Actions

In Drafts, actions are commands used to output to other services and apps, manipulate the text in drafts, and much more. They can take many forms, from simple helper actions that insert text or special characters, to full-blown integrations with web services to output text.

Drafts ships with a default set of actions. There are also many ready-to-use actions which can installed from the Action Directory. Drafts Pro users can also create and edit actions.

Actions are accessed in the Action List, a panel to the right of the screen, which can be displayed by tapping the actions button or swiping to the left anywhere in the editor. To run an action, simply tap it.

Each action consists settings which control the display and behavior of the action, and one or more action steps which do the actual work. Details of available step types are below.

Action Basics

Get started with actions with this walkthough of action setup.

Actions Steps