diff --git a/plugin/scripts/guard-scan.mjs b/plugin/scripts/guard-scan.mjs
index 09815c3..0b6996b 100644
--- a/plugin/scripts/guard-scan.mjs
+++ b/plugin/scripts/guard-scan.mjs
@@ -6090,7 +6090,8 @@ var CURSOR_NOT_ACTIONS = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([
   "Task",
   "ReadLints",
   "SemanticSearch",
-  "WebFetch"
+  "WebFetch",
+  "UpdateCurrentStep"
 ]);
 var FILE_TOOLS2 = /* @__PURE__ */ new Map([
   ["Read", "Read"],
diff --git a/src/__tests__/built-artifact.test.ts b/src/__tests__/built-artifact.test.ts
index d5e60e1..cdfbaf0 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/built-artifact.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/built-artifact.test.ts
@@ -1095,7 +1095,8 @@ describe("scan, against the built binary", () => {
     expect(payload.result.agent).toBe("cursor");
     expect(payload.result.sessions).toBe(1);
     expect(payload.result.projects).toBe(1);
-    // Seven actions in the session file and two in its sub-agent's; the to-do list is not one.
+    // Seven actions in the session file and two in its sub-agent's; the to-do list and the two
+    // progress steps are not actions.
     expect(payload.result.toolCalls).toBe(9);
     expect(payload.result.tokens).toBeNull();
     expect(payload.result.skipped).toEqual({
@@ -1104,7 +1105,7 @@ describe("scan, against the built binary", () => {
       unknownRecords: 0,
       turnsEndedWithError: 1,
       unreadableFiles: 0,
-      notActions: 1,
+      notActions: 3,
       unmappedTools: [],
     });
     expect(r.stdout).not.toContain("/home/user");
diff --git a/src/__tests__/cursor-scan.test.ts b/src/__tests__/cursor-scan.test.ts
index 1caafe6..f94e2c9 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/cursor-scan.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/cursor-scan.test.ts
@@ -298,13 +298,14 @@ describe("each tool in a session file is evaluated as the table says", () => {
     "ReadLints",
     "SemanticSearch",
     "WebFetch",
+    "UpdateCurrentStep",
   ];
 
   it.each(NOT_ACTIONS)("%s is not an action", (name) => {
     expect(map(name, { anything: true })).toEqual({ kind: "not-action" });
   });
 
-  it("the not-action list is exactly those ten", () => {
+  it("the not-action list is exactly those eleven", () => {
     expect([...CURSOR_NOT_ACTIONS].sort()).toEqual([...NOT_ACTIONS].sort());
   });
 
@@ -764,7 +765,8 @@ describe("the committed session fixture, read from disk", () => {
       NO_ALLOWLIST,
     );
     // Session file: three shell commands, a read, a search, an edit and an MCP call. Sub-agent:
-    // a file search and a shell command. The to-do list is not an action.
+    // a file search and a shell command. The to-do list and the two progress steps are not
+    // actions.
     expect(result.toolCalls).toBe(9);
     // Three deletes, the `.env` read and the search for `.env` files.
     expect(result.riskyActions).toBe(5);
@@ -774,7 +776,7 @@ describe("the committed session fixture, read from disk", () => {
     ]);
     expect(result.recurring.map((r) => [r.text, r.count])).toEqual([["rm -rf <path>", 3]]);
     expect(result.skipped).toMatchObject({
-      notActions: 1,
+      notActions: 3,
       turnsEndedWithError: 1,
       unmappedTools: [],
     });
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/cursor/projects/home-user-project/agent-transcripts/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021.jsonl b/src/__tests__/fixtures/cursor/projects/home-user-project/agent-transcripts/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021.jsonl
index e53b486..8bc167b 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/fixtures/cursor/projects/home-user-project/agent-transcripts/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021.jsonl
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/cursor/projects/home-user-project/agent-transcripts/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000021.jsonl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {"role":"user","message":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Tidy the build output and check the settings."}]}}
+{"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"UpdateCurrentStep","input":{"current_step":"Removing build output","final_summary":""}}]}}
 {"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Removing the build folders."},{"type":"tool_use","name":"Shell","input":{"command":"rm -rf /home/user/project/build","description":"Remove build output"}}]}}
 {"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"Shell","input":{"command":"rm -rf /home/user/project/dist","description":"Remove dist output"}}]}}
 {"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"Read","input":{"path":"/home/user/project/.env"}}]}}
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@
 {"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"StrReplace","input":{"path":"/home/user/project/src/app.ts","old_string":"debug: true","new_string":"debug: false"}}]}}
 {"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"TodoWrite","input":{"merge":false,"todos":[]}}]}}
 {"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"CallMcpTool","input":{"server":"notes","toolName":"search","arguments":{"query":"release"}}}]}}
+{"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"UpdateCurrentStep","input":{"current_step":"Done","completed_subtitle":"Build output removed","final_summary":"Removed the build folders and turned off debug."}}]}}
 {"type":"turn_ended","status":"success"}
 {"role":"user","message":{"content":[{"type":"text","text":"List the files."}]}}
 {"role":"assistant","message":{"content":[{"type":"tool_use","name":"Shell","input":{"command":"ls -la","description":"List files"}}]}}
diff --git a/src/core/cursor-transcript/scan.ts b/src/core/cursor-transcript/scan.ts
index 14e19ae..b1a9335 100644
--- a/src/core/cursor-transcript/scan.ts
+++ b/src/core/cursor-transcript/scan.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@
  * same verdict in both.
  *
  * `GetDynamicTools`, `TodoWrite`, `CreatePlan`, `AskQuestion`, `SwitchMode`, `Await`,
- * `Task`, `ReadLints`, `SemanticSearch` and `WebFetch` are not actions a guardrail checks,
- * and are counted apart. A `Task` starts a sub-agent, whose own tool calls are read from its
- * file. Any other tool name is counted as not recognized.
+ * `Task`, `ReadLints`, `SemanticSearch`, `WebFetch` and `UpdateCurrentStep` (a progress step
+ * shown in Cursor's UI) are not actions a guardrail checks, and are counted apart. A `Task`
+ * starts a sub-agent, whose own tool calls are read from its file. Any other tool name is
+ * counted as not recognized.
  */
 
 import { join } from "node:path";
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export const CURSOR_NOT_ACTIONS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
   "ReadLints",
   "SemanticSearch",
   "WebFetch",
+  "UpdateCurrentStep",
 ]);
 
 /** File tools, by Cursor's name, and the name each is evaluated as. */