diff --git a/mycroft/skills/stop/__init__.py b/mycroft/skills/stop/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2016 Mycroft AI, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Mycroft Core.
+#
+# Mycroft Core is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Mycroft Core is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Mycroft Core.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from adapt.intent import IntentBuilder
+from os.path import dirname, join
+
+from mycroft.messagebus.message import Message
+from mycroft.skills.core import MycroftSkill
+from mycroft.util.log import getLogger
+
+__author__ = 'jdorleans'
+
+LOGGER = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class StopSkill(MycroftSkill):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(StopSkill, self).__init__(name="StopSkill")
+
+    def initialize(self):
+        # TODO - To be generalized in MycroftSkill
+        self.load_vocab_files(join(dirname(__file__), 'vocab', self.lang))
+        intent = IntentBuilder("StopIntent").require("StopKeyword").build()
+        self.register_intent(intent, self.handle_intent)
+
+    def handle_intent(self, event):
+        self.emitter.emit(Message("mycroft.stop"))
+
+    def stop(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def create_skill():
+    return StopSkill()
diff --git a/mycroft/skills/stop/vocab/en-us/StopKeyword.voc b/mycroft/skills/stop/vocab/en-us/StopKeyword.voc
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+stop
+silence
+shut up
+be quiet
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