diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fd7a151..299f5e2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@ one in the layout, or to the next one in the workspace's order, and `move` and
 again. `change-layout`, `cycle-layout` and `flip-layout` tile the workspace in
 another layout, `layout-ratios` and `scrolling-layout-columns` tune it,
 `toggle-tiling` stops it moving windows and starts it again,
-`preselect-direction` reserves a tile for the next window, and `resize-edge`
-and `resize-axis` move the edges of the focused tile. The scrolling layout
+`preselect-direction` reserves a tile for the next window, `resize-edge` and
+`resize-axis` move the edges of the focused tile, and `promote` brings the
+focused window to the largest tile. The scrolling layout
 is a strip of columns that runs past the edges of the monitor and scrolls to
 the window that has the focus.
 
diff --git a/docs/cli/promote-focus.md b/docs/cli/promote-focus.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b021a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cli/promote-focus.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+```text
+Promote the user focus to the largest window container
+
+Usage: promote-focus
+
+Options:
+  -h, --help
+          Print help
+
+```
diff --git a/docs/cli/promote-swap.md b/docs/cli/promote-swap.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79ba6e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cli/promote-swap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+```text
+Promote the focused window to the largest tile by swapping container indices with the largest tile
+
+Usage: promote-swap
+
+Options:
+  -h, --help
+          Print help
+
+```
diff --git a/docs/cli/promote-window.md b/docs/cli/promote-window.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a4f51ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cli/promote-window.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+```text
+Promote the window in the specified direction
+
+Usage: promote-window <OPERATION_DIRECTION>
+
+Arguments:
+  <OPERATION_DIRECTION>
+          [possible values: left, right, up, down]
+
+Options:
+  -h, --help
+          Print help
+
+```
diff --git a/docs/cli/promote.md b/docs/cli/promote.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..465b293a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cli/promote.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+```text
+Promote the focused window to the largest tile via container removal and re-insertion
+
+Usage: promote
+
+Options:
+  -h, --help
+          Print help
+
+```
diff --git a/docs/dev/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/dev/ARCHITECTURE.md
index c2c60932..f656e2fb 100644
--- a/docs/dev/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/dev/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -285,6 +285,15 @@ focused container has changed, which scrolls the strip to it. KWin keeps part of
 resizes on an output, so the bridge asks again for the position of a window KWin pulled back
 within a second of the command, three times at most ([`bridge.js`]'s `settle`).
 
+`Promote` moves the focused container to index 0, the largest tile of every layout but the grid,
+through `LockableSequence`, so the containers before it move one index on
+([`WindowManager::promote_container_to_front`]). `PromoteSwap` swaps it with the container at
+index 0 and records the index it came from in [`Workspace::promotion_swap_container_idx`], so
+that from index 0 it swaps back ([`WindowManager::promote_container_swap`]). `PromoteFocus`
+focuses the container at index 0 ([`WindowManager::promote_focus_to_front`]), and
+`PromoteWindow` focuses the container in a direction and promotes it. On the grid layout they
+change nothing.
+
 `ResizeWindowEdge` and `ResizeWindowAxis` resize the focused container
 ([`WindowManager::resize_window`]). A resize is an adjustment of the container's tile, kept in
 [`Workspace::resize_dimensions`], one per container, which the layout applies when it calculates
@@ -352,8 +361,8 @@ module's unit.
   changes its containers.
 - [`window_manager`](../../komorebi/src/window_manager.rs): the [`WindowManager`] and the
   operations on it (tile the workspace in front, tile every monitor, take a minimized
-  window out, move the focus, move the focused container, change the layout, resize the
-  focused container).
+  window out, move the focus, move the focused container, change the layout, resize or
+  promote the focused container).
 - [`desktop`](../../komorebi/src/desktop.rs): loads the monitors and the open windows from
   the backend.
 - [`window_manager_event`](../../komorebi/src/window_manager_event.rs) and
@@ -553,7 +562,8 @@ A window is shown, and ends up on a tile:
   commands against the fake;
   [`komorebi/tests/layout_options.rs`](../../komorebi/tests/layout_options.rs) and
   [`komorebi/tests/scrolling.rs`](../../komorebi/tests/scrolling.rs), the layout options and the
-  scrolling layout; [`komorebi/tests/resize.rs`](../../komorebi/tests/resize.rs), resizing.
