GH-ISSUE-CREATE(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-ISSUE-CREATE(1) NAME gh-issue-create - Create a new issue SYNOPSIS gh issue create [flags] DESCRIPTION Create an issue on GitHub. Adding an issue to projects requires authorization with the project scope. To authorize, run gh auth refresh -s project. The --assignee flag supports the following special values: - @me: assign yourself - @copilot: assign Copilot (not supported on GitHub Enterprise Server) OPTIONS -a, --assignee <login> Assign people by their login. Use "@me" to self-assign. -b, --body <string> Supply a body. Will prompt for one otherwise. -F, --body-file <file> Read body text from file (use "-" to read from standard input) -e, --editor Skip prompts and open the text editor to write the title and body in. The first line is the title and the remaining text is the body. -l, --label <name> Add labels by name -m, --milestone <name> Add the issue to a milestone by name -p, --project <title> Add the issue to projects by title --recover <string> Recover input from a failed run of create -T, --template <name> Template name to use as starting body text -t, --title <string> Supply a title. Will prompt for one otherwise. -w, --web Open the browser to create an issue OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS -R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO> Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format ALIASES gh issue new EXIT CODES 0: Successful execution 1: Error 2: Command canceled 4: Authentication required NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the com- mand's help for more information. EXAMPLE $ gh issue create --title "I found a bug" --body "Nothing works" $ gh issue create --label "bug,help wanted" $ gh issue create --label bug --label "help wanted" $ gh issue create --assignee monalisa,hubot $ gh issue create --assignee "@me" $ gh issue create --assignee "@copilot" $ gh issue create --project "Roadmap" $ gh issue create --template "Bug Report" SEE ALSO gh-issue(1) Aug 2026 GH-ISSUE-CREATE(1)
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