diff --git a/src/components/ha-service-control.ts b/src/components/ha-service-control.ts
index f1ae8ee54bac..119418355c64 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-service-control.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-service-control.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ import {
   HassServices,
   HassServiceTarget,
 } from "home-assistant-js-websocket";
-import { css, CSSResultGroup, html, LitElement, PropertyValues } from "lit";
+import {
+  css,
+  CSSResultGroup,
+  html,
+  LitElement,
+  PropertyValues,
+  nothing,
+} from "lit";
 import { customElement, property, query, state } from "lit/decorators";
 import memoizeOne from "memoize-one";
 import { ensureArray } from "../common/array/ensure-array";
@@ -83,6 +90,8 @@ export class HaServiceControl extends LitElement {
 
   @property({ type: Boolean }) public showAdvanced?: boolean;
 
+  @property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true }) public hidePicker?: boolean;
+
   @state() private _value!: this["value"];
 
   @state() private _checkedKeys = new Set();
@@ -363,12 +372,14 @@ export class HaServiceControl extends LitElement {
         )) ||
       serviceData?.description;
 
-    return html`<ha-service-picker
-        .hass=${this.hass}
-        .value=${this._value?.service}
-        .disabled=${this.disabled}
-        @value-changed=${this._serviceChanged}
-      ></ha-service-picker>
+    return html`${this.hidePicker
+        ? nothing
+        : html`<ha-service-picker
+            .hass=${this.hass}
+            .value=${this._value?.service}
+            .disabled=${this.disabled}
+            @value-changed=${this._serviceChanged}
+          ></ha-service-picker>`}
       <div class="description">
         ${description ? html`<p>${description}</p>` : ""}
         ${this._manifest
@@ -735,6 +746,9 @@ export class HaServiceControl extends LitElement {
         margin: var(--service-control-padding, 0 16px);
         padding: 16px 0;
       }
+      :host([hidePicker]) p {
+        padding-top: 0;
+      }
       .checkbox-spacer {
         width: 32px;
       }
diff --git a/src/data/script.ts b/src/data/script.ts
index f0b5e7151b51..08910dc88fcb 100644
--- a/src/data/script.ts
+++ b/src/data/script.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export const serviceActionStruct: Describe<ServiceAction> = assign(
     target: optional(targetStruct),
     data: optional(object()),
     response_variable: optional(string()),
+    metadata: optional(object()),
   })
 );
 
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ export interface ServiceAction extends BaseAction {
   target?: HassServiceTarget;
   data?: Record<string, unknown>;
   response_variable?: string;
+  metadata?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
 export interface DeviceAction extends BaseAction {
diff --git a/src/data/script_i18n.ts b/src/data/script_i18n.ts
index 4b07b84f0ed5..3d7d8c5a1da4 100644
--- a/src/data/script_i18n.ts
+++ b/src/data/script_i18n.ts
@@ -168,8 +168,11 @@ const tryDescribeAction = <T extends ActionType>(
       const service =
         hass.localize(`component.${domain}.services.${serviceName}.name`) ||
         hass.services[domain][serviceName]?.name;
+
       return hass.localize(
-        `${actionTranslationBaseKey}.service.description.service_based_on_name`,
+        `${actionTranslationBaseKey}.service.description.${
+          config.metadata ? "service_name" : "service_based_on_name"
+        }`,
         {
           name: service
             ? `${domainToName(hass.localize, domain)}: ${service}`
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action-row.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action-row.ts
index f09c901c8e1a..0e58c0e8b2b5 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action-row.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action-row.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import { classMap } from "lit/directives/class-map";
 import { storage } from "../../../../common/decorators/storage";
 import { dynamicElement } from "../../../../common/dom/dynamic-element-directive";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../../../common/dom/fire_event";
+import { computeDomain } from "../../../../common/entity/compute_domain";
+import { domainIconWithoutDefault } from "../../../../common/entity/domain_icon";
 import { capitalizeFirstLetter } from "../../../../common/string/capitalize-first-letter";
 import { handleStructError } from "../../../../common/structs/handle-errors";
 import "../../../../components/ha-alert";
@@ -190,7 +192,13 @@ export default class HaAutomationActionRow extends LitElement {
           <h3 slot="header">
             <ha-svg-icon
               class="action-icon"
-              .path=${ACTION_ICONS[type!]}
+              .path=${type === "service" &&
+              "service" in this.action &&
+              this.action.service
+                ? domainIconWithoutDefault(
+                    computeDomain(this.action.service as string)
+                  ) || ACTION_ICONS[type!]
+                : ACTION_ICONS[type!]}
             ></ha-svg-icon>
             ${capitalizeFirstLetter(
               describeAction(this.hass, this._entityReg, this.action)
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action.ts
index dca4bab6acde..ce312a7bd399 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/action/ha-automation-action.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ export default class HaAutomationAction extends LitElement {
     } else if (isService(action)) {
       actions = this.actions.concat({
         service: getService(action),
+        metadata: {},
       });
     } else {
       const elClass = customElements.get(
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index c176cf65c96a..e771c8fe1910 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -2914,6 +2914,7 @@
                   "description": {
                     "service_based_on_template": "Call a service based on a template on {targets}",
                     "service_based_on_name": "Call a service ''{name}'' on {targets}",
+                    "service_name": "''{name}'' on {targets}",
                     "service": "Call a service",
                     "target_template": "templated {name}",
                     "target_unknown_entity": "unknown entity",