+  scrolling layout; [`komorebi/tests/resize.rs`](../../komorebi/tests/resize.rs), resizing;
+  [`komorebi/tests/promote.rs`](../../komorebi/tests/promote.rs), promoting.
 - [`nix/tests/vm/suites/scrolling`](../../nix/tests/vm/suites/scrolling/test.py): the scrolling
   strip in a real KWin, with its columns out of view off the screen.
 - [`nix/tests/vm/suites/commands`](../../nix/tests/vm/suites/commands/test.py): every layout,
@@ -593,6 +603,10 @@ A window is shown, and ends up on a tile:
 [`Workspace::layout_options`]: ../../komorebi/src/workspace.rs
 [`Workspace::resize_dimensions`]: ../../komorebi/src/workspace.rs
 [`WindowManager::resize_window`]: ../../komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
+[`WindowManager::promote_container_to_front`]: ../../komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
+[`WindowManager::promote_container_swap`]: ../../komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
+[`WindowManager::promote_focus_to_front`]: ../../komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
+[`Workspace::promotion_swap_container_idx`]: ../../komorebi/src/workspace.rs
 [`WindowManager::resize_delta`]: ../../komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
 [`Workspace::latest_layout`]: ../../komorebi/src/workspace.rs
 [`LayoutOptions`]: ../../komorebi/src/core/mod.rs
diff --git a/docs/usage/focusing-windows.md b/docs/usage/focusing-windows.md
index 599d306f..ee9ed845 100644
--- a/docs/usage/focusing-windows.md
+++ b/docs/usage/focusing-windows.md
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ komorebic cycle-focus next
 komorebic cycle-focus previous
 ```
 
+## The largest tile
+
+[`komorebic promote-focus`](../cli/promote-focus.md) focuses the window on the first tile of the
+layout, which is its largest ([Moving windows](moving-windows.md#to-the-largest-tile)).
+
 ## The pointer
 
 By default the pointer moves to the middle of the window that is given the focus. komorebi asks
diff --git a/docs/usage/moving-windows.md b/docs/usage/moving-windows.md
index 09237554..75010824 100644
--- a/docs/usage/moving-windows.md
+++ b/docs/usage/moving-windows.md
@@ -32,6 +32,29 @@ komorebic cycle-move next
 komorebic cycle-move previous
 ```
 
+## To the largest tile
+
+The first tile of a layout is the largest one: the left half in BSP and the vertical stack, the
+top half in the horizontal stack, the middle of the ultrawide vertical stack and the right half
+in the right main vertical stack. In the columns, rows and scrolling layouts it is the first
+column or row. The grid layout is left alone: these commands do nothing there.
+
+[`komorebic promote`](../cli/promote.md) moves the focused window to the first tile, and the
+windows that were before it each move one tile on.
+[`komorebic promote-swap`](../cli/promote-swap.md) swaps the focused window with the window on
+the first tile instead, and from the first tile swaps it back with the window it was last
+swapped with. [`komorebic promote-window`](../cli/promote-window.md) promotes the window on one
+side of the focused one.
+
+```sh
+komorebic promote
+komorebic promote-swap
+komorebic promote-window left
+```
+
+[`komorebic promote-focus`](../cli/promote-focus.md) gives the focus to the window on the first
+tile and moves nothing.
+
 ## The pointer
 
 The pointer follows the window that moved, unless
diff --git a/komorebi/src/core/mod.rs b/komorebi/src/core/mod.rs
index 8198e213..4ff6ec9d 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ pub enum SocketMessage {
     CycleMoveWindow(CycleDirection),
     ResizeWindowEdge(OperationDirection, Sizing),
     ResizeWindowAxis(Axis, Sizing),
+    Promote,
+    PromoteSwap,
+    PromoteFocus,
+    PromoteWindow(OperationDirection),
     // Current Workspace Commands
     ChangeLayout(DefaultLayout),
     CycleLayout(CycleDirection),
diff --git a/komorebi/src/process_command.rs b/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
index 319e058c..9df4f6e8 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 //!   of it, or with the next or the previous one, and tile the workspace again
 //!   ([`WindowManager::move_container_in_direction`],
 //!   [`WindowManager::move_container_in_cycle_direction`]).
