diff --git a/xmpp/Cargo.toml b/xmpp/Cargo.toml
index a022151..9adde95 100644
--- a/xmpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xmpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,10 +21,18 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["fs"] }
 log = "0.4"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.8", features = ["stream"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["codec"] }
+# For actions API
+async-trait = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.10"
+xmpp = { path = ".", features = [ "actions" ] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["avatars"]
 avatars = []
+actions = [ "dep:async-trait" ]
+
+[[example]]
+name = "actions_bot"
+required-features = [ "actions" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xmpp/ChangeLog b/xmpp/ChangeLog
index dc538dc..605d10c 100644
--- a/xmpp/ChangeLog
+++ b/xmpp/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ xxxxxxxxxx
     * Improvements:
       - Agent is now Send, by replacing Rc with Arc and RefCell with RwLock (#64)
 	  - ClientBuilder now has a set_resource method for manual resource management (#72)
+	  - the action module is enabled by the `actions` feature (#75) and providers a more robust and ergonomic API
 
 Version 0.4.0:
 2023-05-18 [ Maxime “pep” Buquet <pep@bouah.net>, Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr> ]
diff --git a/xmpp/examples/actions_bot.rs b/xmpp/examples/actions_bot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fb8fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/examples/actions_bot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+use env_logger;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use xmpp::{action, ClientBuilder, ClientFeature, ClientType, Event};
+use xmpp_parsers::{BareJid, JidParseError};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Error {
+    Syntax(String),
+    Jid(String, JidParseError),
+    XMPP(tokio_xmpp::Error),
+}
+
+impl From<tokio_xmpp::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: tokio_xmpp::Error) -> Error {
+        Error::XMPP(e)
+    }
+}
+
+struct Args {
+    jid: BareJid,
+    password: String,
+    room: BareJid,
+}
+
+impl Args {
+    fn from_cli() -> Result<Option<Args>, Error> {
+        let mut args = std::env::args();
+        let binary_name = args.next().unwrap();
+
+        let jid = args
+            .next()
+            .ok_or(Error::Syntax("Missing argument: jid".into()))?;
+        match jid.to_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "help" | "-h" | "--help" => {
+                help(&binary_name);
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        let jid = BareJid::from_str(&jid).map_err(|e| Error::Jid(jid, e))?;
+
+        let password = args
+            .next()
+            .ok_or(Error::Syntax("Missing argument: password".into()))?;
+
+        let room = args
+            .next()
+            .ok_or(Error::Syntax("Missing argument: room".into()))?;
+        let room = BareJid::from_str(&room).map_err(|e| Error::Jid(room, e))?;
+
+        Ok(Some(Args {
+            jid,
+            password,
+            room,
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
+fn help(name: &str) {
+    println!("A bot that welcomes you when you say hello");
+    println!("Usage: {} <jid> <password> <room>", name);
+    println!("NOTE: Run with RUST_LOG=debug for debug logs");
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    env_logger::init();
+
+    let args = if let Some(args) = Args::from_cli()? {
+        args
+    } else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+
+    let nick = String::from("actions_bot");
+
+    // Client instance
+    let mut client = ClientBuilder::new(args.jid.clone(), &args.password)
+        .set_client(ClientType::Bot, "xmpp-rs")
+        .set_website("https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs")
+        .set_default_nick(&nick)
+        .enable_feature(ClientFeature::JoinRooms)
+        .build();
+
+    while let Some(events) = client.wait_for_events().await {
+        for event in events {
+            match event {
+                Event::Online => {
+                    println!("Online.");
+                    client
+                        .action(action::room_join(args.room.clone(), &nick))
+                        .await?;
+                }
+                Event::Disconnected => {
+                    println!("Disconnected");
+                }
+                Event::RoomMessage(_id, room_jid, author, body) => {
+                    println!(
+                        "Message in room {} from {}: {}",
+                        &room_jid, &author, &body.0
+                    );
+                    let msg = body.0.trim().to_lowercase();
+                    if msg == "hello" {
+                        client
+                            .action(action::room_message(
+                                room_jid,
+                                format!("Hello, {}", &author),
+                            ))
+                            .await?;
+                    }
+                }
+                Event::RoomPrivateMessage(_id, room_jid, nick, body) => {
+                    println!(
+                        "Private Message from room {} from {}: {}",
+                        &room_jid, &nick, body.0
+                    );
+                    client
+                        .action(action::room_private_message(
+                            room_jid,
+                            nick,
+                            format!("You said: {}", body.0),
+                        ))
+                        .await?;
+                }
+                Event::ChatMessage(_id, jid, body) => {
+                    println!("Message from {}: {}", jid, body.0);
+                    client
+                        .action(action::message(jid, format!("You said: {}", body.0)))
+                        .await?;
+                }
+                Event::RoomJoined(jid) => {
+                    println!("Joined room {}.", jid);
+                    client
+                        .action(action::room_message(jid, "Hello, world!"))
