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Amazon recently announced a new feature for Alexa skill developers, the <a href="https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smapi/alexa-reminders-overview.html" target="_blank">Reminders API</a>. This API allows you to set custom reminders for users of your skill which will play with a chime at the requested time and can also fire an alert on your mobile phone if you have the Alexa companion application installed, as shown below. Used properly, this new API has the promise to provide a lot of repeat engagement with your customers. In this post, I’ll talk about how I integrated reminders with two of my skills in ways that I believe provide true customer value and have the potential to increase engagement with my skills.