---
title: Custom Action Templates
slug: guides/custom-action-templates
type: page
language: en
order: 2
tags:
  - guides
  - getting-started
  - environments
  - projects
  - actions
---

## Creating An Action Template

1. Click **Create Action Template** from project actions page
1. Now fill in information about the template — if you would like others to be able to use the template you are creating you can mark it as public.
1. Add an environment — Name it Source
1. Add another environment — Name it Dest
1. Add an input — mark it as type
1. Give the input a name — collectionName
1. Add a step — set its type to Copy, the path type to User Input (uses user provided input as value) and select collectionName
1. Finish up by clicking Save

![Creating An Action Template](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*Gwa4HcgUWaMxR83BiVPbvw.gif)