Key Concepts

Before working with the Optra portal, it helps to understand the three core building blocks: Skills, Actions, and Workflows.

Skills

A skill is a Docker container that runs on Optra Edge devices — the application you deploy to your fleet. Skills are versioned, configurable, and deployed to devices through workflows. See Skills for a full reference including inputs, outputs, and versioning.

Actions

An action is a portal-based response you configure to trigger when your devices produce output data — for example, an API call, an email alert, or a Slack notification. See Actions for the full list of available action types and how to configure them.

Workflows

A workflow ties together devices, a skill, and actions into a single deployable unit: it defines which devices run which skill, and what happens with the resulting data. See Workflows for a complete guide.