+                        .await?;
+                }
+                _ => (),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/xmpp/src/action/message.rs b/xmpp/src/action/message.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9a574a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/src/action/message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use crate::{Act, Agent, Error};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use xmpp_parsers::{message::Message, Element, Jid, JidParseError};
+
+pub struct MessageAction {
+    pub jid: Jid,
+    pub msg: String,
+    pub lang: String,
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl Act<()> for MessageAction {
+    async fn act(self, agent: &mut Agent) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        agent.client.send_stanza(self.into()).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MessageAction> for Element {
+    fn from(action: MessageAction) -> Element {
+        let MessageAction { jid, msg, lang } = action;
+
+        Message::chat(Some(jid.into())).with_body(lang, msg).into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl MessageAction {
+    /// Generates a new action to send a private message to a parsed [`Jid`]. By default,
+    /// the language used in the message is considered unknown.
+    pub fn new<T: Into<Jid>, U: AsRef<str>>(jid: T, msg: U) -> MessageAction {
+        MessageAction {
+            jid: jid.into(),
+            msg: msg.as_ref().to_string(),
+            lang: "".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Generates a new action to send a private message to a stringy JID. By default,
+    /// the language used in the message is considered unknown. Errors if the recipient Jid cannot be
+    /// parsed into a [`Jid`].
+    pub fn new_str<T: AsRef<str>, U: AsRef<str>>(
+        jid: T,
+        msg: U,
+    ) -> Result<MessageAction, JidParseError> {
+        Ok(MessageAction {
+            jid: Jid::from_str(jid.as_ref())?,
+            msg: msg.as_ref().to_string(),
+            lang: "".to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Specify the language your message is written in, if you know it.
+    pub fn lang(mut self, lang: &str) -> MessageAction {
+        self.lang = lang.to_string();
+        self
+    }
+}
diff --git a/xmpp/src/action/mod.rs b/xmpp/src/action/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1fb8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/src/action/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+//! The actions API allows to create type-safe actions for an [`Agent`]. You need to enable the
+//! `actions` feature in the `xmpp` crate to use it!
+//!
+//! You can build an action manually by generating one of the types exposed in this module,
+//! or directly call one of the helper methods:
+//!
+//! - [`action::message`]
+//! - [`action::room_join`]
+//! - [`action::room_message`]
+//! - [`action::room_private_message`]
+
+use crate::{Agent, Error, RoomNick};
+use xmpp_parsers::{BareJid, Jid};
+
+mod room;
+pub use room::{RoomJoinAction, RoomMessageAction, RoomPrivateMessageAction};
+
+mod message;
+pub use message::MessageAction;
+
+/// Starts building a [`RoomJoinAction`]
+pub fn room_join<T: Into<BareJid>, U: AsRef<str>>(room: T, nick: U) -> RoomJoinAction {
+    RoomJoinAction::new(room, nick)
+}
+
+/// Starts building a [`RoomMessageAction`]
+pub fn room_message<T: Into<BareJid>, U: AsRef<str>>(room: T, msg: U) -> RoomMessageAction {
+    RoomMessageAction::new(room, msg)
+}
+
+/// Starts building a [`RoomPrivateMessageAction`]
+pub fn room_private_message<T: Into<BareJid>, U: AsRef<str>>(
+    room: T,
+    nick: RoomNick,
+    msg: U,
+) -> RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+    RoomPrivateMessageAction::new(room, nick, msg)
+}
+
+/// Starts building a [`MessageAction`]
+pub fn message<T: Into<Jid>, U: AsRef<str>>(room: T, msg: U) -> MessageAction {
+    MessageAction::new(room, msg)
+}
+
+/// The trait to implement for typed actions to be consumed by an [`Agent`].
+/// It contains a single method for the action logic.
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+pub trait Act<T> {
+    /// The method called by the [`Agent`] to perform the action.
