If I remember correctly, smart actions is an app that was "baked" into stock and had more functionality (or something like that). Since this ROM was debloated, smart actions won't function the way as it does in stock.
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I figured it might have been something like that, so i deleted the version that came with the ROM and reinstalled from the play store. still same thing. i figured a fresh version from Play would have everything included but that wasn't the case.