+//! - **Promote** moves the focused container to the largest tile, **PromoteSwap** swaps it with
+//!   the container there (and back), **PromoteFocus** gives that container the focus, and
+//!   **PromoteWindow** promotes the container on one side of the focused one
+//!   ([`WindowManager::promote_container_to_front`], [`WindowManager::promote_container_swap`],
+//!   [`WindowManager::promote_focus_to_front`]).
 //! - **ChangeLayout**, **CycleLayout** and **FlipLayout** give the focused workspace another
 //!   layout, or mirror it, and **ToggleTiling** turns its tiling off and on
 //!   ([`WindowManager::change_workspace_layout_default`], [`WindowManager::cycle_layout`],
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ impl WindowManager {
     ///   [`WindowManager::move_container_in_direction`] and
     ///   [`WindowManager::move_container_in_cycle_direction`] give.
     /// - There is no focused workspace to change the layout or the tiling of, to preselect a
-    ///   place in, or to resize a container of, or it cannot be tiled again.
+    ///   place in, or to resize or promote a container of, or it cannot be tiled again.
     /// - The file of `QuickSave` or `Save` cannot be written, or the file of `QuickLoad` or
     ///   `Load` cannot be read or is not a list of resize adjustments.
     /// - The window manager fails to retile, for one of the reasons
@@ -159,6 +164,13 @@ impl WindowManager {
         let initial_state = State::from(self.as_ref());
 
         match message {
+            SocketMessage::Promote => self.promote_container_to_front()?,
+            SocketMessage::PromoteSwap => self.promote_container_swap()?,
+            SocketMessage::PromoteFocus => self.promote_focus_to_front()?,
+            SocketMessage::PromoteWindow(direction) => {
+                self.focus_container_in_direction(direction)?;
+                self.promote_container_to_front()?
+            }
             SocketMessage::FocusWindow(direction) => {
                 self.focus_container_in_direction(direction)?;
             }
diff --git a/komorebi/src/state.rs b/komorebi/src/state.rs
index 0ee1f767..7795aad3 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/state.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/state.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ impl From<&WindowManager> for State {
                             tile: workspace.tile,
                             globals: workspace.globals,
                             preselected_container_idx: None,
+                            promotion_swap_container_idx: None,
                         })
                         .collect::<VecDeque<_>>();
                     ws.focus(monitor.workspaces.focused_idx());
diff --git a/komorebi/src/window_manager.rs b/komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
index 630d9058..7ef9be02 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/window_manager.rs
@@ -606,6 +606,92 @@ impl WindowManager {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Moves the focused container to the first index of the focused workspace, which is the
+    /// largest tile, and tiles the workspace again: the containers before it each move one index
+    /// on
+    ///
+    /// The grid layout has no largest tile, and nothing changes there.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// There is no focused workspace, it has no containers, or it cannot be tiled again.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
+    pub fn promote_container_to_front(&mut self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        let workspace = self.focused_workspace_mut()?;
+
+        if matches!(workspace.layout, Layout::Default(DefaultLayout::Grid)) {
+            tracing::debug!("ignoring promote command for grid layout");
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        tracing::info!("promoting container");
+
+        workspace.promote_container()?;
+        self.update_focused_workspace(self.mouse_follows_focus, true)
+    }
+
+    /// Swaps the focused container with the one at the first index, the largest tile, and tiles
+    /// the workspace again; when the focused container is the first already, swaps it back with
+    /// the container it was swapped with last
+    ///
+    /// The grid layout has no largest tile, and nothing changes there.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// There is no focused workspace, or it cannot be tiled again.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
+    pub fn promote_container_swap(&mut self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        let workspace = self.focused_workspace_mut()?;
+        let focused_container_idx = workspace.focused_container_idx();
+
+        let primary_idx = match workspace.layout {
+            Layout::Default(_) => 0,
+        };
+
+        if matches!(workspace.layout, Layout::Default(DefaultLayout::Grid)) {
+            tracing::debug!("ignoring promote-swap command for grid layout");
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        let primary_tile_is_focused = focused_container_idx == primary_idx;
+
+        if primary_tile_is_focused && let Some(swap_idx) = workspace.promotion_swap_container_idx {
+            workspace.swap_containers(focused_container_idx, swap_idx);
+        } else {
+            workspace.promotion_swap_container_idx = Some(focused_container_idx);
+            workspace.swap_containers(focused_container_idx, primary_idx);
+        }
+
+        self.update_focused_workspace(self.mouse_follows_focus, true)
+    }
+
+    /// Gives the focus to the container at the first index, the largest tile, without moving
+    /// anything
+    ///
+    /// The grid layout has no largest tile, and nothing changes there.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// There is no focused workspace, or the backend refuses to focus the window.
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
+    pub fn promote_focus_to_front(&mut self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        let workspace = self.focused_workspace_mut()?;
+
+        if matches!(workspace.layout, Layout::Default(DefaultLayout::Grid)) {
+            tracing::info!("ignoring promote focus command for grid layout");
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        tracing::info!("promoting focus");
+
+        let target_idx = match workspace.layout {
+            Layout::Default(_) => 0,
+        };
+
+        workspace.focus_container(target_idx);
+        self.update_focused_workspace(self.mouse_follows_focus, true)
+    }
+
     /// Mirrors the layout of the focused workspace along `layout_flip`, on top of the way it is
     /// mirrored already, and tiles the workspace again
     ///
diff --git a/komorebi/src/workspace.rs b/komorebi/src/workspace.rs
index 468a070f..31eecb0b 100644
--- a/komorebi/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/komorebi/src/workspace.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ pub struct Workspace {
     pub globals: WorkspaceGlobals,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub preselected_container_idx: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub promotion_swap_container_idx: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 impl_ring_elements!(Workspace, Container);
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ impl Default for Workspace {
             globals: Default::default(),
             tile: true,
             preselected_container_idx: None,
+            promotion_swap_container_idx: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -340,6 +343,31 @@ impl Workspace {
         container
     }
 
+    /// Moves the focused container to the first index, the largest tile in every layout but the
+    /// grid, and keeps the focus on it
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// The workspace has no containers.
+    pub fn promote_container(&mut self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        let focused_idx = self.focused_container_idx();
+        let container = self
+            .containers_mut()
+            .remove_respecting_locks(focused_idx)
+            .ok_or_eyre("there is no container")?;
+
+        let primary_idx = match &self.layout {
+            Layout::Default(_) => 0,
+        };
+
+        let insertion_idx = self
+            .containers_mut()
+            .insert_respecting_locks(primary_idx, container);
+        self.focus_container(insertion_idx);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn add_container_to_back(&mut self, container: Container) {
         self.containers_mut().push_back(container);
         self.focus_last_container();
diff --git a/komorebi/tests/promote.rs b/komorebi/tests/promote.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46def693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/komorebi/tests/promote.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+//! Bringing a window to the largest tile with `promote`, `promote-swap`, `promote-window`, and the
+//! focus to it with `promote-focus`, against an in-memory desktop: the messages go in through
+//! [`WindowManager::process_command`], and what comes out is the order of the containers, where
+//! the backend is asked to put each window, and which window has the focus.
+//!
+//! Window ids are in the 24_000s.
+
+use komorebi::backend::fake::Command;
+use komorebi::backend::fake::FakeBackend;
+use komorebi::backend::with_backend;
+use komorebi::core::DefaultLayout;
+use komorebi::core::OperationDirection;
+use komorebi::core::SocketMessage;
+use komorebi::window::Window;
+use komorebi::window_manager::WindowManager;
+use komorebi::window_manager_event::KWinNotification;
+use komorebi::window_manager_event::SystemNotification;
+use komorebi::window_manager_event::WindowManagerEvent;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+fn added(id: u32) -> WindowManagerEvent {
+    WindowManagerEvent::Show(
+        SystemNotification::KWin(KWinNotification::WindowAdded),
+        Window::from(id),
+    )
+}
+
+/// A window manager over a fake desktop with one 1920x1080 monitor in `layout`, and a window for
+/// each of `ids`, opened in that order. The last one has the focus, and the commands it took to
+/// get there are cleared.
