This automation scenario allows you to connect Amazon Alexa and Remember The Milk
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated bots using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
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Amazon Alexa and Remember The Milk can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
When this trigger fires in Amazon Alexa
This Trigger fires every time you add an item to your To Do List.
Then this action happens in Remember The Milk
This action will create a new task.
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Create a task in Remember the Milk when you add an item to your to-do list.
Part I
First, we need to connect Amazon Alexa and Remember The Milk to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect Amazon Alexa to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Amazon Alexa account, using Amazon Alexa credentials.
Connect Remember The Milk to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Remember The Milk account, using Remember The Milk credentials.
Part II
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for Amazon Alexa
Choose the following trigger: Item added to your To Do List (This Trigger fires every time you add an item to your To Do List.).
Then set up an Action for Remember The Milk
Choose this action: Create a new task (This action will create a new task.).
Part III
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between Amazon Alexa and Remember The Milk.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Create a task in Remember the Milk when you add an item to your to-do list!
Triggers when a task is completed.
Triggers when a new task is added.
Triggers when a new task is added with the specified tag.
Triggers when a task is tagged with the specified tag.
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Deletes an Alexa skill.
Enables or disables an Alexa custom or music skill.
Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.
Simulates an Alexa skill.
Retrieves a list of all Alexa skills
This trigger fires every time you say "Alexa trigger" + the phrase that you have defined. For instance, if you set "party time" as the phrase, you can say "Alexa trigger party time" to have your lights loop colors.
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.