diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Check.vue b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Check.vue
index c8c7c46aa8790a84d201efa742bd434157813a7d..8cfe5a89020c7371f1e1b40cc3b44c3124881ade 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Check.vue
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Check.vue
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+	import { Checks } from '../services/Operation';
 	import { Multiselect, Actions, ActionButton } from 'nextcloud-vue'
 	import ClickOutside from 'vue-click-outside';
 
@@ -43,13 +44,8 @@
 			}
 		},
 		mounted() {
-			this.options = Object.values(OCA.WorkflowEngine.Plugins).map((plugin) => {
-				if (plugin.component) {
-					return {...plugin.getCheck(), component: plugin.component}
-				}
-				return plugin.getCheck()
-			})
-			this.currentOption = this.options.find((option) => option.class === this.check.class)
+			this.options = Object.values(Checks)
+			this.currentOption = Checks[this.check.class]
 			this.currentOperator = this.operators.find((operator) => operator.operator === this.check.operator)
 			this.$nextTick(() => {
 				this.$refs.checkSelector.$el.focus()
@@ -59,12 +55,12 @@
 			operators() {
 				if (!this.currentOption)
 					return []
-				return this.options.find((item) => item.class === this.currentOption.class).operators
+				return Checks[this.currentOption.class].operators
 			},
 			currentComponent() {
 				if (!this.currentOption)
 					return []
-				let currentComponent = this.options.find((item) => item.class === this.currentOption.class).component
+				let currentComponent = Checks[this.currentOption.class].component
 				return currentComponent && currentComponent()
 			}
 		},
@@ -101,4 +97,4 @@
 	::placeholder {
 		font-size: 10px;
 	}
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+</style>
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Event.vue b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Event.vue
index fd5097cecfc24fd2b3d4ed1c6ddb342ea81190ed..caf5c7631bdbf121c4520f327ef17441c6e7b92b 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Event.vue
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Event.vue
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 	<div>
 	<Multiselect :value="currentEvent" :options="allEvents" label="name" track-by="id" :allow-empty="false" :disabled="allEvents.length <= 1" @input="updateEvent">
 		<template slot="singleLabel" slot-scope="props">
-			<span class="option__icon" :class="props.option.icon"></span>
+			<img class="option__icon" :src="props.option.icon" />
 			<span class="option__title option__title_single">{{ props.option.name }}</span>
 		</template>
 		<template slot="option" slot-scope="props">
-			<span class="option__icon" :class="props.option.icon"></span>
+			<img class="option__icon" :src="props.option.icon" />
 			<span class="option__title">{{ props.option.name }}</span>
 		</template>
 	</Multiselect>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 <script>
 	import { Multiselect } from 'nextcloud-vue'
-	import { eventService, operationService } from '../services/Operation'
+	import { Entities, operationService } from '../services/Operation'
 
 	export default {
 		name: "Event",
@@ -36,7 +36,21 @@
 				return this.allEvents.find(event => event.id === this.rule.event)
 			},
 			allEvents() {
-				return this.operation.events.map((eventName) => eventService.get(eventName))
+				return this.operation.events.map((entityEventName) => {
+					const parts = entityEventName.split('::')
+					const entityId = parts[0]
+					const eventName = parts[1]
+					const Entity = Entities.find((entity) => entity.id === entityId)
+					const Event = Entity.events.find((event) => event.eventName === eventName)
+					return {
+						entity: entityId,
+						id: entityEventName,
+						event: eventName,
+						name: Event.displayName,
+						icon: Entity.icon,
+						checks: Entity.checks,
+					}
+				})
 			},
 			operation() {
 				return operationService.get(this.rule.class)
@@ -81,4 +95,4 @@
 	.option__title_single {
 		font-weight: 900;
 	}
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+</style>
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Operation.vue b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Operation.vue
index f7a8f56cede7c46d462c3f18c86ef81a508e3a92..3e5de3198ca218f075d3e3e533d7cdc8a8b6ef1d 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Operation.vue
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Operation.vue
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 		margin-left: -1px;
 		padding: 10px;
 		border-radius: var(--border-radius-large);
-		max-width: 230px;
 		margin-right: 20px;
+		margin-bottom: 20px;
 	}
 	.icon {
 		display: block;
@@ -64,20 +64,21 @@
 	small {
 		font-size: 10pt;
 	}
-	.icon-block {
-		background-image: url(/apps-extra/files_accesscontrol/img/app-dark.svg);
-	}
-
-	.icon-convert-pdf {
-		background-image: url(/apps-extra/workflow_pdf_converter/img/app-dark.svg);
-	}
 
