diff --git a/reme2/component/base_step.py b/reme2/component/base_step.py
index 01a557b1..b46eb8ae 100644
--- a/reme2/component/base_step.py
+++ b/reme2/component/base_step.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from agentscope.token import TokenCounterBase
 
 from .base_component import BaseComponent
 from .embedding import BaseEmbeddingModel
+from .file_parser import BaseFileParser
 from .file_store import BaseFileStore
 from .prompt_handler import PromptHandler
 from .runtime_context import RuntimeContext
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ class BaseStep(BaseComponent):
         else:
             return self.get_component(ComponentEnum.AS_TOKEN_COUNTER, name, "token_counter")
 
+    @property
+    def file_parser(self) -> BaseFileParser:
+        name = self.kwargs.get("file_parser", "default")
+        return name if isinstance(name, BaseFileParser) else self.get_component(ComponentEnum.FILE_PARSER, name)
+
     @property
     def file_store(self) -> BaseFileStore:
         name = self.kwargs.get("file_store", "default")