Orchestration No native equivalent

update_step_status

Update step status in a plan. Automatically propagates to plan-level status on completion.

What it does

Sets the status of a specific step in an analysis plan. When all steps complete, the plan status updates automatically.

When to use it

  • Marking progress — update steps as they complete
  • Recording failures — set status to failed with an error message
  • Automated workflows — agents use this to track their own progress through a plan

Benchmark note

This benchmark compares CodeSift against the closest practical native workflow an agent would use for the same task. For some tools, that baseline is a direct shell equivalent such as rg or find. For AST-aware, graph-aware, and LSP-backed tools, the baseline is a multi-step workflow rather than a strictly identical command. Results should be read as agent-workflow comparisons: token cost, call count, and practical context efficiency.