The furnace.actions vocabulary implements a type of responder, called an action, which handles the form validation lifecycle.
Other than form validation capability, actions are also often simpler to use than implementing new responders directly, since creating a new class is not required, and the action dispatches on the request type (GET, HEAD, or POST).
Once created, an action needs to be configured; typically the creation and configuration of an action is encapsulated into a single word: Furnace action configuration