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# make_step

**`make_step(config)`**

External step factory

Parameters

`config` ([`dict`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#dict)) – step config

Returns

external step object

Return type

[Step](../technical/libnlp/steps/standard.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.base.Step)