diff --git a/automation/script/module.py b/automation/script/module.py
index 28fe3e978..7cbec2196 100644
--- a/automation/script/module.py
+++ b/automation/script/module.py
@@ -4469,6 +4469,13 @@ def docker(self, i):
         from script.docker import docker_run
         return docker_run(self, i)
 
+    ############################################################
+    # portion for experiment action. 
+    # as of now, the experiment action directly calls the run action.
+    # in the future, we will add more functionality to the experiment action.
+    def experiment(self, i):
+        return self.run(i)
+
     ##########################################################################
 
     def _available_variations(self, i):