AMAZON.SearchQuery not working

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NewUser-2dfb9408-bf24-4ac5-9b75-d1ba90735fd6 asked · Apr 26, 2018 at 04:11 PM

AMAZON.SearchQuery not working

I have a skill which I need to invoke for a topic by an utterance like "Alexa ask <invocation name> about {topic}". Since topic can be a phrase I created a slot called topic of type AMAZON.SearchQuery. I created a sample utterance - "about {topic}" - but alexa does not recognize it and created a LaunchRequest in response to the utterance "Alexa ask <invocation name> about {topic}". This link gave me the idea that may be the sample utterance needed is only "{topic}". However, as this link talks, Amazon.SearchQuery slot type always needs a carrier phrase. So, i am not sure now what to do. Any ideas?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-30T13:39:12Z

Anand@Amazon answered · Apr 30, 2018 at 01:39 PM

Hello there,

Thanks for posting !!!

Yes, Amazon.SearchQuery always needed a carrier phrase so in your skill you can use utterance phrase like "Alexa ask <invocation name> to find out {topic}".

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Answer 2 · 2019-11-12T18:41:51Z

clel answered · Nov 12, 2019 at 06:41 PM

I agree that the current situation is not good. I added this post to the issue on my unofficial Alexa issue tracker with some more details including a Uservoice reference, so information can be aggregated in one place: https://gitlab.com/clel/amazon-alexa-issue-tracker/issues/15

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