Alexa - catchall - alexa

Question

I've got a chatbot which is plugged to backend and DialogFlow/ApiAI.
I'm trying to set up a skill in Alexa so that I can catch everything that is said to my skill and then forward it to my backend so that i can use my existing infrastructure and convo design.
I've been struggling with Alexa to set up an intent that catch everything and just forward it.
From what I understand, you are supposed to use AMAZON.SearchQuery, but I'm getting the following error when i try to set the intent up:
Build Failed
Sample utterance "CATCH_ALL {any}" in intent "CATCH_ALL" must include a carrier phrase. Sample intent utterances with phrase types cannot consist of only slots. Error code: MissingCarrierPhraseWithPhraseSlot -
Does anyone know how to do so ? I tried to use AMAZON.Literal as well, but it seems to be deprecated and I cannot build the skill when i use it.
I'm kinda stuck. It would be great if someone had a solution...
Thanks.

Answer 1

You can replace the AMAZON.SearchQuery with AMAZON.Person. Usually AMAZON.SearchQuery require a phrase along with the slot.Using AMAZON.Person there is no need of phrase along with the slot. It would accept any values that you pass to the Intent.
{
"name": "CATCH_ALL",
"slots": [
{
"name": "any",
"type": "AMAZON.Person"
}
],
"samples": [
"{any}"
]
}

Answer 2

I finally managed to do so by doing something like this:
{
"interactionModel": {
"languageModel": {
"invocationName": "test",
"intents": [
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "CATCHALL",
"slots": [
{
"name": "any",
"type": "AMAZON.LITERAL"
}
],
"samples": [
"{hey|any}",
"{hey hey|any}",
"{hey hey hey|any}",
"{hey hey hey hey|any}",
"{hey hey hey hey hey|any}"
]
}
],
"types": []
}
}
}
the samples for the intent CATCHALL indicates the number of word you want to catch. So lige this, i will catch any sentence between one and this 5 words.
I'm not sure if this is going to be a problem when I'll submit the app, though.
Note that AMAZON.LITERAL is not supported for any language other than English (US), so this is not a solution for me as it's a french and english chatbot. So i'm back again at the beginning...
edit: Here is the solution without LITERAL:
{
"interactionModel": {
"languageModel": {
"invocationName": "mon invocation",
"intents": [
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": [
"que puis-je faire"
]
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": [
"je veux quitter"
]
},
{
"name": "CATCH_ALL",
"slots": [
{
"name": "any",
"type": "ANYTHING"
}
],
"samples": [
"{any}"
]
}
],
"types": [
{
"name": "ANYTHING",
"values": [
{
"name": {
"value": "hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey"
}
},
{
"name": {
"value": "hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey"
}
}
]
}
]
}
}
}

Answer 3

Unfortunately, there is no solution at this time. Alexa doesn't support a way to get all the text the way you're looking to do.

Answer 4

You can create a custom slot with some random words.
{
"interactionModel": {
"languageModel": {
"invocationName": "demo",
"intents": [
{
"name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
"samples": []
},
{
"name": "EveryThingIntent",
"slots": [
{
"name": "EveryThingSlot",
"type": "BAG_OF_WORDS"
}
],
"samples": [
"{EveryThingSlot} "
]
}
],
"types": [
{
"name": "BAG_OF_WORDS",
"values": [
{
"name": {
"value": "Hello World"
}
}
]
}
]
}
}
}