diff --git a/features/steps/actor_context_cmds_steps.py b/features/steps/actor_context_cmds_steps.py
index 61acf9a55..0150e4dca 100644
--- a/features/steps/actor_context_cmds_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/actor_context_cmds_steps.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
-from behave import given, step, then, when
+from behave import given, then, when
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
 
 from cleveragents.cli.commands.actor_context import app as actor_context_app
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ def step_list_regex(context, regex):
     )
 
 
-@when('I run actor context list --format "{fmt}"')
+@when("I run actor context list --format {fmt}")
 def step_list_format(context, fmt):
     context.result = context.runner.invoke(
         actor_context_app,
@@ -623,19 +623,32 @@ def step_list_format(context, fmt):
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-@step('I run actor context show "{name}"{fmt}')
-def step_show(context, name, fmt=None):
+@when('I run actor context show "{name}"')
+def step_show(context, name):
     args = [
         "show",
         name,
         "--context-dir",
         str(context.context_dir),
     ]
-    if fmt is not None:
-        args.extend(["--format", fmt])
     context.result = context.runner.invoke(actor_context_app, args)
 
 
+@when('I run actor context show "{name}" --format {fmt}')
+def step_show_format(context, name, fmt):
+    context.result = context.runner.invoke(
+        actor_context_app,
+        [
+            "show",
+            name,
+            "--context-dir",
+            str(context.context_dir),
+            "--format",
+            fmt,
+        ],
+    )
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Then — list / show success and failure assertions
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------