An Alexa+ add-on
Bedtime Saga
A bedtime story that remembers. Your child's own saga continues night after night, and your child decides what happens next.
MCP 2025-11-25 · Streamable HTTP
MCP Apps storybook
Strands Agents SDK
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The problem
Bedtime stories are quietly disappearing.
41%
of UK parents of children aged 0–4 read to them frequently, down from 64% in 2012.HarperCollins UK survey, 2025 (via Education Week)
290k
more words heard by age 5 by children read just one book a day.Logan et al., Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 2019
Who it's for: tired parents of 3–8 year olds who want bedtime to be connection, not another screen.
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How it works
One MCP server. Real memory. Guardrails in code.
Alexa+ smart display (simulated)
Voice + MCP App
- Push-to-talk, spoken replies
- Renders the ui:// storybook via AppBridge
- Taps send ui/message
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AWS · Strands Agents SDK
Storyteller agent
- Strands McpClient over Streamable HTTP
- BeforeToolCallEvent parent guardrails
- Step cap + request screening
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Self-hosted MCP server
Bedtime Saga add-on
- 8 tools, OAuth 2.1 + PKCE linking
- Private family profile (Vercel Blob)
- Deterministic SVG illustrations
Parent guardrails, enforced in Strands hooks
Gentle themes only3 pages per nightParent approves purchasesChild data stays in the profile
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Why it matters
Twenty cozy minutes, every night,
that a child helped write.
For families
The story remembers the characters your child invents, so bedtime becomes something they ask for.
A real business
Saga Plus family subscription, plus printed keepsake books of the saga, ordered only with a parent's tap.
Ready for Alexa+
A standard MCP server with account linking and MCP Apps: the same URL plugs into Alexa+ when access opens.
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