Index of Skill Types
After you've become familiar with what the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) has to offer and learned about voice interaction models, you're ready to choose the type of skill to develop. ASK categorizes skills into types based on their voice interaction model and capabilities or features. For skills with a pre-built voice interaction model, users communicate with Alexa by using a set of pre-defined utterances. For skills with a custom voice interaction model, you define the utterances that you want users to say to Alexa.
The following table lists the available skill types alphabetically. Follow the link to each skill type for full details.
| Skill type | Voice model | Description | Reference |
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Custom |
Add links from your skill to key features of your app. | ||
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Custom or |
Develop skills adapted to the automotive environment. | ||
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Prebuilt (Meetings) |
Develop skills that give users voice access to their business calendars and meetings, or enable them to search for and reserve meeting rooms. Alexa for Business also includes skills for Hospitality and Residential. |
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Custom |
Develop skills with a custom voice interaction model. Use Alexa Presentation Language (APL) to add visuals for Alexa-enabled devices with a screen. | ||
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Pre-built (Flash Briefing) |
Develop Flash Briefing skills to provide Alexa customers with news headlines and other short content. | ||
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Custom |
Develop game skills driven by voice interactions. You can add visuals to your skills for Alexa-enabled devices with a screen. | ||
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Custom |
Develop skills that read and update a user's Alexa lists. | ||
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Custom and |
Extend your smart home skill with your own custom interaction model. |
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Pre-built (Music) |
Develop skills that enable users to control audio content streamed through Alexa-enabled devices. | ||
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Pre-built (Smart Home) |
Develop skills that enable users to control their smart home devices. |
Smart Home Skill API Reference, Cooking, Energy, Entertainment, Networking and Wi-Fi, Security | |
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Pre-built (Video) |
Develop skills that enable users to control video devices and consume video content. |