Amazon Alexa - Skill Kit Confusion for Third Party Online Order API

Question

Recently I looked into Amazon Alexa Skill Kit which seems to be quite powerful https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit

However I am not sure whether it can do what I need.

For example, when I say I wanna place an order for an item, instead of ordering it from Amazon, can it call an API from my own server (using Skill Kit?) and proceed the online order from there?

Is Alexa that flexible?

Thanks!

Answer 1

No, that is built-in functionality and you can't override or modify the built-in capabilities. You can, however, use the ASK to create your own custom skills which can do things like ordering from your server when the customer explicitly invokes your skill, eg. "Alexa, ask to order me a new hat".