+fn desktop_with(layout: DefaultLayout, ids: &[u32]) -> (Arc<FakeBackend>, WindowManager) {
+    let fake = Arc::new(FakeBackend::with_one_monitor());
+    let (_sender, receiver) = crossbeam_channel::bounded(1);
+    // unix socket paths are limited to ~104 bytes on macOS, which the temp dir alone can exceed
+    static NEXT: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU32 = std::sync::atomic::AtomicU32::new(0);
+    let socket = std::path::PathBuf::from(format!(
+        "/tmp/kmp-{}-{}.sock",
+        std::process::id(),
+        NEXT.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst)
+    ));
+
+    let mut wm = with_backend(fake.clone(), || {
+        let mut wm = WindowManager::new(receiver, Some(socket)).unwrap();
+        wm.init().unwrap();
+        wm
+    });
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::ChangeLayout(layout));
+    for &id in ids {
+        fake.open_window(id, "foot", "foot", &format!("terminal {id}"));
+        with_backend(fake.clone(), || wm.process_event(added(id))).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fake.clear_commands();
+    (fake, wm)
+}
+
+fn send(fake: &Arc<FakeBackend>, wm: &mut WindowManager, message: SocketMessage) {
+    with_backend(fake.clone(), || wm.process_command(message, Vec::new())).unwrap();
+}
+
+/// The window of each container of the focused workspace, in order
+fn order(wm: &WindowManager) -> Vec<u32> {
+    wm.focused_workspace()
+        .unwrap()
+        .containers()
+        .iter()
+        .map(|container| container.focused_window().unwrap().id)
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn focused(wm: &WindowManager) -> u32 {
+    wm.focused_window().unwrap().id
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn promote_moves_the_focused_window_to_the_largest_tile_and_the_others_along() {
+    let (fake, mut wm) = desktop_with(DefaultLayout::BSP, &[24_001, 24_002, 24_003]);
+    let largest = fake.rect_of(24_001);
+
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::Promote);
+
+    assert_eq!(order(&wm), [24_003, 24_001, 24_002]);
+    assert_eq!(focused(&wm), 24_003);
+    assert_eq!(fake.rect_of(24_003), largest);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn promote_swap_swaps_with_the_largest_tile_and_swaps_back() {
+    let (fake, mut wm) = desktop_with(DefaultLayout::BSP, &[24_011, 24_012, 24_013]);
+
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::PromoteSwap);
+
+    assert_eq!(order(&wm), [24_013, 24_012, 24_011]);
+    assert_eq!(focused(&wm), 24_013);
+
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::PromoteSwap);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        order(&wm),
+        [24_011, 24_012, 24_013],
+        "the largest tile is swapped back"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(focused(&wm), 24_013);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn promote_focus_gives_the_focus_to_the_largest_tile_and_moves_nothing() {
+    let ids = [24_021, 24_022, 24_023];
+    let (fake, mut wm) = desktop_with(DefaultLayout::BSP, &ids);
+    let tiles: Vec<_> = ids.iter().map(|&id| fake.rect_of(id)).collect();
+
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::PromoteFocus);
+
+    assert_eq!(focused(&wm), 24_021);
+    assert_eq!(order(&wm), ids);
+    assert_eq!(
+        ids.iter().map(|&id| fake.rect_of(id)).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        tiles
+    );
+    assert!(
+        fake.commands().contains(&Command::Focus(24_021, true)),
+        "{:?}",
+        fake.commands()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn promote_window_promotes_the_window_on_that_side() {
+    let (fake, mut wm) = desktop_with(DefaultLayout::Columns, &[24_031, 24_032, 24_033]);
+
+    send(
+        &fake,
+        &mut wm,
+        SocketMessage::PromoteWindow(OperationDirection::Left),
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(order(&wm), [24_032, 24_031, 24_033]);
+    assert_eq!(focused(&wm), 24_032);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn nothing_is_promoted_in_the_grid_layout() {
+    let ids = [24_041, 24_042, 24_043];
+    let (fake, mut wm) = desktop_with(DefaultLayout::Grid, &ids);
+
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::Promote);
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::PromoteSwap);
+    send(&fake, &mut wm, SocketMessage::PromoteFocus);
+
+    assert_eq!(order(&wm), ids);
+    assert_eq!(focused(&wm), 24_043);
+    assert!(fake.commands().is_empty(), "{:?}", fake.commands());
+}
diff --git a/komorebic/src/main.rs b/komorebic/src/main.rs
index 8fd4942a..d6c65017 100644
--- a/komorebic/src/main.rs
+++ b/komorebic/src/main.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 //!   workspace, `scrolling-layout-columns` and `layout-ratios` tune it, `toggle-tiling` turns its
 //!   tiling off and on, and `preselect-direction` and `cancel-preselect` reserve the place of the
 //!   next window and give it up.
