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What is the Alexa Skills Kit?
- About Voice Interaction Models
- Index of Skill Types
- Create Your Developer Account
- Glossary
Skill Types
Automotive Skills
- Connected Vehicle Skills
- Alexa Skills for Driving
Cooking Skills
Custom Voice Model Skills
- Steps to Build a Custom Skill
- Get Custom Skill Sample Code
- Understand How Users Invoke Custom Skills
- Choose the Invocation Name for a Custom Skill
- Create a Custom Skill from a Quick Start Template
- Host a Custom Skill as an AWS Lambda Function
- Host a Custom Skill as a Web Service
- Configure a Skill for Multiple Languages
- Create the Interaction Model (Intents, Slots, and Dialogs)
- Use Built-in Intents and Slot Types
- Entity Resolution
- Handle Requests Sent by Alexa
- Understand Name-free Interaction for Custom Skills
- Alexa Quick Links
  - Create a Quick Link for Your Custom Skill
  - Create a Quick Link for Your Custom Task
- Use Display Templates to Show Content on Screens
Entertainment Skills
Flash Briefing Skills
- Steps to Create a Flash Briefing Skill
- Tips to Create a Great Flash Briefing Skill
- Flash Briefing Skill API Feed Reference
- Flash Briefing Skill Certification Checklist
- Normalize the Loudness of Audio Content
Game Skills
- Alexa Web API for Games
Knowledge Skills
- Steps to Create a Knowledge Skill
- Knowledge Skill Templates
- Custom Knowlege Intents
- Knowledge Skill Case Studies
  - Coffee Shop Skill Case Study
  - University Skill Case Study
- Knowledge Skill FAQ
- Troubleshooting Knowledge Skills
- Knowledge Skill SMAPI Reference
  - Knowledge Skill Manifest
  - Knowledge Skill Operations
List Skills
- Steps to Create a List Skill
- List Events in Alexa Skills
- Creating and Managing List Skills FAQ
- Functional Testing for a List Skill
- Certification Guidelines for List Skills
- Submit an Alexa List Skill for Certification
Music, Radio, and Podcast Skills
- Steps to Create a Music, Radio, or Podcast Skill
- Implement Podcast Skill Features
- Upload Music or Radio Catalogs
- Upload Podcast Catalogs
- Add Premium Audio, Badging, and License Retrieval to a Music Skill
- Internationalize a Podcast Skill
- Catalog Reference
- Understand Voice Modeling
- Testing Guide
- Event Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting
- Music, Radio, and Podcast Skill API
Networking and Wi-Fi Skills
Smart Home Skills
- Steps to Build a Smart Home Skill
- Smart Home Skill Concepts
- Smart Home Skill Types
- Tutorial: Build a Smart Home Skill
- Smart Home Skill APIs
Video Skills
- Steps to Build a Video Skill
- State Reporting for Video Skills
- Video Skill Testing Guide
- Video Skill APIs
- Video Skills for Fire TV Apps
- Video Skills for Echo Show
Skill Development Process
Design Your Skill
- Alexa Design Guide
Build Your Skill
- Use AI-Driven Dialog Management
- Add Visuals and Audio to Your Skill
- Add Account Linking
- Earn Money with a Skill
- Include Reminders in a Skill
- Add Alexa Shopping Actions to Your Skill
- Personalize the User Experience
- Expose Skill Functionality with Tasks
- Let Skills Work Together with Skill Connections
  - Use Skill Connections to Request Tasks
- Include Timers in a Skill
- Use Events in a Skill
- Add Alexa for Apps
- Display Suggestions on the Home Screen
- Add Rich Media to Your Skill Detail Page
- Deprecated Features
Test and Debug Your Skill
- Test and Debug Your Smart Home Skill
- Test and Debug Your Custom Skill
- Test with the Alexa Simulator
- Beta Test a Skill
Certify and Publish Your Skill
- Certification Requirements
- Works with Alexa
- Certified for Humans
- Smart Home Skill Publishing Guide
Monitor Your Skill Metrics and Earnings
- Analyze Your Skill Metrics
- View Your Payments and Earnings
- Skill Rollback
Tools to Create and Manage Skills
- Manage Your Developer Account
- Alexa Developer Console
- Alexa-Hosted Skills
- ASK Toolkit for VS Code
- ASK SDKs
- ASK CLI
- Skill Management API
- AWS Tools
- Skill Flow Builder
Skill Developer Reference
Alexa Interface Reference
- List of Alexa Interfaces
- Message and Property Reference
  - Property Schemas
  - Resources and Assets
- Foundational APIs
- Smart Home Skill APIs
- Video Skill APIs
Custom Skill Interface Reference
- Request and Response JSON Reference
- Request Types Reference
- Interfaces
SSML Reference
- Best Practices for Using Amazon Polly Voices
- Alexa Skills Kit Sound Library
- Speechcons (Interjections)
Alexa Skills Kit Object Schemas
- Skill Manifest Schemas
- Skill Manifest Examples
- Schema Validation
- Account Linking Schemas
- Interaction Model Schemas
- In-Skill Purchasing Schemas
- Paid Skill Schemas
- Proactive Events Schemas

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Skill Developer Reference

This section contains reference documentation for Alexa skill developers.

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Alexa Interface Reference
Custom Skill Interface Reference
Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Reference
Alexa Skills Kit Object Schemas

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