---
title: "ActionArgument"
description: "an argument and where its value came from"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/actionargument
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ActionArgument

an argument and where its value came from

[figure: ActionArgument is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | strategy |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `value` | `json` | yes |  |
| `came_from` | `one of the record by id \| a definition \| a person's own words` | yes |  |
| `ref` | `id` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns ActionArgument directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.