This skill has a list of common measurements and their corresponding sensors. The best use-case of this skill is if you are working on a maker project and are unsure of what keywords to search for to get your desired sensor feedback. To use it, ask for what you are trying to measure and it will return back a type of sensor to search for. There are no prerequisites to running this app.
Source code for this skill can be found here: https://github.com/omn0mn0m/Sensor-Namer
“Alexa, ask Sensor Namer how do I measure rotation.”