Automatic skill routing in conversational computing frameworks

A computer usable program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising:

• program instructions to analyze an utterance to identify an absence of a known invocation phrase;
• program instructions to construct, in response to the absence, using a processor and a memory, a skill set, the skill set including a first skill corresponding to the utterance and a first skill score corresponding to a likelihood that the first skill corresponds to the utterance;
• program instructions to adjust, based on the presence of the first skill in a skill history, the first skill score, wherein the skill history stores a set of history skills in order of recency of use of each history skill in the set of history skills;
• program instructions to adjust, based on an association of the first skill with a default installed skill, the first skill score;
• and
• program instructions to select, based on the adjusted first skill score, an installed skill, wherein the installed skill performs an action in response to the utterance.

A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, and one or more computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the stored program instructions comprising:

• program instructions to analyze an utterance to identify an absence of a known invocation phrase;
• program instructions to construct, in response to the absence, using a processor and a memory, a skill set, the skill set including a first skill corresponding to the utterance and a first skill score corresponding to a likelihood that the first skill corresponds to the utterance;
• program instructions to adjust, based on the presence of the first skill in a skill history, the first skill score, wherein the skill history stores a set of history skills in order of recency of use of each history skill in the set of history skills;
• program instructions to adjust, based on an association of the first skill with a default installed skill, the first skill score;
• and
• program instructions to select, based on the adjusted first skill score, an installed skill, wherein the installed skill performs an action in response to the utterance.