diff --git a/execute/default/activities/DEPLOY b/execute/default/activities/DEPLOY
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/execute/default/activities/DEPLOY
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/execute/default/activities/build.json b/execute/default/activities/build.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77a5226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execute/default/activities/build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "build",
+    "description": "build the resource, e.g. compile into executable"
+}
diff --git a/execute/default/activities/deploy.json b/execute/default/activities/deploy.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57fc7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execute/default/activities/deploy.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "deploy",
+    "description": "deploy the resource"
+}
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diff --git a/execute/default/activities/release.json b/execute/default/activities/release.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9353412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execute/default/activities/release.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "release",
+    "description": "release the resource"
+}
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diff --git a/execute/default/activities/source.json b/execute/default/activities/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16d2b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execute/default/activities/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "source",
+    "description": "perform an activty on the source, e.g. lint"
+}
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diff --git a/execute/default/activities/testt.json b/execute/default/activities/testt.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25a621c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execute/default/activities/testt.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "test",
+    "description": "perform test activities on the resource"
+}
\ No newline at end of file