diff --git a/cc/action_names.bzl b/cc/action_names.bzl
index 82325d1..3df7cfa 100644
--- a/cc/action_names.bzl
+++ b/cc/action_names.bzl
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Constants for action names used for C++ rules."""
 
+# Keep in sync with //cc/toolchains/actions:BUILD.
+
 # Name for the C compilation action.
 C_COMPILE_ACTION_NAME = "c-compile"
 
diff --git a/cc/toolchains/BUILD b/cc/toolchains/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9b29fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cc/toolchains/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
diff --git a/cc/toolchains/actions.bzl b/cc/toolchains/actions.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a48e120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cc/toolchains/actions.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Rules to turn action types into bazel labels."""
+
+load(":cc_toolchain_info.bzl", "ActionTypeInfo", "ActionTypeSetInfo")
+
+visibility("public")
+
+def _cc_action_type_impl(ctx):
+    action_type = ActionTypeInfo(label = ctx.label, name = ctx.attr.action_name)
+    return [
+        action_type,
+        ActionTypeSetInfo(
+            label = ctx.label,
+            actions = depset([action_type]),
+        ),
+    ]
+
+cc_action_type = rule(
+    implementation = _cc_action_type_impl,
+    attrs = {
+        "action_name": attr.string(
+            mandatory = True,
+        ),
+    },
+    doc = """A type of action (eg. c_compile, assemble, strip).
+
+Example:
+
+load("@rules_cc//cc:action_names.bzl", "ACTION_NAMES")
+
+cc_action_type(
+  name = "cpp_compile",
+  action_name =  = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_compile,
+)
+""",
+    provides = [ActionTypeInfo, ActionTypeSetInfo],
+)
+
+def _cc_action_type_set_impl(ctx):
+    return [ActionTypeSetInfo(
+        label = ctx.label,
+        actions = depset(transitive = [
+            attr[ActionTypeSetInfo].actions
+            for attr in ctx.attr.actions
+        ]),
+    )]
+
+cc_action_type_set = rule(
+    doc = """Represents a set of actions.
+
+Example:
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "cc_link_executable_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":cpp_link_executable",
+        ":lto_index_for_executable",
+    ],
+)
+""",
+    implementation = _cc_action_type_set_impl,
+    attrs = {
+        "actions": attr.label_list(
+            providers = [ActionTypeSetInfo],
+            mandatory = True,
+            doc = "A list of cc_action_type or cc_action_type_set",
+        ),
+    },
+    provides = [ActionTypeSetInfo],
+)
diff --git a/cc/toolchains/actions/BUILD b/cc/toolchains/actions/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7546d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cc/toolchains/actions/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+load("//cc:action_names.bzl", "ACTION_NAMES")
+load("//cc/toolchains:actions.bzl", "cc_action_type", "cc_action_type_set")
+
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+# Keep in sync with //cc:action_names.bzl.
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "c_compile",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.c_compile,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_compile",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_compile,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "linkstamp_compile",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.linkstamp_compile,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cc_flags_make_variable",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cc_flags_make_variable,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_module_codegen",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_module_codegen,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_header_parsing",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_header_parsing,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_module_compile",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_module_compile,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "assemble",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.assemble,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "preprocess_assemble",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.preprocess_assemble,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "lto_indexing",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.lto_indexing,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "lto_backend",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.lto_backend,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "lto_index_for_executable",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.lto_index_for_executable,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "lto_index_for_dynamic_library",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.lto_index_for_dynamic_library,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "lto_index_for_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.lto_index_for_nodeps_dynamic_library,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_link_executable",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_link_executable,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_link_dynamic_library",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_link_dynamic_library,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_link_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_link_nodeps_dynamic_library,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "cpp_link_static_library",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.cpp_link_static_library,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "strip",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.strip,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "objc_compile",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.objc_compile,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "objc_executable",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.objc_executable,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "objc_fully_link",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.objc_fully_link,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "objcpp_compile",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.objcpp_compile,
+)
+
+cc_action_type(
+    name = "clif_match",
+    action_name = ACTION_NAMES.clif_match,
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "all_cpp_compile_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":linkstamp_compile",
+        ":cpp_compile",
+        ":cpp_header_parsing",
+        ":cpp_module_compile",
+        ":cpp_module_codegen",
+        ":lto_backend",
+        ":clif_match",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "all_cc_compile_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":all_cpp_compile_actions",
+        ":c_compile",
+        ":preprocess_assemble",
+        ":assemble",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "all_cc_link_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":cpp_link_executable",
+        ":cpp_link_dynamic_library",
+        ":cpp_link_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+        ":lto_index_for_executable",
+        ":lto_index_for_dynamic_library",
+        ":lto_index_for_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "cc_link_executable_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":cpp_link_executable",
+        ":lto_index_for_executable",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "dynamic_library_link_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":cpp_link_dynamic_library",
+        ":cpp_link_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+        ":lto_index_for_dynamic_library",
+        ":lto_index_for_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "nodeps_dynamic_library_link_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":cpp_link_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+        ":lto_index_for_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "transitive_link_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":cpp_link_executable",
+        ":cpp_link_dynamic_library",
+        ":lto_index_for_executable",
+        ":lto_index_for_dynamic_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_action_type_set(
+    name = "all_actions",
+    actions = [
+        ":c_compile",
+        ":cpp_compile",
+        ":linkstamp_compile",
+        ":cc_flags_make_variable",
+        ":cpp_module_codegen",
+        ":cpp_header_parsing",
+        ":cpp_module_compile",
+        ":assemble",
+        ":preprocess_assemble",
+        ":lto_indexing",
+        ":lto_backend",
+        ":lto_index_for_executable",
+        ":lto_index_for_dynamic_library",
+        ":lto_index_for_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+        ":cpp_link_executable",
+        ":cpp_link_dynamic_library",
+        ":cpp_link_nodeps_dynamic_library",
+        ":cpp_link_static_library",
+        ":strip",
+        ":objc_compile",
+        ":objc_executable",
+        ":objc_fully_link",
+        ":objcpp_compile",
+        ":clif_match",
+    ],
+)