# Overview
Simon connects to [Airship](πο»Ώ) so you can send personalized push notifications to your customers with your Airship account, right from within the Simon Flow and Journeys builders in just a few steps.
Use Cases
Use custom content to quickly personalize push notifications via your existing Airship account to better reach your customers.
Add/remove Airship tags to keep track of your Simon campaigns on the Airship side.
Before you begin
Review [Flows and Channel Actions: How They Work](πο»Ώ).
If you haven't already, [connect your Airship account to Simon](πο»Ώ).
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# Getting Started
## Authentication
Your integration with Airship needs to be set up before you can use the channel action. See [Outbound Integrations](πο»Ώ).
See also, Airship's [configuration requirements](πο»Ώ).
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# Action Types
Action | Function | One-time | Triggered | Stream | Recurring | Journeys 2 |
ο»Ώ[Send Push Notification To Contact](πο»Ώ)ο»Ώ | Send Airship push notifications right from Simon, triggered by segments and events. | β | β | β | β | β |
ο»Ώ[Tag Contact](πο»Ώ)ο»Ώ | Add or remove tags from Airship Identities, when your data pipes updates for all newly added or removed contacts. | β | β | β | β | β |