Alexa commands to Smartthings

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

You have to use a custom skill.

Take a look at this smartapp, EchoSistant, it allows you to say open and close instead of on and off.

[DEPRECATED] EchoSistant Evolved ~ Amazon Echo's Only Assistant with Robust Scheduling and Flexible Reporting

Introducing Version 4.1 of Echosistant Release Version 0.3.3c Release Date 03/18/2017 This release brings you the most reliable recurring Scheduling app using Cron expressions and robust Reporting, in the all new Notifications & Reporting Add-on Smart App. To successfully update to Version 4.1 please perform the following: Update the Main EchoSistant app Update the Main Custom Slots Update the Message and Control Profile Update the Notifications Profile Summary of changes: Introducing ST’s only app using robust Cron Scheduler. ~ schedule Hourly, daily, monthly and even yearly events with ease and reliability. Introducing the fully customizable ‘Ad-Hoc Reports’ ~ This report allows you to select your devices you want to report on as well as create a fully customizable report u…