+//! - `promote`, `promote-swap`, `promote-focus` and `promote-window` bring a window to the largest
+//!   tile, or the focus to it.
 //! - `resize-edge` and `resize-axis` resize the focused window by the `resize-delta`, and
 //!   `quick-save-resize`, `quick-load-resize`, `save-resize` and `load-resize` save the sizes of
 //!   the tiles of the focused workspace and load them back.
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ gen_enum_subcommand_args! {
     // WatchConfiguration: BooleanState,
     MouseFollowsFocus: BooleanState,
     Query: StateQuery,
+    PromoteWindow: OperationDirection,
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -289,6 +292,14 @@ enum SubCommand {
     /// Flip the layout on the focused workspace
     #[clap(arg_required_else_help = true)]
     FlipLayout(FlipLayout),
+    /// Promote the focused window to the largest tile via container removal and re-insertion
+    Promote,
+    /// Promote the focused window to the largest tile by swapping container indices with the largest tile
+    PromoteSwap,
+    /// Promote the user focus to the largest window container
+    PromoteFocus,
+    /// Promote the window in the specified direction
+    PromoteWindow(PromoteWindow),
     /// Force the retiling of all managed windows
     Retile,
     /// Toggle window tiling on the focused workspace
@@ -451,6 +462,18 @@ fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         SubCommand::Retile => {
             send_message(&SocketMessage::Retile)?;
         }
+        SubCommand::Promote => {
+            send_message(&SocketMessage::Promote)?;
+        }
+        SubCommand::PromoteSwap => {
+            send_message(&SocketMessage::PromoteSwap)?;
+        }
+        SubCommand::PromoteFocus => {
+            send_message(&SocketMessage::PromoteFocus)?;
+        }
+        SubCommand::PromoteWindow(args) => {
+            send_message(&SocketMessage::PromoteWindow(args.operation_direction))?;
+        }
         SubCommand::ToggleTiling => {
             send_message(&SocketMessage::ToggleTiling)?;
         }
diff --git a/komorebic/tests/cli.rs b/komorebic/tests/cli.rs
index 2e3847a9..1440500b 100644
--- a/komorebic/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/komorebic/tests/cli.rs
@@ -284,6 +284,17 @@ fn the_resize_subcommands_send_what_they_are_given() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn the_promote_subcommands_send_their_message() {
+    sends(&["promote"], r#"{"type":"Promote"}"#);
+    sends(&["promote-swap"], r#"{"type":"PromoteSwap"}"#);
+    sends(&["promote-focus"], r#"{"type":"PromoteFocus"}"#);
+    sends(
+        &["promote-window", "right"],
+        r#"{"type":"PromoteWindow","content":"Right"}"#,
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn mouse_follows_focus_is_set_with_enable_and_disable_or_toggled() {
     sends(
@@ -355,6 +366,10 @@ fn docgen_writes_the_help_of_every_subcommand_in_a_text_fence() {
             "mouse-follows-focus.md",
             "move.md",
             "preselect-direction.md",
+            "promote-focus.md",
+            "promote-swap.md",
+            "promote-window.md",
+            "promote.md",
             "query.md",
             "quick-load-resize.md",
             "quick-save-resize.md",
diff --git a/nix/tests/vm/suites/commands/test.py b/nix/tests/vm/suites/commands/test.py
index a29f4dcc..97e240fc 100644
--- a/nix/tests/vm/suites/commands/test.py
+++ b/nix/tests/vm/suites/commands/test.py
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ resize-axis horizontal increase
 resize-axis vertical decrease
 resize-delta 50
 resize-delta 100
+promote
+promote-swap
+promote-focus
+promote-window left
 retile
 flip-layout horizontal
 flip-layout vertical