> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Increment Step • AI Agent SDK

> increment_step: Increment step counter.

# increment\_step

Method

> This is a method of the [**ObservabilityHooks**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/ObservabilityHooks.md) class in the [**observability**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/observability.md) module.

Increment step counter.

## Signature

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

### Returns

**Returns** `Any`

The result of the operation.

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/escalation/observability.py#L247)
>
> `praisonaiagents/escalation/observability.py` at line 247


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