# Ash: 2 - Actions
```elixir
Application.put_env(:ash, :validate_domain_resource_inclusion?, false)
Application.put_env(:ash, :validate_domain_config_inclusion?, false)
Mix.install([{:ash, "~> 3.0"}], consolidate_protocols: false)
```
## What is an Action?
Actions are much simpler: an action describes a CRUD operation that can be performed on a resource, but using whatever language makes the most sense for your given resource. For example, you may have a `publish` action on a `BlogPost` resource that changes the resource to be publicly visible. Under CRUD, this would be an `update` operation, but calling it the "publish action" more fully conveys what the operation does.
An action is defined on a resource in an `actions do ... end` block.
```elixir
actions do
create :create do
accept [:name]
end
end
```
Adding that to our `Resource` module from earlier,
```elixir
defmodule Tutorial.Profile do
use Ash.Resource,
domain: Tutorial
attributes do
uuid_primary_key :id
attribute :name, :string
end
actions do
create :create do
accept [:name]
end
end
end
defmodule Tutorial do
use Ash.Domain
resources do
resource Tutorial.Profile
end
end
```
We can now use `for_create/3` to create a changeset.
```elixir
Tutorial.Profile
|> Ash.Changeset.for_create(:create, %{name: "My Name"})
```