Configuring the skill through the skill interface
Once the skill has been created, we land on our skill interface. In the top menu, we have the following six options, as shown in the screenshot:
- Build
- Code
- Test
- Distribution
- Certification
- Analytics
Since this is an example skill, we will be exploring Build, Code, and Test in this chapter. The Distribution, Certification, and Analytics tabs are used when the skill is added to the marketplace.
Build
The Build section is where we can set the invocation name, configure the interaction model, set slots, and set the endpoint:
Invocation
The invocation name is the keyword we need to interact with our skill. Our invocation name is jumpstart jamstack
, so we can say Alexa, open jumpstart jamstack: