gh issue create

gh issue create [flags]

Create an issue on GitHub.

Use --attach to upload an image or video. The attachment is appended to the body. If the body references an attached file, such as ![alt](./login.png), that reference is rewritten to point at the uploaded asset instead. You can attach up to 50 files per command.

Alt text for an image follows the path after #, as in --attach './login.png#The login error state'. Without it the filename is used. A reference already in the body keeps the alt text written there. Video renders as a player and has no alt text, so it cannot be given any.

If some attachments upload and others fail, the issue is still created with the ones that succeeded. The command then exits with a non-zero status, but the new issue's URL is still printed to stdout.

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

Assign people by their login. Use "@me" to self-assign.

--attach

Attach an image or video file, in '#' format

--blocked-by

Mark the new issue as blocked by these issue numbers or URLs

--blocking

Mark the new issue as blocking these issue numbers or URLs

-b, --body

Supply a body. Will prompt for one otherwise.

-F, --body-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

Add labels by name

-m, --milestone

Add the issue to a milestone by name

--parent

Add the new issue as a sub-issue of the specified parent number or URL

-p, --project