+    async fn act(self, client: &mut Agent) -> Result<T, Error>;
+}
diff --git a/xmpp/src/action/room/join.rs b/xmpp/src/action/room/join.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e4d499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/src/action/room/join.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+use crate::{Act, Agent, Error};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use xmpp_parsers::{
+    muc::muc::{History, Muc},
+    presence::Presence,
+    BareJid, Element, JidParseError,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct RoomJoinAction {
+    pub room: BareJid,
+    pub nick: String,
+    pub password: Option<String>,
+    pub lang: Option<String>,
+    pub status: Option<String>,
+    pub history: Option<History>,
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl Act<()> for RoomJoinAction {
+    async fn act(self, agent: &mut Agent) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        agent.client.send_stanza(self.clone().into()).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<RoomJoinAction> for Element {
+    fn from(action: RoomJoinAction) -> Element {
+        let RoomJoinAction {
+            room,
+            nick,
+            password,
+            lang,
+            status,
+            history,
+        } = action;
+
+        let mut muc = Muc::new();
+
+        if let Some(history) = history {
+            muc = muc.with_history(history);
+        }
+
+        if let Some(password) = password {
+            muc = muc.with_password(password);
+        }
+
+        // TODO: type-safe
+        let room_jid = room.with_resource_str(&nick).unwrap();
+
+        let mut presence = Presence::available()
+            .with_to(room_jid.clone())
+            .with_payload(muc);
+
+        if let Some(status) = status {
+            // lang None is treated as unknown language (empty string)
+            presence.set_status(lang.unwrap_or("".to_string()), status);
+        }
+
+        presence.into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl RoomJoinAction {
+    /// Creates an action to join a MUC chatroom from a parsed [`BareJid`]. By default,
+    /// legacy history management is disabled.
+    /// If you really need history from the MUC, you can use [`JoinRoomAction::history_default`], but be careful
+    /// because there will be no way to distinguish them from normal live messages, see also:
+    /// https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs/-/issues/77
+    pub fn new<T: Into<BareJid>, U: AsRef<str>>(room: T, nick: U) -> RoomJoinAction {
+        RoomJoinAction {
+            room: room.into(),
+            nick: nick.as_ref().to_string(),
+            password: None,
+            lang: None,
+            status: None,
+            history: Some(History::new().with_maxchars(0)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates an action to join a MUC chatroom from a stringy bare JID. By default,
+    /// legacy history management is disabled. Errors if the room JID is not parseable into a [`BareJid`].
+    /// If you really need history from the MUC, you can use [`JoinRoomAction::history_default`], but be careful
+    /// because there will be no way to distinguish them from normal live messages, see also:
+    /// https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs/-/issues/77
+    pub fn new_str<T: AsRef<str>, U: AsRef<str>>(
+        room: T,
+        nick: U,
+    ) -> Result<RoomJoinAction, JidParseError> {
+        Ok(RoomJoinAction {
+            room: BareJid::from_str(room.as_ref())?,
+            nick: nick.as_ref().to_string(),
+            password: None,
+            lang: None,
+            status: None,
+            history: Some(History::new().with_maxchars(0)),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the nick associated with the client on the chatroom to be joined.
+    pub fn nick(mut self, nick: &str) -> RoomJoinAction {
+        self.nick = nick.to_string();
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the password required to enter the MUC chatroom.
+    pub fn password(mut self, password: &str) -> RoomJoinAction {
+        self.password = Some(password.to_string());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Sets a status associated with the client, when joining the room. The status
+    /// should define a language associated with it, but None will be treated as explicitly
+    /// not knowing the language, i.e. `xml:lang=""` as explained [here](https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs/-/issues/80).
+    pub fn status(mut self, lang: Option<String>, status: &str) -> RoomJoinAction {
+        if let Some(lang) = lang {
+            self.lang = Some(lang);
+        }
+        self.status = Some(status.to_string());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Request the default history (as set by the server) from legacy MUC history.
+    pub fn history_default(mut self) -> RoomJoinAction {
+        self.history = None;
+        self
+    }
+}
diff --git a/xmpp/src/action/room/message.rs b/xmpp/src/action/room/message.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce89de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/src/action/room/message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+use crate::{Act, Agent, Error};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use xmpp_parsers::{message::Message, BareJid, Element, JidParseError};
+
+pub struct RoomMessageAction {
+    pub room: BareJid,
+    pub msg: String,
+    pub lang: String,
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl Act<()> for RoomMessageAction {
+    async fn act(self, agent: &mut Agent) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        agent.client.send_stanza(self.into()).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<RoomMessageAction> for Element {
+    fn from(action: RoomMessageAction) -> Element {
+        let RoomMessageAction { room, msg, lang } = action;
+
+        Message::groupchat(Some(room.into()))
+            .with_body(lang, msg)
+            .into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl RoomMessageAction {
+    /// Generates a new action to send a group message to a parsed MUC chatroom [`BareJid`]. By default,
+    /// the language used in the message is considered unknown.
