Google Assistant equivalent of Alexa tell [skill] to

Question

With Amazon Alexa it is possible to invoke an intent from a skill in 2 ways:

1. "Alexa start [skill name]." And then proceed to ask that skill for a specific intent.
2. "Alexa tell [skill name] to [specific intent]."

With Google Assistant I only know of calling an action by:

1. "Okay Google talk to [action name]." And then proceed to ask that action for a specific intent.

Is there an equivalent invocation to call specific intents from actions directly with the Google Assistant?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do "Hey google, ask [action name] to [invocation phrase]" as part of an explicit invocation. The documentation sometimes calls this a "deep link".

If you are using the Actions SDK, the Intent that matches the invocation phrase will be triggered.

If you are using Dialogflow, then you need to create an Intent that will match the invocation phrase and set it to be an additional welcome intent in the Invocations tab for the Action.