in functions/orchestration-helpers/intermediate/main.py [0:0]
def is_valid_step_id(step_id):
"""Checks if a step ID starts with "aef_" or "aef-".
Args:
step_id: The step ID string to check.
Returns:
True if the step ID is valid, False otherwise.
"""
pattern = r"^aef[_-]" # Use a regular expression for more flexibility
return bool(re.match(pattern, step_id))