How parameters work

ACC actions can have two parameters. A primary, and a secondary. This article shows how to use them.

How ACC parameters are used

An action is passed to ACC by creating a file in a specific folder, with the content being the name of the action. If the action however must / can receive parameters, this needs to be included in the file as well.

Basic parameter setup example;
The way parameters are included in the file content is as follows;

action_name:primary parameter{secondary parameter}

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Example; parameters in the shutdown action (primary parameter);
As the Actions article shows for the shutdown action, it accepts an optional parameter, which can be all the Windows shutdown parameters. Fx; /f for "force shutdown". If we want to include this in the action, it'd look like this;

shutdown:/f

^ this passes "/f" as a parameter to the shutdown action.

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Example; parameters in the set_volume action (primary parameter);
The set_volume action requires a parameter; the volume level it should set, anything from 0 to 100. Passing a parameter to set_volume looks like this;

set_volume:55

^ this will set the volume to 55 on your PC!

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Example; parameters in the message_box action (primary and secondary parameter);
The message_box action shows a standard Windows message box on your PC. The first parameter determines the content of the message box, and the secondary parameter is the title of the message box. Example;

message_box:This is the content of the message box!{And this is the title!}

Using the parameters in IFTTT applets?

There's an article on how to utilize the parameters with dynamic content depending on what you tell your assistant right here; The use of parameters