Amazon CodeCatalyst is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [How to migrate from CodeCatalyst](migration.md).

# Adding an action to a workflow
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Use the following instructions to add an action to a workflow and then configure it.

**To add and configure an action**

1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at [https://codecatalyst.aws/](https://codecatalyst.aws/).

1. Choose your project.

1. In the navigation pane, choose **CI/CD**, and then choose **Workflows**.

1. Choose the name of your workflow. You can filter by the source repository or branch name where the workflow is defined, or filter by workflow name or status.

1. Choose **Edit**.

1. At the top-left, choose **\$1 Actions**, The **Actions** catalog appears.

1. In the drop-down list, do one of the following:
   + Choose **Amazon CodeCatalyst** to view [CodeCatalyst](workflows-actions.md#workflows-actions-types-cc), [CodeCatalyst Labs ](workflows-actions.md#workflows-actions-types-cc-labs), or [third-party](workflows-actions.md#workflows-actions-types-3p) actions.
     + CodeCatalyst actions have a **by AWS** label.
     + CodeCatalyst Labs actions have a **by CodeCatalyst Labs** label.
     + Third-party actions have a **by *vendor*** label, where *vendor* is the name of the third-party vendor.
   + Choose **GitHub** to view a [curated list of GitHub Actions](integrations-github-action-add-curated.md).

1. In the action catalog, search for an action, and then do one of the following:
   + Choose the plus sign (**\$1**) to add the action to your workflow.
   + Choose the action's name to view its readme.

1. Configure the action. Choose **Visual** to use the visual editor, or **YAML** to use the YAML editor. For detailed instructions, see the following links.

   For instructions on adding [CodeCatalyst actions](workflows-actions.md#workflows-actions-types-cc), see:
   + [Adding the build action](build-add-action.md)
   + [Adding the test action](test-add-action.md)
   + [Adding the 'Deploy to Amazon ECS' action](deploy-action-ecs-adding.md)
   + [Adding the 'Deploy to Kubernetes cluster' action](deploy-action-eks-adding.md)
   + [Adding the 'Deploy CloudFormation stack' action](deploy-action-cfn-adding.md)
   + [Adding the 'AWS CDK deploy' action](cdk-dep-action-add.md)
   + [Adding the 'AWS CDK bootstrap' action](cdk-boot-action-add.md)
   + [Adding the 'Amazon S3 publish' action](s3-pub-action-add.md)
   + [Adding the 'AWS Lambda invoke' action](lam-invoke-action-add.md)
   + [Adding the 'Render Amazon ECS task definition' action](render-ecs-action-add.md)

   For instructions on adding [CodeCatalyst Labs actions](workflows-actions.md#workflows-actions-types-cc-labs), see:
   + The action's readme. You can find the readme by choosing the action's name in the action catalog.

   For instructions on adding [GitHub Actions](workflows-actions.md#workflows-actions-types-github), see:
   + [Integrating with GitHub Actions](integrations-github-actions.md)

   For instructions on adding [third-party actions](workflows-actions.md#workflows-actions-types-3p), see:
   + The action's readme. You can find the readme by choosing the action's name in the action catalog.

1. (Optional) Choose **Validate** to make sure the YAML code is valid.

1. Choose **Commit** to commit your changes.