diff --git a/lib/StartSDK.ts b/lib/StartSDK.ts
index e2427bf..68935a5 100644
--- a/lib/StartSDK.ts
+++ b/lib/StartSDK.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   ValueSpecText,
 } from "./config/configTypes"
 import { Variants } from "./config/builder/variants"
-import { createAction } from "./actions/createAction"
+import { CreatedAction, createAction } from "./actions/createAction"
 import {
   ActionMetaData,
   Effects,
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ export class StartSDK<Manifest extends SDKManifest, Store> {
           }) => Promise<void>
         }) => Migration.of<Store, Version>(options),
       },
-      setupActions,
+      setupActions: (...createdActions: CreatedAction<any, any>[]) =>
+        setupActions<Store>(...createdActions),
       setupAutoConfig: <
         Input,
         NestedConfigs extends {
diff --git a/lib/actions/createAction.ts b/lib/actions/createAction.ts
index a0cf09b..ff4ba1e 100644
--- a/lib/actions/createAction.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/createAction.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ export class CreatedAction<
   Type extends Record<string, any> = ExtractConfigType<ConfigType>,
 > {
   private constructor(
-    public readonly myMetaData: ActionMetaData,
+    public readonly myMetaData: Omit<ActionMetaData, "input">,
     readonly fn: (options: {
       effects: Effects
       utils: Utils<Store>
       input: Type
     }) => Promise<ActionResult>,
-    readonly input: Config<Type, Store> | Config<Type, never>,
+    readonly input: Config<Type, Store>,
   ) {}
   public validator = this.input.validator
 
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ export class CreatedAction<
     }) => Promise<ActionResult>,
   ) {
     const { input, ...rest } = metaData
-    return new CreatedAction<Store, ConfigType, Type>(rest, fn, input)
+    return new CreatedAction<Store, ConfigType, Type>(
+      rest,
+      fn,
+      input as Config<Type, Store>,
+    )
   }
 
   exportedAction: ExportedAction = ({ effects, input }) => {
@@ -59,6 +63,16 @@ export class CreatedAction<
     })
   }
 
+  async actionMetaData(options: {
+    effects: Effects
+    utils: Utils<Store>
+  }): Promise<ActionMetaData> {
+    return {
+      ...this.myMetaData,
+      input: await this.input.build(options),
+    }
+  }
+
   async getConfig({ effects }: { effects: Effects }) {
     return this.input.build({
       effects,
diff --git a/lib/actions/setupActions.ts b/lib/actions/setupActions.ts
index 5efc844..a116e6b 100644
--- a/lib/actions/setupActions.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/setupActions.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { Effects, ExpectedExports, ExportedAction } from "../types"
-import { ActionMetaData } from "../types"
+import { Effects, ExpectedExports } from "../types"
+import { createUtils } from "../util"
 import { once } from "../util/once"
 import { CreatedAction } from "./createAction"
 
-export function setupActions(...createdActions: CreatedAction<any, any>[]) {
+export function setupActions<Store>(
+  ...createdActions: CreatedAction<any, any>[]
+) {
   const myActions = once(() => {
     const actions: Record<string, CreatedAction<any, any>> = {}
     for (const action of createdActions) {
@@ -15,8 +17,14 @@ export function setupActions(...createdActions: CreatedAction<any, any>[]) {
     get actions() {
       return myActions()
     },
-    get actionsMetadata() {
-      return createdActions.map((x) => x.myMetaData)
+    async actionMetaData({ effects }: { effects: Effects }) {
+      const utils = createUtils<Store>(effects)
+      return Promise.all(
+        createdActions.map((x) => x.actionMetaData({ effects, utils })),
+      )
     },
+  } satisfies {
+    actions: ExpectedExports.actions
+    actionMetaData: ExpectedExports.actionMetaData
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/manifest/ManifestTypes.ts b/lib/manifest/ManifestTypes.ts
index f5da303..80b91ad 100644
--- a/lib/manifest/ManifestTypes.ts
+++ b/lib/manifest/ManifestTypes.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ export interface SDKManifest {
   containers: Record<string, Container>
   /** This denotes any data, asset, or pointer volumes that should be connected when the "docker run" command is invoked */
   volumes: Record<string, "data" | "assets">
-  actions: Array<ActionMetaData>
   alerts: {
     install: string | null
     update: string | null
diff --git a/lib/types.ts b/lib/types.ts
index 900820e..d31f42a 100644
--- a/lib/types.ts
+++ b/lib/types.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ export namespace ExpectedExports {
     }
   }
 
+  export type actionMetaData = (options: {
+    effects: Effects
+  }) => Promise<Array<ActionMetaData>>
+
   /**
    * This is the entrypoint for the main container. Used to start up something like the service that the
    * package represents, like running a bitcoind in a bitcoind-wrapper.
@@ -154,6 +158,7 @@ export type ActionMetaData = {
   name: string
   description: string
   id: string
+  input: InputSpec
   allowedStatuses: "only-running" | "only-stopped" | "any"
   /**
    * So the ordering of the actions is by alphabetical order of the group, then followed by the alphabetical of the actions