Invoke Alexa Skill without using specific skill name

Question

Some skills in the Alexa Skill Store get activated using only a sentence like "Ok Alexa, tell me a joke" or "Ok Alexa, can you copy me" without using the standard invocation like "Ok Alexa, tell [skill] [something]".

How can I use such short sentences with my skill?

Answer 1

Those are built-in capabilities, not 3rd party skills. There is no way to do that for 3rd party skills.

I think maybe Google Assistant is experimenting with automatically selecting 3rd party skills based on generic queries, but even then you wouldn't have any control over it.

Yes, it is awkward for the user to have to repeat your invocation name to use your skills, but is does provide clarity and namespacing.