CreativeWork Intents

Introduction

A generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, and so on. These intents let users make requests related to any type of creative work.

This document provides a quick reference to the CreativeWork intents and corresponding slots. For details around how these intents are specified, see Understanding the Structure of the Built-in Intent Library.

Intent Signature

Use the intent signature as the intent name in your intent schema. This example shows a schema with two CreativeWork intents:

{
    "intents": [
        {
            "name": "AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork[name]>"
        }, 
        {
            "name": "AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork>"
        }
    ]
}

For more about the components of this signature, see Understanding the Structure of the Built-in Intent Library.

To see the full JSON format for intents, see Interaction Model Schema. You can also use the developer console user interface to add the intents and then see the JSON code in the JSON Editor.

CreativeWork Intents

The following table summarizes the available CreativeWork intents and the set of slots that may be included. For each intent, the sections below the table show:

  • A sample utterance that would invoke the intent.
  • The JSON you include in your intent schema if you want to use the intent.

  • An example of the IntentRequest sent to your skill for the provided sample utterance, illustrating the slots that may be included. For brevity, these samples leave out the full set of properties that are normally part of a complete IntentRequest.

    Note that if your interaction model includes multiple intents with similar utterances, your results may vary from these examples.

For definitions of the slots used in these intents, see CreativeWork Slots.

Intent Signature Example Utterance Possible Slots
AMAZON.ChooseAction<object@CreativeWork> "pick the avengers" sourceCollection.type
object.name
AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork> "find the hobbit" object.name
AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork[name]> "show me the name of this program" object.type
object.name

ChooseAction<object@CreativeWork>

User: pick the avengers

Intent Schema:

{
    "intents": [
        {
            "name": "AMAZON.ChooseAction<object@CreativeWork>"
        }
    ]
}

Request:

{
    "request": {
        "type": "IntentRequest", 
        "locale": "en-US", 
        "intent": {
            "name": "AMAZON.ChooseAction<object@CreativeWork>", 
            "slots": {
                "object.name": {
                    "name": "object.name", 
                    "value": "the avengers"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

SearchAction<object@CreativeWork>

User: find the hobbit

Intent Schema:

{
    "intents": [
        {
            "name": "AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork>"
        }
    ]
}

Request:

{
    "request": {
        "type": "IntentRequest", 
        "locale": "en-US", 
        "intent": {
            "name": "AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork>", 
            "slots": {
                "object.name": {
                    "name": "object.name", 
                    "value": "the hobbit"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

SearchAction<object@CreativeWork[name]>

User: show me the name of this program

Intent Schema:

{
    "intents": [
        {
            "name": "AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork[name]>"
        }
    ]
}

Request:

{
    "request": {
        "type": "IntentRequest", 
        "locale": "en-US", 
        "intent": {
            "name": "AMAZON.SearchAction<object@CreativeWork[name]>", 
            "slots": {
                "object.name": {
                    "name": "object.name", 
                    "value": "name"
                }, 
                "object.type": {
                    "name": "object.type", 
                    "value": "program"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

CreativeWork Slots

The CreativeWork intents can return slot values to your skill. You do not include these slots in your intent schema – they are generated automatically from the intent signature.

Note that not all available slots are returned from every intent. See the table in CreativeWork Intents to see which slots are applicable to each intent.

The following table shows the slots the CreativeWork intents can return. For each slot, the table includes:

  • The slot name.
  • An example utterance for the slot.
  • The JSON that would be sent to your skill for the sample utterance.
  • If applicable, the name of the slot type used by the slot. You can see details about slot types in the Slot Type Reference.
Slot Name Utterance Slot Values

object.name

"…find the hobbit"

 
{
    "name": "object.name", 
    "value": "the hobbit"
}

object.type

"… works"

AMAZON.CreativeWorkType

{
    "name": "object.type", 
    "value": "works"
}

sourceCollection.type

"… list"

 
{
    "name": "sourceCollection.type", 
    "value": "list"
}

Built-in Intent Library Documentation

CreativeWork is used in the following built-in intent library categories:

Navigate to all built-in intents in the Built-in Intent Library.

See all available slot types in the Slot Type Reference.

Learn more about using the built-in intent library:

Learn more about building your voice interface:

The built-in intent library incorporates material from Schema.org, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (version 3.0) (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. For questions, please contact us.

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Last updated: Nov 28, 2023