# What purpose we use action.py file?

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**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/what-purpose-we-use-action-py-file/25735 "2020-03-06T09:07:42Z")\
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In my models folder I have different files along with those I also have actions.py and what is the exact use of this action.py file and when should we use it. I have gone through the document but I didn’t get exactly what it is.

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