# Alexa Submission Fail — Now What?

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**Created:** [February 4, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/alexa-submission-fail-now-what/399 "2017-02-04T06:21:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris\_Hall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/chris_hall/32/271_2.png) [@Chris\_Hall](https://forums.losant.com/u/Chris_Hall)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/alexa-submission-fail-now-what/399/1 "2017-02-04T06:21:19Z")

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I initially discovered Losant through this [blog post](https://www.losant.com/blog/how-to-build-an-interactive-alexa-skill-with-no-code-using-losant), and decided to give making a Custom Skill for Alexa a whirl.

(I’ve previously made a [Flash Briefing skill](https://www.amazon.com/365-Christ-1-Year-New-Testament/dp/B01N5OE6I7/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-skills&ie=UTF8&qid=1486189218&sr=1-1&keywords=new+testament) — which also requires no code — but wanted to make the same content available as a Custom Skill that can be accessed outside of one’s Flash Briefing feed.)

I followed the steps outlined in the blog above, but got this response from Amazon 😕

The skill simply plays an audio file. That’s it.

But as I’m new to coding I have no clue what skill endpoint validation is, or why it’s not accepting valid signed requests… Help?

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