diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/PlanEditor.tsx b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/PlanEditor.tsx
index 2c2d098..c5f9d33 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/PlanEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/PlanEditor.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,32 @@ type PlanEditorDialogProps = {
   description? : string;
 };
 
+
+/**
+ * Creates an action, as a step for a plan.
+ * @param type the type of action to build
+ * @param value the value of this action to build
+ * @param isGestureTag whether or not this action, restricted to gestures, is a tag.
+ * @returns An action
+ */
+function createAction(
+  type: ActionTypes,
+  value: string,
+  isGestureTag: boolean
+): Action {
+  const id = crypto.randomUUID();
+
+  switch (type) {
+    case "speech":
+      return { id, text: value, type: "speech" };
+    case "gesture":
+      return { id, gesture: value, isTag: isGestureTag, type: "gesture" };
+    case "llm":
+      return { id, goal: value, type: "llm" };
+  }
+}
+
+
 export default function PlanEditorDialog({
   plan,
   onSave,