How do I define a custom slot type that isn't a list?

Question

I\'m playing around with the Alexa Skills Kit (for the Amazon Echo) and want to create a skill that would send the intent to an AWS Lambda function which would just email so

Answer 1

Literals are different than other slot types in that you must provide training in the sample utterance, as mentioned in the official documentation: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/alexa-skills-kit-interaction-model-reference

Sample Utterances Syntax

Sample utterances map the phrases the user can speak to the intents you have defined. They are written as lines in a plain text file, using the following format:

IntentName  this is a sample utterance with no slots
IntentName  this is a sample utterance containing a {SlotName}
IntentName  this is a sample utterance containing a {SlotName} and {AnotherSlotName}

Note that the above format applies to all slot types except AMAZON.LITERAL. For AMAZON.LITERAL, you also need to specify a sample slot value:

IntentName  this is a sample utterance containing a {slot value|SlotName} using LITERAL

Alternatively, using Custom Slots will allow you to provide the slot after defining numerous sample custom slot values. In this scenario, you would create a new custom slot called myMemo with a type of the custom slot name, such as MY_MEMO. Your custom slot value would be populated with potential values (these are not the only values it will receive), such as:

walk the dog
eat more bacon
go to the store on the way home