 	.colored {
-		.icon {
-			filter: invert(1);
-		}
 		* {
 			color: var(--color-primary-text)
 		}
 	}
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+
+	/* TODO: those should be provided by the backend, remove once ready */
+	.icon-block {
+		background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='no'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='32' width='32' version='1.1' viewBox='0 0 32 32'%3E%3Cpath fill='%23fff' d='m10.203 2-8.203 8.203v11.594l8.203 8.203h11.594l8.203-8.203v-11.594l-8.203-8.203h-11.594zm11.097 5.3092 3.345 3.3448-5.346 5.346 5.346 5.346-3.299 3.299-5.346-5.346-5.346 5.346-3.2992-3.299 5.3462-5.346-5.3462-5.346 3.2992-3.2992 5.346 5.3462 5.3-5.3918z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+	}
+	.icon-convert-pdf {
+		background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width='16' height='16' version='1.1' viewBox='0 0 16 16' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cg fill='%23fff'%3E%3Cpath d='m7.0624 2.9056c-0.20526 0-0.36653 0.14989-0.36653 0.34066v8.8571c0 0.19077 0.16127 0.34066 0.36653 0.34066h8.0637c0.20526 0 0.36653-0.14989 0.36653-0.34066v-7.1538l-2.1992-2.044zm4.2518 2.6571s0.05132 0.64725-0.10996 1.567c0.52414 1.3987 1.0996 1.5875 1.3562 1.7033 0.54247-0.040873 1.1472-0.068129 1.6861 0.2044 0.36653 0.19486 0.65536 1.022-0.21992 1.022-0.39586-0.023161-1.1267-0.23574-1.6494-0.47692-0.78145 0.081762-1.752 0.21802-2.5657 0.54505-0.91633 1.4308-1.3268 1.6352-1.6494 1.6352-0.89067-0.21802-0.41052-1.3149-0.073304-1.4989 0.40319-0.32022 0.87601-0.50417 1.0263-0.54505 0.065969-0.10221 1.0146-1.8327 1.2462-2.5549-0.21992-0.69767-0.27123-1.4349-0.14661-1.8736 0.57179-0.69358 1.0996-0.23846 1.0996 0.27253zm-0.51315 2.1121c-0.19793 0.72015-0.98817 2.1012-0.95299 2.044 0.81004-0.33044 1.5394-0.42923 2.3458-0.54505-0.38559-0.16011-0.84009-0.17033-1.3928-1.4989z' stroke-width='.70672'/%3E%3Cpath d='m16.246-9.7651c-2.05e-4 0.0144-6e-3 0.027629-6e-3 0.042066-0.0044 2.2592 2.0761 3.742 4.0564 3.6477v1.2349l2.3737-2.2265-2.3377-2.3407-3e-3 1.2289c-1.0287 0.1337-1.8811-0.66867-1.8659-1.5414 2.9e-4 -0.016152 0.0083-0.029062 9e-3 -0.045071z' stroke-width='.67694'/%3E%3Cpath d='m3.2734 5.1094v1.4492h-2.7676v2.5h2.7246l-0.0019532 1.4629 3.0996-2.6387-3.0547-2.7734z'/%3E%3Cpath d='m8.334-11.356c-0.78035-0.78051-1.9205-1.0863-2.9866-0.80073a0.51533 0.51533 0 1 0 0.26293 0.99405c0.71208-0.19075 1.4702 0.01747 1.9914 0.53876 0.46076 0.46083 0.65567 1.1026 0.56688 1.7376a0.61838 0.61838 0 1 0-0.87225 0.87442l0.8687 0.86886a0.61838 0.61838 0 0 0 0.86992 7.91e-5l0.86886-0.8687a0.61838 0.61838 0 0 0 0.0011543-0.88702 0.61838 0.61838 0 0 0-0.67634-0.12303c0.04094-0.86013-0.27221-1.7117-0.89472-2.3343zm-3.3067 1.0814a0.61838 0.61838 0 0 0-0.015967-0.01364l-0.86984-0.87a0.61838 0.61838 0 0 0-0.042126-0.04213 0.61838 0.61838 0 0 0-0.82551 0.04205l-0.87 0.86984a0.61838 0.61838 0 0 0 0.66145 1.0237c-0.024276 0.84049 0.29182 1.6675 0.90045 2.2762 0.78035 0.78052 1.9205 1.0863 2.9866 0.80073a0.51533 0.51533 0 1 0-0.27202-0.99408c-0.71208 0.19075-1.4669-0.011716-1.988-0.53306-0.45484-0.45491-0.65183-1.0905-0.57258-1.7183l0.018216 0.018221a0.61843 0.61843 0 0 0 0.88935-0.85959z' stroke-width='.68342'/%3E%3Cpath d='m31.219 0.33675v0.00113h-6.9286v1.3295l6.9286 0.036145c0.0026-1.821e-4 0.0053 2.074e-4 0.0079 0 0.0053-4.166e-4 0.01058-0.00137 0.01581-0.00113 0.65203-0.00106 1.1749 0.44619 1.1867 1.0392 0.0108 0.5673-0.60099 1.0888-1.3381 1.0019l-0.0013-0.79858-1.6753 1.5203 1.7016 1.4481-0.0013-0.8031c1.419 0.06127 2.9112-0.90236 2.9081-2.3709-0.0029-1.3197-1.2547-2.4007-2.7961-2.4014-0.0023-1e-6 -0.0043-0.00113-0.0066-0.00113z' stroke-width='.462'/%3E%3Crect x='31.116' y='-1.6777' width='4.3279' height='7.5909'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+	}
+	.icon-invert {
+		filter: invert(1);
+	}
+</style>
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Rule.vue b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Rule.vue
index 818e15610fa2d4f0978baa33f9a8e80a923e22b7..43cbbced209b3a5c4de6bf580c9f5aae8f62f91c 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Rule.vue
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Rule.vue
@@ -163,10 +163,12 @@
 
