Convert developer console template-weatherbot to ask/npx ACDL

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[ ] Regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped working in a new release)
[x] Bug report  
[ ] Performance issue
[ ] Feature request
[x] Documentation issue or request 
[ ] Other... Please describe:

Expected Behavior

I've created a developer console based Node.js weatherbot custom Alexa skill. It deploys and tests fine.

I'm currently tasked with investigating conditional dialog branching and understand that I require ACDL. I'm following these instructions to convert my custom skil:

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/conversations/acdl-tutorial-convert-skill.html

I'd greatly appreciate some guidance with this issue please.

Regards,

Current Behavior

At the point where I execute (npx acc decompile). The command fails because of a missing ./skills-package/conversations directory. I therefore manually create this directory (Is this expected?).

I then execute (npx acc decompile) again. However, the generated (skill.acdl) file does not contain any of the weatherbot dialog. Additionally when I execute (npx acc compile), I receive the following:

Skill package directory: C:\Development\QWest\Alexa\Conversations\acdl\console\ConditionalPathTest\skill-package skill-package\conversations\skill.acdl(37,4): Type 'com.amazon.alexa.schema.Thing' is not assignable to 'com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.Response'. skill-package\conversations\skill.acdl(38,4): Type 'com.amazon.alexa.schema.Thing' is not assignable to 'com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.Response'. skill-package\conversations\skill.acdl(39,4): Type 'com.amazon.alexa.schema.Thing' is not assignable to 'com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.Response'. skill-package\conversations\skill.acdl(40,4): Type 'com.amazon.alexa.schema.Thing' is not assignable to 'com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.Response'. skill-package\conversations\skill.acdl(41,4): Type 'com.amazon.alexa.schema.Thing' is not assignable to 'com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.Response'. FAILURE

Here is the generated skill.acdl file:

namespace skill

import com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.SkillLevelResponses import com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.skill import com.amazon.alexa.ask.conversations.variations import skill.AlexaConversationsBye import skill.AlexaConversationsOutOfDomain import skill.AlexaConversationsProvideHelp import skill.AlexaConversationsRequestMore import skill.AlexaConversationsWelcome

AlexaConversationsWelcome = variations(

)

AlexaConversationsOutOfDomain = variations(

)

AlexaConversationsBye = variations(

)

AlexaConversationsRequestMore = variations(

)

AlexaConversationsProvideHelp = variations(

)

mySkill = skill( [

], SkillLevelResponses { welcome = AlexaConversationsWelcome, out_of_domain = AlexaConversationsOutOfDomain, bye = AlexaConversationsBye, reqmore = AlexaConversationsRequestMore, provide_help = AlexaConversationsProvideHelp }, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing )

alexa / ask-cli