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APIs Build an Alexa Skill Building an Alexa Skill Creating Slots and Sample Utterances

Alexander Gaesser
Alexander Gaesser
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Posted by Alexander Gaesser
Alexander Gaesser
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What if you wanted to use two+ slots in one intent?

Let's say you had an object with multiple attributes - I'll stay with the dictionary example. I want to either get a list of synonyms, antonyms, or the definition for a given word. So, a few sample utterances would be:

What are some synonyms of dangerous? What are some antonyms of dangerous? What is the definition of dangerous?

Which translate to: What are some {attribute} of {word}? What are some {attribute} of {word}? What is the {attribute} of {word}?

While I realize I could break this up into three separate intents, there are cases where this doesn't make sense. I haven't been able to get a second custom slot to work, and I'm not finding a lot of documentation or discussion about this.

Thanks!

1 Answer

Andrew Chalkley
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Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Andrew Chalkley
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest Teacher

That should be doable. You'll need to modify the skill service code to respond to two slots.