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Hi All,
this is my first post and i have read countless posts on here before posting my question. I am really stuck here and any help would be very welcome.

I have followed all the steps using Lambda and aws etc etc , i have opened a port as instructed and i have also created the app (kodi) as i can see it in my "skills". the issue i have is when i say my trigger word (alexa ask Living Room) alexa replies with "you can ask me to play movies, tv shows or control media playback etc, etc. but when i say alexa "ask living room to open kodi" the blue light comes on and flashes on and off for a few minutes before answering me with "there was a problem communicating with the required skill"

PLEASE HELP ME.... i feel i am almost there!!

I could be waaaaaaaayyyy off here as I've struggled to get this right but as far as I know this particular skill is made for controlling Kodi via it's web server. If Kodi is not running there's no web server to connect to so it wouldn't "open" Kodi.