GH-PROJECT-ITEM-CREATE(1)

💅 gh-project-item-create 💅

ok so bestie, welcome to the gh-project-item-create page from the GitHub CLI manual — yes that's the whole title, and yes you're gonna read it, because this little command is literally the moment you get to drop a draft issue into a project board without ever leaving your terminal. main character energy fr. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

gh-project-item-create — create a draft issue item in a project 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gh project item-create [<number>] [flags]

ok so the [<number>] is the project number, and it's in brackets so it's optional — the flags are where the real magic happens, iykyk ✨

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --body <string> — the body text for your draft issue. this is the content, the substance, the lore 💖
• --format <string> — output format. and the value is literally {json} — that's it, that's the one option. slay.
• -q, --jq <expression> — filter that JSON output using a jq expression. obsessed, honestly — you get to slice and dice the response however you want 🔥
• --owner <string> — login of the owner. and here's the cute part: use "@me" for the current user 🫶 (yes, @me literally means you, go off)
• -t, --template <string> — format JSON output using a Go template. also, heads up: see gh help formatting for the deets 📖
• --title <string> — title for the draft issue. give it a name, bestie, it deserves one 👑

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✨ EXIT CODES ✨

ok so when the command finishes, it tells you how it went with one of these numbers. vibe check time:

• 0: successful execution ✅
• 1: error 😭
• 2: command canceled 🙈
• 4: authentication required 🔐

⚠️ note: specific commands may have additional exit codes. refer to the command's help for more information — don't come for me, that's just what the page says 💀

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✨ EXAMPLE ✨

here's the whole thing in action, no cap:

# Create a draft issue in the current user's project "1"
$ gh project item-create 1 --owner "@me" --title "new item" --body "new item body"

look at that. project 1, owner @me, title "new item", body "new item body". confusing naming? maybe. iconic? absolutely ⭐

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• gh-project(1) — the big sibling page, go read it next 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈 it's giving GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026 — mwah, go create some draft issues, you're gonna eat 💅✨🍓