Transition

A transition is the result of controller execution, it’s a simple object with keys that control the flow of execution in your skill.

to

The to key should be the name of a state in your state machine, when present it indicates to the framework that it should move to a new state. If absent it’s assumed that the framework should move to the die state.

return { to: 'stateName' };

directives

Directives are used passed directly to the alexa response, the format is described in the alexa documentation

return {
  directives: [{
    type: 'AudioPlayer.Play',
    playBehavior: 'REPLACE_ALL',
    audioItem: {
      stream: {
        token: lesson.id,
        url: lesson.Url,
        offsetInMilliseconds: 0,
      }
    }
  }],
};

reply

The reply key can take 2 forms, a simple string pointing to one of your views or a Reply object.

return { reply: 'LaunchIntent.OpenResponse' };

const reply = new Reply(alexaEvent, { tell: 'Hi there!' });
return { reply };