diff --git a/build/action.yml b/build/action.yml
index f50b975..f9d90bf 100644
--- a/build/action.yml
+++ b/build/action.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ inputs:
     default: false
   gh_event:
     description: The name of the event that triggered the parent workflow.
+outputs:
+  ghc_img:
+    description: "Export GHCR.io package resource URL"
+    value: ${{ steps.ghc_img_id.outputs.ghc_img }}
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -142,3 +146,8 @@ runs:
       cache-from: type=gha
       cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
       provenance: false
+
+  - name: Export GHCR.io resource
+    id: ghc_img_id
+    shell: bash
+    run: echo "ghc_img=${{ inputs.image }}:${{ steps.tag_check.outputs.tag }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/deploy/action.yml b/deploy/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70cdb42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: Deploy
+description: "This action is used to deploy"
+
+inputs:
+  environment:
+    required: false
+    description: the github actions environment context
+  image:
+    required: true
+    description: The full gchr image
+  file:
+    required: true
+    description: path to file in repository to update with the image
+  CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID:
+    description: The ID of the GithubApp that is used to generate keys that enable one repository to send repository dispatch messages to another.
+    required: true
+  CONFIG_REPO_RW_INSTALL_ID:
+    description: ""
+    required: false
+  CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME:
+    description: The github repo of the tanka control repository
+    required: true
+  # secrets:
+  CONFIG_REPO_RW_KEY:
+    description: The private key used to talk to the GithubAPP with the App ID
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    with:
+      fetch-depth: 0
+  - name: Set environment variables
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      if [ -z "${{ inputs.CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID }}" ]
+      then
+        echo "CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID=${{ env.CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "setting CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID to ${{ env.CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID }} from env"
+      else
+        echo "CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID=${{ inputs.CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "setting CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID to ${{ inputs.CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID }} from inputs"
+      fi
+      if [ -z "${{ inputs.CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME }}" ]
+      then
+        echo "CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME=${{ env.CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "setting CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME to ${{ env.CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME }} from env"
+      else
+        echo "CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME=${{ inputs.CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "setting CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME to ${{ inputs.CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME }} from inputs"
+      fi
+  - name: Generate app token
+    id: generate_token
+    uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+    with:
+      app-id: ${{ env.CONFIG_REPO_RW_APP_ID }}
+      private-key: ${{ inputs.CONFIG_REPO_RW_KEY }}
+      owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+  - name: Send the message
+    uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v3
+    with:
+      event-type: update-image
+      token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+      repository: ${{ env.CONFIG_REPO_FULL_NAME }}
+      client-payload: '{ "subject": "Update ${{ inputs.file }}", "body": "Originating repository is ${{ github.repository }}\nRun ID is ${{ github.run_id }}\nUser is ${{ github.actor }}", "image": "${{ inputs.image }}", "file": "${{ inputs.file }}" }'
diff --git a/update-image/action.yml b/update-image/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df14f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-image/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Update Image File
+description: Updates the image file in the ht_tanka repository
+
+inputs:
+  subject:
+    required: true
+    description: ''
+  body:
+    required: true
+    description: ''
+  image:
+    required: true
+    description: ''
+  file:
+    required: true
+    description: ''
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+  - name: Clone latest repository
+    uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  - name: dump github event
+    shell: bash
+    env:
+      EVENT: ${{ toJson(github.event) }}
+    run: echo "$EVENT"
+  - name: update the config
+    shell: bash
+    env:
+      FILE: ${{ inputs.file }}
+      IMAGE: ${{ inputs.image }}
+    run: echo -n $IMAGE > $FILE
+  - name: cat the files
+    shell: bash
+    run: cat ${{ inputs.file }}
+  - name: Commit and push files new file
+    shell: bash
+    env:
+      SUBJECT: ${{ inputs.subject }}
+      BODY: ${{ inputs.body }}
+    run: |
+      git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+      git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+      git pull
+      git add -A
+      git commit -m "$SUBJECT" -m "$BODY"
+      git push