 	.rule {
 		display: flex;
+		flex-wrap: wrap;
+
 		.trigger, .action {
 			flex-grow: 1;
 			min-height: 100px;
-			width: 50%;
+			flex-basis: 50%;
 		}
 		.action {
 			position: relative;
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@
 		}
 		.icon-confirm {
 			background-position: right center;
+			padding-right: 20px;
+			margin-right: 20px;
 		}
 	}
 	.trigger p, .action p {
@@ -206,4 +210,4 @@
 		text-align: left;
 		font-size: 1em;
 	}
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+</style>
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Workflow.vue b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Workflow.vue
index 9993b328827b4f9c55101b90b1eac2f211f252b1..918236ead8408ccc2bf9dc14dcec9c863d080094 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Workflow.vue
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/src/components/Workflow.vue
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
 					{{ showMoreOperations ? t('workflowengine', 'Show less') : t('workflowengine', 'Show more') }}
 				</button>
 			</div>
-			<transition name="slide">
-				<div class="actions" v-if="!hasUnsavedRule && showMoreOperations && hasMoreOperations">
-					<Operation v-for="operation in getMoreOperations" :key="operation.class" :icon="operation.icon" :title="operation.title" :description="operation.description"
-							   @click.native="createNewRule(operation)"></Operation>
-				</div>
-			</transition>
 		</div>
 
 		<transition-group name="slide">
@@ -59,6 +53,9 @@
 				return Object.keys(this.operations.getAll()).length > ACTION_LIMIT
 			},
 			getMainOperations() {
+				if (this.showMoreOperations) {
+					return Object.values(this.operations.getAll())
+				}
 				return Object.values(this.operations.getAll()).slice(0, ACTION_LIMIT)
 			},
 			getMoreOperations() {
@@ -95,10 +92,16 @@
 </script>
 
 <style scoped lang="scss">
+	.section {
+		max-width: 100vw;
+	}
 	.actions {
 		display: flex;
-		.action__item {
-			border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+		flex-wrap: wrap;
+		.actions__item {
+			max-width: 300px;
+			min-width: 200px;
+			flex-basis: 200px;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -143,4 +146,4 @@
 		overflow: hidden;
 		max-height: 0;
 	}
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+</style>
diff --git a/apps/workflowengine/src/services/Operation.js b/apps/workflowengine/src/services/Operation.js
index 1de7d2a95adbac597bd9ae2a66c7b26b511d4019..a24d97ef2265bb9b7107fd5175b5b73cbf57c61a 100644
--- a/apps/workflowengine/src/services/Operation.js
+++ b/apps/workflowengine/src/services/Operation.js
@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
 import ConvertToPdf from './../components/Operations/ConvertToPdf'
 import Tag from './../components/Operations/Tag'
+
+const ALL_CHECKS = [
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileMimeType',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileName',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileSize',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileSystemTags',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestRemoteAddress',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestTime',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestURL',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestUserAgent',
+	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\UserGroupMembership'
+]
+
+const Entities = OCP.InitialState.loadState('workflowengine', 'entities').map(entity => {
+	return {
+		...entity,
+		// TODO: see if we should have this defined in the backend as well
+		checks: [...ALL_CHECKS]
+	}
+})
+
+const Checks = Object.values(OCA.WorkflowEngine.Plugins).map((plugin) => {
+	if (plugin.component) {
+		return {...plugin.getCheck(), component: plugin.component}
+	}
+	return plugin.getCheck()
+}).reduce((obj, item) => {
+	obj[item.class] = item
+	return obj
+}, {})
+
+/**
+ * Register operations
+ * TODO: should be provided by the backend
+ */
+
 class OperationService {
 
