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

AMAZON.SearchQuery

AMAZON.SearchQuery slot type lets you capture less-predictable input that makes up the search query.

Ex:

{
  "intents": [
    {
      "name": "SearchIntent",
      "slots": [
        {
          "name": "Query",
          "type": "AMAZON.SearchQuery"
        },
        {
          "name": "CityList",
          "type": "AMAZON.US_CITY"
        }
      ],
      "samples": [
        "search for {Query} near me",
        "find out {Query}",
        "search for {Query}",
        "give me details about {CityList}"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

More on AMAZON.SearchQuery here

There is AMAZON.LITERAL slot that passes the recognised words for the slot value with no conversion. But, its's not recommended. You cannot use AMAZON.LITERAL in a skill configured with a dialog model.