, …", the library's textCommand). They can buy things and unlock doors without going through a specific, confirm-gated tool, so no tool sends one.

Unlocking a door and opening a garage door are possible, but only through alexa_lock and alexa_garage_door, which are marked destructive and always confirmation-gated.

Vacation mode is an emulation. The Alexa app's own thermostat Vacation Mode is not reachable through the API this server uses (its thermostat modes are only HEAT / COOL / AUTO / OFF), so this does not flip the app's toggle. Instead alexa_set_vacation_mode saves each thermostat's mode and setpoints to ~/.alexa-mcp/vacation.json (mode 0600) before it changes anything, then sets heat-to 55° / cool-to 85° (or what you ask for). Thermostats that are OFF stay OFF. Turning it off restores the saved settings. Turning it on twice is refused, so the originals are never overwritten.

Configuration

Variable	Default	Purpose
`ALEXA_REGISTRATION`	—	Registration JSON, or the base64 line from `login --print`. Optional when the state file exists. If it is malformed but the state file is valid, the state file is used and a warning is logged.
`ALEXA_STATE_DIR`	`~/.alexa-mcp`	Where `registration.json` and pending sign-ins live.
`ALEXA_AMAZON_PAGE`	`amazon.com`	Amazon site of the account (or what the registration recorded).
`ALEXA_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE`	`en-US`	Accept-Language sent to Amazon.
`MCP_CONFIRM_MODE`	`ask-user`	`ask-user` / `auto` / `refuse` — whether the model must get your approval in chat before using a `confirmToken`.
`MCP_CONFIRM_ELICITATION`	on	`off` skips the confirmation prompt even on clients that declare support.

When both ALEXA_REGISTRATION and the state file are present, whichever has the newer tokenDate wins, whatever device it belongs to (a tie goes to the state file, the refreshed copy). So a re-login through alexa_finish_login survives a restart even with an older ALEXA_REGISTRATION still set, and a freshly pasted ALEXA_REGISTRATION beats an old state file.

Upgrading from 0.1

0.2.0 changed how the connector signs in. The pasted ALEXA_REGISTRATION field is replaced by the browser sign-in flow (auth.flow in mint.yaml: a Sign in to Amazon link, then paste the address you land on). Existing hosted registrations must switch to the new flow: sign in once more through it. alexa-mcp login --port is no longer needed: the flag is ignored with a notice, since the sign-in now happens in your own browser.

Hosting

mint.yaml describes the server to mcp-host: one child per user (identity.perUserChild), a two-step auth.flow (begin → sign in on amazon.com → paste the address), and the registration persists in each user's data dir.

Development

npm install

npm test # typecheck + vitest (no network) npm run build # tsc + esbuild bundle (dist/bundle.js is the .mcpb entry)

See docs/ALEXA-API.md for the verified response shapes and hosts.

Alexa MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Online shops & paymentsi

Common questions

Alternatives

Spree Commerce: open-source B2B and marketplace ecommerce

Stripe MCP

MCP Cn Commerce

README from the maker

alexa-mcp

Sign in once

Tools

Configuration

Upgrading from 0.1

Hosting

Development