diff --git a/backend/compose.yaml b/backend/compose.yaml
index 691c6b6..d89d947 100644
--- a/backend/compose.yaml
+++ b/backend/compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.3"
-
 services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:17
@@ -10,5 +8,11 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
       POSTGRES_DB: "db"
 
+    volumes:
+      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
+
+volumes:
+  pgdata:
diff --git a/backend/src/main/kotlin/schemas/Action.kt b/backend/src/main/kotlin/schemas/Action.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..381ec9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/kotlin/schemas/Action.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package dev.svitan.schemas
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.*
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.SqlExpressionBuilder.eq
+import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.transactions.transaction
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+import java.util.UUID
+
+enum class ActionKind {
+    TEXT,
+    SCRIPT;
+
+    companion object {
+        fun from(it: String): ActionKind {
+            return when (it.lowercase()) {
+                "text" -> ActionKind.TEXT
+                "script" -> ActionKind.SCRIPT
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Invalid action kind: $it")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun toString(): String {
+        return super.toString().lowercase()
+    }
+}
+
+@Serializable
+class ActionDTO(
+    val id: String,
+    val name: String,
+    val kind: ActionKind,
+    val source: String,
+    val createdAt: String,
+    val updatedAt: String
+)
+
+@Serializable
+class NewActionDTO(
+    val name: String,
+    val kind: String,
+    val source: String
+)
+
+class ActionService {
+    object Actions : Table("actions") {
+        val id = uuid("id").autoGenerate()
+        val name = text("name")
+        val kind = text("kind")
+        val a_source = text("source") // `source` is another property
+        val createdAt = text("created_at")
+        val updatedAt = text("updated_at")
+
+        override val primaryKey = PrimaryKey(id)
+    }
+
+    init {
+        transaction {
+            SchemaUtils.create(Actions)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun create(action: NewActionDTO): UUID =
+        transaction {
+            val now = LocalDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME)
+            Actions.insert {
+                it[name] = action.name
+                it[kind] = ActionKind.from(action.kind).toString()
+                it[a_source] = action.source
+                it[createdAt] = now
+                it[updatedAt] = now
+            }[Actions.id]
+        }
+
+    fun read(id: UUID): ActionDTO? =
+        transaction {
+            Actions.selectAll()
+                .where { Actions.id eq id }
+                .map {
+                    ActionDTO(
+                        it[Actions.id].toString(),
+                        it[Actions.name],
+                        ActionKind.from(it[Actions.kind]),
+                        it[Actions.a_source],
+                        it[Actions.createdAt],
+                        it[Actions.updatedAt]
+                    )
+                }
+                .singleOrNull()
+        }
+
+    fun update(id: UUID, action: NewActionDTO) {
+        transaction {
+            val now = LocalDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE_TIME)
+            Actions.update({ Actions.id eq id }) {
+                it[name] = action.name
+                it[kind] = ActionKind.from(action.kind).toString()
+                it[a_source] = action.source
+                it[updatedAt] = now
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun delete(id: UUID) {
+        transaction {
+            Actions.deleteWhere { Actions.id eq id }
+        }
+    }
+}