diff --git a/src/Updux.ts b/src/Updux.ts
index 2ee4ea8..5527ab2 100644
--- a/src/Updux.ts
+++ b/src/Updux.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 import R from 'remeda';
+import { Action, ActionGenerator } from './actions';
 
 /**
  * Configuration object typically passed to the constructor of the class Updux.
  */
-export interface UpduxConfig<TState = any, TSubduxes = {}> {
+export interface UpduxConfig<TState = any, TActions extends Record<string,ActionGenerator> = Record<string,ActionGenerator>, TSubduxes = {}> {
     /**
      * Local initial state.
      * @default {}
      */
     initial?: TState;
 
+    actions?: TActions;
+
     /**
      * Subduxes to be merged to this dux.
      */
@@ -22,13 +25,20 @@ export type DuxStateSubduxes<C extends {}> = keyof C extends never
     ? unknown
     : { [K in keyof C]: StateOf<C[K]> };
 
-export class Updux<TState extends any = {}, TSubduxes = {}> {
+export class Updux<TState extends any = {}, TActions extends { [key: string]: ActionGenerator } = {}, TSubduxes = {}> {
     #localInitial: any = {};
     #subduxes;
+    #actions : TActions;
 
-    constructor(config: UpduxConfig<TState, TSubduxes>) {
+    constructor(config: UpduxConfig<TState, TActions, TSubduxes>) {
         this.#localInitial = config.initial ?? {};
         this.#subduxes = config.subduxes ?? {};
+
+        this.#actions = config.actions ?? ([] as any);
+    }
+
+    get actions() {
+        return this.#actions;
     }
 
     get initial(): TState & DuxStateSubduxes<TSubduxes> {
diff --git a/src/actions.test.ts b/src/actions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16d20ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { test, expect } from 'vitest';
+
+import { action } from './actions.js';
+
+import { Updux } from './Updux.js';
+
+test('basic action', () => {
+    const foo = action('foo', (thing: string) => ({ thing }));
+
+    expect(foo('bar')).toEqual({
+        type: 'foo',
+        payload: {
+            thing: 'bar',
+        },
+    });
+});
+
+test( "Updux config accepts actions", () => {
+    const foo = new Updux({
+        actions: {
+             one: action('one', (x: string) => ({x})),
+             two: action('two', x => x),
+        }
+    });
+
+    expect(Object.keys(foo.actions)).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    expect( foo.actions.one ).toBeTypeOf('function');
+    expect( foo.actions.one("potato") ).toEqual({
+        type: 'one',
+        payload: {
+            x: 'potato'
+        }
+    });
+
+} )
+
diff --git a/src/actions.ts b/src/actions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50eba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+export type Action<T extends string = string, TPayload = any> = {
+    type: T;
+    meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    payload?: TPayload;
+};
+
+export type ActionGenerator<
+    TType extends string = string,
+    TPayloadGen = (...args: any[]) => any,
+> = {
+    type: TType;
+} & (TPayloadGen extends (...args: any) => any
+    ? ReturnType<TPayloadGen> extends void
+        ? (...args: Parameters<TPayloadGen>) => {
+              type: TType;
+          }
+        : (...args: Parameters<TPayloadGen>) => {
+              type: TType;
+              payload: ReturnType<TPayloadGen>;
+          }
+    : (...args: any[]) => { type: TType; payload?: unknown });
+
+export function action<
+    TType extends string,
+    TPayload extends (...args: any) => any,
+>(
+    type: TType,
+    payloadFunction?: TPayload,
+    transformer?: Function,
+): ActionGenerator<TType, TPayload> {
+    let generator: any = function (...payloadArg:any[]) {
+        const result: Action = { type };
+
+        if (payloadFunction) {
+            result.payload = payloadFunction(...payloadArg);
+        } else {
+            if (payloadArg[0] !== undefined) result.payload = payloadArg[0];
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    };
+
+    if (transformer) {
+        const orig = generator;
+        generator = (...args: any) => transformer(orig(...args), args);
+    }
+
+    generator.type = type;
+
+    return generator;
+}