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title Actions
description What your Hyperaide assistant can do for you

Actions are the operations your Hyperaide assistant can perform on your databases and workflows. They transform your assistant from a passive information store into an active productivity partner.

What are Actions?

Actions are built-in capabilities that allow your assistant to interact with your data. Rather than just storing information, your assistant can create, update, search, and manipulate records across all your databases.

You don't need to set up or configure actions—they're automatically available for all your databases once you create them.

Core Actions

Your assistant comes with powerful built-in actions:

Add new items to any database with natural language 
*"Add a task to review the quarterly report by Friday"*
Modify existing entries easily 
*"Mark the design review task as complete"*
Find information across all your databases 
*"Show me all tasks due this week"*
Remove items you no longer need 
*"Delete all completed tasks from last month"*
Connect related items across databases 
*"Link this task to the Website Redesign project"*
Perform actions on multiple records at once 
*"Mark all Q1 project tasks as archived"*

How Actions Work

When you send a message to your assistant, it analyzes your intent and determines which actions to take:

You send a message in plain language: *"Add a task to call the client tomorrow"* Your assistant understands you want to create a new record in the tasks database The assistant executes the create action with the appropriate data You receive confirmation that the action was completed successfully

Creating Records

Add new records to your databases conversationally:

```text "Add a task to review the budget by Friday" "Create a task: call Mom tomorrow at 3pm" "New task - finish the presentation, high priority" ``` ```text "Create a new project called Website Redesign" "Start a project for the Q2 marketing campaign" "Add a project: Mobile App Development" ``` ```text "Add John Smith to my contacts with email [email protected]" "Create a contact for Sarah Johnson, she's a client" "New contact: Mike Brown, phone: 555-1234" ``` ```text "Create a note about today's meeting with the title 'Q1 Planning'" "Add a note: Remember to check on the server migration" "Save this idea: What if we gamified the onboarding?" ``` Your assistant is smart about understanding context. If you mention "tomorrow," "next week," or "Friday," it automatically calculates the correct date.

Updating Records

Modify existing records naturally:

```text "Mark the design review task as complete" "Change the project status to in progress" "Set the priority of the budget review to high" ``` ```text "Change the meeting time to 3pm" "Update the description of the website project" "Move the task deadline to next Friday" ``` ```text "Add a note to the client meeting task about what was discussed" "Include Sarah's phone number in her contact" "Update the project with today's progress" ```

Querying Records

Search and retrieve information from your databases:

```text "Show me all my tasks" "What tasks are due this week?" "List all my projects" "Find contacts in San Francisco" ``` ```text "Show me high priority tasks due this week" "What tasks are assigned to the Marketing project?" "Find all contacts who are clients" "List incomplete tasks older than 30 days" ``` ```text "Show me tasks due soon that are linked to active projects" "What projects have no tasks assigned to them?" "Find all contacts I haven't interacted with in 3 months" "List tasks created last week that are still incomplete" ``` ```text "How many tasks do I have in total?" "What percentage of my tasks are complete?" "Show me my most active projects by task count" "How many contacts do I have by category?" ```

Linking Records

Create relationships between records in different databases:

You have a task that belongs to a project, or a note that relates to a contact *"Link the design task to the Website Redesign project"* Your assistant creates the relationship automatically *"Show me all tasks for the Website Redesign project"* Links work bidirectionally. If you link a task to a project, you can query tasks from the project OR query the project from the task.

Bulk Operations

Perform actions on multiple records simultaneously:

```text "Mark all tasks in the Q1 project as complete" "Change all high priority tasks to medium priority" "Set all contacts in New York to category: East Coast" ``` ```text "Delete all completed tasks from last year" "Remove all tasks with no due date" "Clear all archived projects" ``` ```text "Create tasks for each step in the project plan" "Add a weekly review task for the next 4 weeks" "Generate contacts from this email list" ``` ```text "Link all design tasks to the Website Redesign project" "Connect all Q1 notes to the quarterly review project" "Associate all client contacts with the Sales project" ``` Bulk operations are powerful but irreversible. Your assistant will typically ask for confirmation before executing bulk deletions or updates.

Action Workflows

Combine actions to create powerful workflows:

**Daily Review Workflow** 
1. "Show me all tasks due today"
2. "Mark the completed ones as done"
3. "Reschedule any remaining ones to tomorrow"
4. "Create a summary of what I accomplished"
**New Project Setup** 
1. "Create a project called Mobile App Launch"
2. "Add tasks for design, development, testing, and marketing"
3. "Link all tasks to the Mobile App Launch project"
4. "Set deadlines for each phase"
**Relationship Maintenance** 
1. "Show contacts I haven't talked to in 2 months"
2. "Create follow-up tasks for the top 5"
3. "Add notes about what to discuss with each"
4. "Schedule reminders for next week"
**Database Maintenance** 
1. "Find all tasks with no due date"
2. "Ask me about each one"
3. "Either set a due date or delete it"
4. "Summarize what was cleaned up"

Smart Context Understanding

Your assistant understands context and can chain actions intelligently:

```text Example 1 You: "Create a project for the website redesign" Assistant: ✓ Created project "Website Redesign"

You: "Add tasks for it: design mockups, develop frontend, test on mobile" Assistant: ✓ Created 3 tasks and linked them to Website Redesign


```text Example 2
You: "Show me tasks due this week"
Assistant: Here are your 5 tasks due this week...

You: "Mark the first two as complete"
Assistant: ✓ Marked "Review budget" and "Call client" as complete

You: "I met with John today to discuss the project"
Assistant: ✓ Created interaction record and linked to John Smith
          ✓ Added note to Website Redesign project

Best Practices

The more specific your request, the better the result. Include relevant details like dates, priorities, and categories. Don't worry about syntax or commands. Talk to your assistant like you would a human colleague. Review what will be affected before confirming bulk operations, especially deletions. Create connections between records to build a rich, queryable knowledge graph. Remember: Actions are just tools your assistant uses to help you. Focus on **what** you want to accomplish, not **how** to do it. Your assistant figures out the right actions to take.