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 | Resources |
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Custom or |
Develop skills that let users control features of their vehicle remotely, such as turn on the engine, lock or unlock the door, defrost the windshield. You can make the interaction more secure with voice codes. | ||
Custom |
Build and customize the voice interaction to deliver nearly any kind of skill experience, such as games, education, fitness, and shopping. Use Alexa Presentation Language (APL) to add visuals and tap interactions for Alexa-enabled devices with a screen. | ||
Pre-built |
Develop skills to provide Alexa customers with news headlines and other short content, such as comedy skits and interviews.
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Custom |
Develop game skills driven by custom voice and visual interactions.
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Pre-built (Music) |
Develop skills that enable users to find and play audio content streamed through Alexa-enabled devices.
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Pre-built (Music) |
Radio providers can follow a no-code process to make their stations available to Alexa.
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Pre-built |
Build an Alexa smart home skill to control cloud-connected smart home devices.
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Custom |
Develop property skills to reflect your brand, such as Alexa Smart Properties for healthcare, hospitality, residential, and senior living properties.
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Pre-built (Video) |
Develop skills that enable users to find and consume video content on a smart home video device, such as a set-top box, game consoles, and smart TVs.
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Last updated: Jul 15, 2024