Hidden actions

Set hidden: true on an action to keep it off the default Actions dashboard and out of automatic UI listings (for example entity-related action pickers). This is useful for background helpers that run on cron, startup, webhooks, or as triggers.

actions:
  - title: Update container entity file
    shell: docker ps -a --format=json > /etc/OliveTin/entities/containers.json
    hidden: true
    execOnStartup: true

hidden is not a security control. It only affects where the action appears in the UI. Opening Action Details and calling APIs such as GetActionBinding require view permission; viewing execution logs requires logs permission. Those are separate from whether the action is listed on a dashboard. To restrict who can see or run an action, use Access Control Lists.

You can still place a hidden action on a custom dashboard by title if you want a button for it in a specific place.