diff --git a/app/renderer/editor.js b/app/renderer/editor.js
index 4d6c289..8453e9b 100644
--- a/app/renderer/editor.js
+++ b/app/renderer/editor.js
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class GuideEditor {
           this.selectStep(step.stepId);
           contextMenu(e.clientX, e.clientY, [
             { label: 'Add substep', action: () => this.addSubstep(step.stepId) },
+            { label: 'Make substep of…', action: () => this.makeSubstepOf(step.stepId) },
             { label: 'Duplicate step', action: () => this.duplicateSelectedStep() },
             'sep',
             { label: 'Move up', action: () => this.moveSelectedStep(-1) },
@@ -1289,6 +1290,66 @@ class GuideEditor {
     this.onToast(parent ? 'Substep added.' : 'Step added.');
   }
 
+  /** All step ids whose ancestor chain leads back to `stepId`. */
+  getStepDescendantIds(stepId) {
+    const result = [];
+    const queue = [stepId];
+    while (queue.length) {
+      const current = queue.shift();
+      for (const s of this.steps) {
+        if (s.parentStepId === current) {
+          result.push(s.stepId);
+          queue.push(s.stepId);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  async makeSubstepOf(stepId) {
+    const step = this.stepMap.get(stepId);
+    if (!step) return;
+    const numbers = stepNumberMap(this.steps);
+    const input = await dialogs.promptText({
+      title: 'Make substep',
+      label: 'Make substep of step #',
+      placeholder: 'e.g. 2',
+    });
+    if (input == null) return;
+    const target = input.trim().replace(/^#/, '');
+    const targetId = this.steps.find((s) => numbers.get(s.stepId) === target)?.stepId;
+    if (!targetId) {
+      this.onToast(`No step numbered "${target}".`, { error: true });
+      return;
+    }
+    const subtreeIds = new Set([stepId, ...this.getStepDescendantIds(stepId)]);
+    if (subtreeIds.has(targetId)) {
+      this.onToast('A step cannot be made a substep of itself or one of its own substeps.', { error: true });
+      return;
+    }
+    if (step.parentStepId === targetId) {
+      this.onToast(`“${step.title || 'Untitled step'}” is already a substep of step ${target}.`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    step.parentStepId = targetId;
+    await api.step.save({ guideId: this.guideId, step });
+
+    // Move the step (with its own substeps) to sit right after the target
+    // step's existing substeps, so it becomes the target's last substep.
+    const order = this.steps.map((s) => s.stepId);
+    const remaining = order.filter((id) => !subtreeIds.has(id));
+    const targetSubtree = new Set([targetId, ...this.getStepDescendantIds(targetId)]);
+    let insertAt = remaining.indexOf(targetId) + 1;
+    while (insertAt < remaining.length && targetSubtree.has(remaining[insertAt])) insertAt++;
+    const movedBlock = order.filter((id) => subtreeIds.has(id));
+    remaining.splice(insertAt, 0, ...movedBlock);
+    await api.step.reorder({ guideId: this.guideId, order: remaining });
+
+    await this.reload(stepId);
+    this.onToast(`“${step.title || 'Untitled step'}” is now a substep of step ${target}.`);
+  }
+
   async duplicateSelectedStep() {
     const step = this.currentStep;
     if (!step) return;