Action on Morphisms. For each $\webleft (A,B\webright ),\webleft (X,Y\webright )\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Sets}\webright )$, the action on $\textup{Hom}$-sets
\[ \mathbin {\textstyle \coprod _{\webleft (A,B\webright ),\webleft (X,Y\webright )}} \colon \mathsf{Sets}\webleft (A,X\webright )\times \mathsf{Sets}\webleft (B,Y\webright )\to \mathsf{Sets}\webleft (A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B,X\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}Y\webright ) \]
of $\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}$ at $\webleft (\webleft (A,B\webright ),\webleft (X,Y\webright )\webright )$ is defined by sending $\webleft (f,g\webright )$ to the function
\[ f\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}g\colon A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B\to X\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}Y \]
defined by
\[ \webleft [f\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}g\webright ]\webleft (x\webright )\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}\begin{cases} \webleft (0,f\webleft (a\webright )\webright ) & \text{if $x=\webleft (0,a\webright )$,}\\ \webleft (1,g\webleft (b\webright )\webright ) & \text{if $x=\webleft (1,b\webright )$,}\end{cases} \]
for each $x\in A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B$.