Index of Skill Types
The Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) categorizes skills into types based on their capabilities or features. The following table lists the available skill types alphabetically. Follow the link to each skill type for full details.
For skills with a pre-built voice model, users interact with Alexa by using a set of pre-defined utterances. For skills with a custom voice model, you define the utterances that you want users to say to Alexa.
Note: Not all skill types are available in all locales. For more information, see List of Capability Interfaces and Supported Locales.
| Skill Type | Voice Model | Description | Common APIs and Other Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive | Custom | Build skills adapted to the automotive environment. | — |
| Conferencing | Pre-built | Build skills that give customers voice access to their business calendars and meetings. | Calendar, MeetingClientController |
| Cooking | Pre-built | Build skills for cooking appliances. | TimeController, TemperatureController |
| Custom | Custom | Build a skill with a custom voice interaction model. | Requests and Responses, Request Types |
| Echo button | Custom | Build skills that use Echo Buttons to display lights and capture input from users quickly, such as games, puzzles, and so on. | GameEngine, GadgetController |
| Education | Pre-built | Build skills that enable students and their guardians to access information that you store in your learning management system, student information system, or classroom management app. | Alexa.Education |
| Entertainment device | Pre-built | Build skills that control smart home entertainment and audio visual (AV) devices such as smart TVs and speakers. | KeypadController, ChannelController |
| Flash briefing | Pre-built | Build a flash briefing skill to provide Alexa customers with news headlines and other short content. | — |
| List | Custom | Build skills that read and update a user's Alexa lists. | — |
| Meetings | Pre-built | Build a skill to search for and reserve meeting rooms. | Reservation.Room |
| Music and radio | Pre-built | Build skills that control audio content streamed through Alexa-enabled devices. | Audio.PlayQueue, Media.Search |
| Networking | Pre-built | Build a skill to model a home Wi-Fi network and the devices connected to it. Enable and disable internet and network access for individual devices. | ConnectedDevice |
| Security | Pre-built | Build skills that control smart home security devices such as cameras, locks, motion sensors, and other devices. | LockController, SecurityPanelController |
| Smart home | Pre-built | Build skills that enable users to voice-control their smart home devices. | PowerController, ThermostatController |
| Video | Pre-built | Build skills that enable users to control video devices and consume video content. | PlaybackController, VideoRecorder |
