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title: set_skip_to_next_step
slug: /reference/python/agents/context-builder/step/set-skip-to-next-step
description: Automatically advance to the next step without evaluating criteria.
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[ref-step]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/python/agents/context-builder/step

Automatically advance to the next step without evaluating step criteria. Useful
for steps that should always flow through sequentially.

## **Parameters**

<ParamField path="skip" type="bool" required={true} toc={true}>
  Whether to skip to the next step automatically.
</ParamField>

## **Returns**

[`Step`][ref-step] -- Self for method chaining.

## **Example**

```python {9}
from signalwire import AgentBase

agent = AgentBase(name="my-agent", route="/agent")

contexts = agent.define_contexts()
ctx = contexts.add_context("default")
preamble = ctx.add_step("preamble")
preamble.set_text("Read the disclaimer to the caller.")
preamble.set_skip_to_next_step(True)
ctx.add_step("main").set_text("Help the caller with their request.")

agent.serve()
```