+    pub fn new<T: Into<BareJid>, U: AsRef<str>>(room: T, msg: U) -> RoomMessageAction {
+        RoomMessageAction {
+            room: room.into(),
+            msg: msg.as_ref().to_string(),
+            lang: "".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Generates a new action to send a group message to a stringy MUC chatroom. By default,
+    /// the language used in the message is considered unknown. Errors if the chatroom Jid cannot be
+    /// parsed into a [`BareJid`].
+    pub fn new_str<T: AsRef<str>, U: AsRef<str>>(
+        room: T,
+        msg: U,
+    ) -> Result<RoomMessageAction, JidParseError> {
+        Ok(RoomMessageAction {
+            room: BareJid::from_str(room.as_ref())?,
+            msg: msg.as_ref().to_string(),
+            lang: "".to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Specify the language your message is written in, if you know it.
+    pub fn lang(mut self, lang: &str) -> RoomMessageAction {
+        self.lang = lang.to_string();
+        self
+    }
+}
diff --git a/xmpp/src/action/room/mod.rs b/xmpp/src/action/room/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ba391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/src/action/room/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+mod join;
+pub use join::RoomJoinAction;
+
+mod message;
+pub use message::RoomMessageAction;
+
+mod private_message;
+pub use private_message::RoomPrivateMessageAction;
diff --git a/xmpp/src/action/room/private_message.rs b/xmpp/src/action/room/private_message.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d538ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/src/action/room/private_message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use crate::{Act, Agent, Error, RoomNick};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use xmpp_parsers::{message::Message, muc::MucUser, BareJid, Element, JidParseError};
+
+pub struct RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+    pub room: BareJid,
+    pub recipient: RoomNick,
+    pub msg: String,
+    pub lang: String,
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl Act<()> for RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+    async fn act(self, agent: &mut Agent) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        agent.client.send_stanza(self.into()).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<RoomPrivateMessageAction> for Element {
+    fn from(action: RoomPrivateMessageAction) -> Element {
+        let RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+            room,
+            recipient,
+            msg,
+            lang,
+        } = action;
+
+        // TODO: type-safe
+        let recipient = room.with_resource_str(&recipient).unwrap();
+
+        Message::chat(Some(recipient.into()))
+            .with_body(lang, msg)
+            .with_payload(MucUser::new())
+            .into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+    /// Generates a new action to send a private a parsed MUC participant
+    /// (room [`BareJid`] + participant [`RoomNick`].
+    /// By default, the language used in the message is considered unknown.
+    pub fn new<T: Into<BareJid>, U: AsRef<str>>(
+        room: T,
+        recipient: RoomNick,
+        msg: U,
+    ) -> RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+        RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+            room: room.into(),
+            recipient,
+            msg: msg.as_ref().to_string(),
+            lang: "".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Generates a new action to send a private message to a stringy MUC participant
+    /// (stringy room + stringy participant).
+    /// By default, the language used in the message is considered unknown.
+    /// Errors if the chatroom Jid cannot be parsed into a [`BareJid`].
+    pub fn new_str<T: AsRef<str>, U: AsRef<str>>(
+        room: T,
+        recipient: RoomNick,
+        msg: U,
+    ) -> Result<RoomPrivateMessageAction, JidParseError> {
+        Ok(RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+            room: BareJid::from_str(room.as_ref())?,
+            recipient,
+            msg: msg.as_ref().to_string(),
+            lang: "".to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Specify the language your message is written in, if you know it.
+    pub fn lang(mut self, lang: &str) -> RoomPrivateMessageAction {
+        self.lang = lang.to_string();
+        self
+    }
+}
diff --git a/xmpp/src/lib.rs b/xmpp/src/lib.rs
index d9096e6..2b941e9 100644
--- a/xmpp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/xmpp/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ extern crate log;
 
 mod pubsub;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "actions")]
+pub mod action;
+#[cfg(feature = "actions")]
+pub use action::Act;
+
 pub type Error = tokio_xmpp::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -219,6 +224,11 @@ impl Agent {
         self.client.send_end().await
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "actions")]
+    pub async fn action<Success, T: Act<Success>>(&mut self, action: T) -> Result<Success, Error> {
+        action.act(self).await
+    }
+
     pub async fn join_room(
         &mut self,
         room: BareJid,