diff --git a/actions/assembler/action.yml b/actions/assembler/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae213591d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/assembler/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: 'Documentation Assembler'
+description: 'Run the documenation assembler commands'
+
+branding:
+  icon: 'filter'
+  color: 'red'
+
+inputs:
+  command:
+    description: 'The assembler command to run'
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: 'docker'
+  image: "docker://ghcr.io/elastic/docs-assembler:edge"
diff --git a/docs-builder.sln b/docs-builder.sln
index 5a621c48f..1b00ed9a2 100644
--- a/docs-builder.sln
+++ b/docs-builder.sln
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ Project("{F2A71F9B-5D33-465A-A702-920D77279786}") = "authoring", "tests\authorin
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Elastic.Markdown.Refactor", "src\Elastic.Markdown.Refactor\Elastic.Markdown.Refactor.csproj", "{7D36DDDA-9E0B-4D2C-8033-5D62FF8B6166}"
 EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "assembler", "assembler", "{CFEE9FAD-9E0C-4C0E-A0C2-B97D594C14B5}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		actions\assembler\action.yml = actions\assembler\action.yml
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -100,5 +105,6 @@ Global
 		{28350800-B44B-479B-86E2-1D39E321C0B4} = {BE6011CC-1200-4957-B01F-FCCA10C5CF5A}
 		{018F959E-824B-4664-B345-066784478D24} = {67B576EE-02FA-4F9B-94BC-3630BC09ECE5}
 		{7D36DDDA-9E0B-4D2C-8033-5D62FF8B6166} = {BE6011CC-1200-4957-B01F-FCCA10C5CF5A}
+		{CFEE9FAD-9E0C-4C0E-A0C2-B97D594C14B5} = {245023D2-D3CA-47B9-831D-DAB91A2FFDC7}
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal
diff --git a/src/docs-assembler/Cli/LinkCommands.cs b/src/docs-assembler/Cli/LinkCommands.cs
index 0ab50b88a..155f1addf 100644
--- a/src/docs-assembler/Cli/LinkCommands.cs
+++ b/src/docs-assembler/Cli/LinkCommands.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ private void AssignOutputLogger()
 	/// Create an index.json file from all discovered links.json files in our S3 bucket
 	/// </summary>
 	/// <param name="ctx"></param>
-	[Command("links create-index")]
+	[Command("create-index")]
 	public async Task CreateLinkIndex(Cancel ctx = default)
 	{
 		AssignOutputLogger();
diff --git a/src/docs-assembler/Cli/RepositoryCommands.cs b/src/docs-assembler/Cli/RepositoryCommands.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..514ef792f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docs-assembler/Cli/RepositoryCommands.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using ConsoleAppFramework;
+using Elastic.Markdown.IO;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using ProcNet;
+using ProcNet.Std;
+
+namespace Documentation.Assembler.Cli;
+
+public class ConsoleLineHandler(string prefix) : IConsoleLineHandler
+{
+	public void Handle(LineOut lineOut) => lineOut.CharsOrString(
+		r => Console.Write(prefix + ": " + r),
+		l => Console.WriteLine(prefix + ": " + l));
+
+	public void Handle(Exception e) { }
+}
+
+internal class RepositoryCommands(ILoggerFactory logger)
+{
+	private void AssignOutputLogger()
+	{
+		var log = logger.CreateLogger<Program>();
+		ConsoleApp.Log = msg => log.LogInformation(msg);
+		ConsoleApp.LogError = msg => log.LogError(msg);
+	}
+
+	// would love to use libgit2 so there is no git dependency but
+	// libgit2 is magnitudes slower to clone repositories https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/4674
+	/// <summary> Clones all repositories </summary>
+	/// <param name="ctx"></param>
+	[Command("clone-all")]
+	public async Task CloneAll(Cancel ctx = default)
+	{
+		var configFile = Path.Combine(Paths.Root.FullName, "src/docs-assembler/conf.yml");
+		var config = AssemblyConfiguration.Deserialize(File.ReadAllText(configFile));
+
+		Console.WriteLine(config.Repositories.Count);
+		var dict = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, Stopwatch>();
+		await Parallel.ForEachAsync(config.Repositories,
+			new ParallelOptions { CancellationToken = ctx, MaxDegreeOfParallelism = Environment.ProcessorCount / 4 }, async (kv, c) =>
+			{
+				await Task.Run(() =>
+				{
+					var name = kv.Key;
+					var repository = kv.Value;
+					var checkoutFolder = Path.Combine(Paths.Root.FullName, $".artifacts/assembly/{name}");
+
+					var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+					dict.AddOrUpdate(name, sw, (_, _) => sw);
+					Console.WriteLine($"Checkout: {name}\t{repository}\t{checkoutFolder}");
+					var branch = repository.Branch ?? "main";
+					var args = new StartArguments(
+						"git", "clone", repository.Origin, checkoutFolder, "--depth", "1"
+						, "--single-branch", "--branch", branch
+					);
+					Proc.StartRedirected(args, new ConsoleLineHandler(name));
+					sw.Stop();
+				}, c);
+			}).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+		foreach (var kv in dict.OrderBy(kv => kv.Value.Elapsed))
+			Console.WriteLine($"-> {kv.Key}\ttook: {kv.Value.Elapsed}");
+	}
+
+	/// <summary> List all checked out repositories </summary>
+	/// <param name="ctx"></param>
+	[Command("list")]
+	public async Task ListRepositories(Cancel ctx = default)
+	{
+		var assemblyPath = Path.Combine(Paths.Root.FullName, $".artifacts/assembly");
+		var dir = new DirectoryInfo(assemblyPath);
+		var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+		foreach (var d in dir.GetDirectories())
+		{
+			var checkoutFolder = Path.Combine(assemblyPath, d.Name);
+
+			var capture = Proc.Start(
+				new StartArguments("git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD") { WorkingDirectory = checkoutFolder }
+			);
+			dictionary.Add(d.Name, capture.ConsoleOut.FirstOrDefault()?.Line ?? "unknown");
+		}
+
+		foreach (var kv in dictionary.OrderBy(kv => kv.Value))
+			Console.WriteLine($"-> {kv.Key}\tbranch: {kv.Value}");
+
+		await Task.CompletedTask;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/docs-assembler/Program.cs b/src/docs-assembler/Program.cs
index 839f9282b..930f4bcc0 100644
--- a/src/docs-assembler/Program.cs
+++ b/src/docs-assembler/Program.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using Actions.Core.Extensions;
+using Actions.Core.Services;
 using ConsoleAppFramework;
 using Documentation.Assembler;
 using Documentation.Assembler.Cli;
@@ -38,81 +39,16 @@
 await using var serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
 ConsoleApp.ServiceProvider = serviceProvider;
 
