Trigger your Teamcity builds from Alexa!

Requirements:

ask-cli package https://www.npmjs.com/package/ask-cli
- npm i -g ask-cli
ngrok and golang if using the local Alexa Server instead of a Lambda in AWS

If the Teamcity Server is not public on the internet:

You're covered, the repo includes an Alexa Skill Server built in Go which you can use instead of AWS Lambda.

Steps:

ngrok http 3000 # Paste the HTTPs URL onto apis.custom.endpoint.uri in alexa-teamcity/skill.json, leave the path echo/teamcity intact
cd go-ci-commander/alexa-teamcity
ask init # Make sure you choose a profile which has sufficient permissions, more here.
ask deploy # After completed copy the skill_id in ./ask/config, you'll use it below
go build *.go
ALEXA_APP_ID="{skill_id}" TEAMCITY_URL="http://{teamcity_host}:{port}" TEAMCITY_USER="{user}" TEAMCITY_PASS="{pwd}" ./main

Usage

Add your Build configuration IDs to types[].values[] in models/en-GB.json. You can also use synonyms for your build IDs so they are easier to pronounce etc.
Redeploy the skill model, ask deploy
ask simulate --text "ask teamcity to trigger {myBuildType}" --locale "en-GB" # or simply use the Alexa Test simulator, Echoism etc.

If the Teamcity Server is publicly available:

In progress, working on a Lambda alternative to the local Alexa Skill Server