---
title: "KindOfAction"
description: "one kind of action a connector declares, with its reach and its inverse"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/kindofaction
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# KindOfAction

one kind of action a connector declares, with its reach and its inverse

[figure: KindOfAction is a row at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | row |
| scope | platform |
| key | the connector and its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `connector` | [Connector](/concepts/connector) | yes |  |
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `reach` | `one of reads only \| writes to the tenant's own system \| speaks as the brand \| spends money outside \| sends to a person` | yes |  |
| `arguments` | [ArgumentDeclaration](/concepts/argumentdeclaration) | yes |  |
| `inverse` | `text` | no | how it is undone, captured first |
| `identity_needed` | `text` | yes |  |
| `cost` | [Cost](/concepts/cost) | no |  |
| `state` | [Readiness](/concepts/readiness) | yes |  |



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