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# Operations

Operations are meta-targets which handle side-effects. They provide an explicit/declarative mechanism for altering config, dictating control flow, toggling states/modes and otherwise affecting the behavior of your workflows.

## Syntax

All operations start with an at sign (`@`) followed by the operation's name. Optionally, a forward-slash (`/`) may follow the name after which arguments to the operation may be included with each argument delimited by two colons (`::`).

**Operation without arguments:**

`@{operation name}`

**Operation with single argument:**

`@{operation name}/{argument}`

**Operation with multiple arguments:**

`@{operation name}/{argument}::{argument}[::{...rest}]`

* [Binding Operations](/docs/reference/operations/binding_operations.md)
* [Predicating Operations](/docs/reference/operations/predicating_operations.md)
* [Debugging Operations](/docs/reference/operations/debugging_operations.md)