 	constructor() {
@@ -20,92 +56,63 @@ class OperationService {
 	}
 
 }
-
-class EventService {
-
-	constructor() {
-		this.events = {}
-	}
-	registerEvent(event) {
-		this.events[event.id] = event
-	}
-
-	getAll() {
-		return this.events
-	}
-
-	get(id) {
-		return this.events[id]
-	}
-
-}
-
 const operationService = new OperationService()
-const eventService = new EventService()
-
-
-const ALL_CHECKS = [
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileMimeType',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileName',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileSize',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\FileSystemTags',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestRemoteAddress',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestTime',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestURL',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\RequestUserAgent',
-	'OCA\\WorkflowEngine\\Check\\UserGroupMembership'
-]
-
-/**
- * TODO: move to separate apps
- * TODO: fetch from initial state api
- **/
-const EVENT_FILE_ACCESS = 'EVENT_FILE_ACCESS'
-const EVENT_FILE_CHANGED = 'EVENT_FILE_CHANGED'
-const EVENT_FILE_TAGGED = 'EVENT_FILE_TAGGED'
-
-eventService.registerEvent({
-	id: EVENT_FILE_ACCESS,
-	name: 'File is accessed',
-	icon: 'icon-desktop',
-	checks: ALL_CHECKS,
-})
-
-eventService.registerEvent({
-	id: EVENT_FILE_CHANGED,
-	name: 'File was updated',
-	icon: 'icon-folder',
-	checks: ALL_CHECKS,
-})
-
-
-eventService.registerEvent({
-	id: EVENT_FILE_TAGGED,
-	name: 'File was tagged',
-	icon: 'icon-tag',
-	checks: ALL_CHECKS,
-})
 
 operationService.registerOperation({
 	class: 'OCA\\FilesAccessControl\\Operation',
 	title: 'Block access',
-	description: 'todo',
+	description: 'Deny access to files when they are accessed',
 	icon: 'icon-block',
 	color: 'var(--color-error)',
+	entites: [
+		'WorkflowEngine_Entity_File'
+	],
 	events: [
-		EVENT_FILE_ACCESS
+		// TODO: this is probably handled differently since there is no regular event for files access control
+		'WorkflowEngine_Entity_File::postTouch'
 	],
 	operation: 'deny'
 })
 
+operationService.registerOperation({
+	class: 'OCA\\TestExample\\Operation1',
+	title: 'Rename file',
+	description: '🚧 For UI mocking only',
+	icon: 'icon-address-white',
+	color: 'var(--color-success)',
+	entites: [],
+	events: [],
+	operation: 'deny'
+})
+operationService.registerOperation({
+	class: 'OCA\\TestExample\\Operation2',
+	title: 'Notify me',
+	description: '🚧 For UI mocking only',
+	icon: 'icon-comment-white',
+	color: 'var(--color-warning)',
+	entites: [],
+	events: [],
+	operation: 'deny'
+})
+operationService.registerOperation({
+	class: 'OCA\\TestExample\\Operation3',
+	title: 'Call a web hook',
+	description: '🚧 For UI mocking only',
+	icon: 'icon-category-integration icon-invert',
+	color: 'var(--color-primary)',
+	entites: [],
+	events: [],
+	operation: 'deny'
+})
+
 operationService.registerOperation({
 	class: 'OCA\\FilesAutomatedTagging\\Operation',
 	title: 'Tag a file',
-	description: 'todo',
-	icon: 'icon-tag',
+	description: 'Assign a tag to a file',
+	icon: 'icon-tag-white',
 	events: [
-		EVENT_FILE_CHANGED,
-		EVENT_FILE_TAGGED
+		'WorkflowEngine_Entity_File::postWrite',
+		//'WorkflowEngine_Entity_File::postTagged',
 	],
 	options: Tag
 
@@ -114,28 +121,23 @@ operationService.registerOperation({
 operationService.registerOperation({
 	class: 'OCA\\WorkflowPDFConverter\\Operation',
 	title: 'Convert to PDF',
-	description: 'todo',
+	description: 'Generate a PDF file',
 	color: '#dc5047',
 	icon: 'icon-convert-pdf',
 	events: [
-		EVENT_FILE_CHANGED,
+		'WorkflowEngine_Entity_File::postWrite',
 		//EVENT_FILE_TAGGED
 	],
 	options: ConvertToPdf
 })
 
+console.debug('[InitialState] Entities', Entities)
+console.debug('[WorkflowEngine] Checks', Checks)
+console.debug('[WorkflowEngine] Operations', operationService.operations)
 
-const legacyChecks = Object.values(OCA.WorkflowEngine.Plugins).map((plugin) => {
-	if (plugin.component) {
-		return {...plugin.getCheck(), component: plugin.component}
-	}
-	return plugin.getCheck()
-}).reduce((obj, item) => {
-	obj[item.class] = item
-	return obj
-}, {})
 
 export {
-	eventService,
+	Entities,
+	Checks,
 	operationService
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}