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step_kind

What one step of an action runs. Also the step_kind telemetry attribute, on the action.step span.

ValueMeaning
execAn argument list, with no shell.
scriptA script, written to a file and run by its shell.
nodeA node program from the tree, with its pre and post.
builtinA built-in action a workflow's uses: names: actions/checkout, actions/cache, actions/setup-node, or actions/upload-artifact.

Cardinality: 4.