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# Increment Step • AI Agent SDK

> increment_step: Increment step counter.

# increment\_step

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> This is a method of the [**ObservabilityHooks**](../classes/ObservabilityHooks) class in the [**observability**](../modules/observability) module.

Increment step counter.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def increment_step() -> Any
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Source

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