# What is the difference between Actions (new) and Rules

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**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-actions-new-and-rules/59391 "2021-03-14T08:01:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-actions-new-and-rules/59391/2 "2021-03-15T05:41:56Z")

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Hi @r-brown ,

Auth0 Rules is a great way to extend your authentication flow. It will execute after the user have completed authentication and before the tokens are issued to the application.

Actions are bit different than rules because you can “hook” several functional services that fire during specific events across multiple identity flows.

Currently the features are bit limited but going forward, Auth0 will focus more on enhancing Auth0 actions.

> **[Introducing Auth0 Actions](https://auth0.com/blog/introducing-auth0-actions/#What-are-Auth0-Actions-)**
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> Easily add custom identity to your application with Auth0 Actions

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