-
 var app = ConsoleApp.Create();
 app.UseFilter<StopwatchFilter>();
 app.UseFilter<CatchExceptionFilter>();
 
-app.Add<LinkCommands>();
-
-// would love to use libgit2 so there is no git dependency but
-// libgit2 is magnitudes slower to clone repositories https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/4674
-app.Add("clone-all", async Task (CancellationToken ctx) =>
-{
-	Console.WriteLine(config.Repositories.Count);
-	var dict = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, Stopwatch>();
-	await Parallel.ForEachAsync(config.Repositories, new ParallelOptions
-	{
-		CancellationToken = ctx,
-		MaxDegreeOfParallelism = Environment.ProcessorCount / 4
-	}, async (kv, c) =>
-	{
-		await Task.Run(() =>
-		{
-			var name = kv.Key;
-			var repository = kv.Value;
-			var checkoutFolder = Path.Combine(Paths.Root.FullName, $".artifacts/assembly/{name}");
+app.Add<LinkCommands>("link");
+app.Add<RepositoryCommands>("repo");
 
-			var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-			dict.AddOrUpdate(name, sw, (_, _) => sw);
-			Console.WriteLine($"Checkout: {name}\t{repository}\t{checkoutFolder}");
-			var branch = repository.Branch ?? "main";
-			var args = new StartArguments(
-				"git", "clone", repository.Origin, checkoutFolder, "--depth", "1"
-				, "--single-branch", "--branch", branch
-			);
-			Proc.StartRedirected(args, new ConsoleLineHandler(name));
-			sw.Stop();
-		}, c);
-	}).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-	foreach (var kv in dict.OrderBy(kv => kv.Value.Elapsed))
-		Console.WriteLine($"-> {kv.Key}\ttook: {kv.Value.Elapsed}");
-});
-app.Add("list", async Task (CancellationToken ctx) =>
-{
-
-	var assemblyPath = Path.Combine(Paths.Root.FullName, $".artifacts/assembly");
-	var dir = new DirectoryInfo(assemblyPath);
-	var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-	foreach (var d in dir.GetDirectories())
-	{
-		var checkoutFolder = Path.Combine(assemblyPath, d.Name);
-
-		var capture = Proc.Start(
-			new StartArguments("git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD")
-			{
-				WorkingDirectory = checkoutFolder
-			}
-		);
-		dictionary.Add(d.Name, capture.ConsoleOut.FirstOrDefault()?.Line ?? "unknown");
-	}
-	foreach (var kv in dictionary.OrderBy(kv => kv.Value))
-		Console.WriteLine($"-> {kv.Key}\tbranch: {kv.Value}");
-
-	await Task.CompletedTask;
-});
+var githubActions = ConsoleApp.ServiceProvider.GetService<ICoreService>();
+var command = githubActions?.GetInput("command");
+if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(command))
+	args = command.Split(' ');
 
 await app.RunAsync(args);
-
-namespace Documentation.Assembler
-{
-	public class ConsoleLineHandler(string prefix) : IConsoleLineHandler
-	{
-		public void Handle(LineOut lineOut) => lineOut.CharsOrString(
-			r => Console.Write(prefix + ": " + r),
-			l => Console.WriteLine(prefix + ": " + l));
-
-		public void Handle(Exception e) { }
-	}
-}