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+import {
+  AutomationActionStepId,
+  AutomationStepSchema,
+  AutomationStepInput,
+  AutomationStepType,
+  AutomationIOType,
+} from "@budibase/types"
+
+export const definition: AutomationStepSchema = {
+  name: "Collect Data",
+  tagline: "Collect data to be sent to design",
+  icon: "Collection",
+  description:
+    "Collects specified data so it can be provided to the design section",
+  type: AutomationStepType.ACTION,
+  internal: true,
+  canLoop: false,
+  stepId: AutomationActionStepId.COLLECT,
+  inputs: {
+    text: "",
+  },
+  schema: {
+    inputs: {
+      properties: {
+        collection: {
+          type: AutomationIOType.STRING,
+          title: "What to Collect",
+        },
+      },
+      required: ["text"],
+    },
+    outputs: {
+      properties: {
+        success: {
+          type: AutomationIOType.BOOLEAN,
+          description: "Whether the action was successful",
+        },
+        value: {
+          type: AutomationIOType.STRING,
+          description: "Collected data",
+        },
+      },
+      required: ["success", "value"],
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+export async function run({ inputs }: AutomationStepInput) {
+  return {
+    success: true,
+    value: inputs.collection,
+  }
+}