GH-ISSUE-CREATE(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-ISSUE-CREATE(1)

gh-issue-create - Create a new issue

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)

Assign people by their login. Use "@me" to self-assign.
Attach an image or video file, in '#' format
Mark the new issue as blocked by these issue numbers or URLs
Mark the new issue as blocking these issue numbers or URLs
Supply a body. Will prompt for one otherwise.
Read body text from file (use "-" to read from standard input)
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.
Add labels by name
Add the issue to a milestone by name
Add the new issue as a sub-issue of the specified parent number or URL
Add the issue to projects by title
Recover input from a failed run of create
Template name to use as starting body text
Supply a title. Will prompt for one otherwise.
Set the issue type by name
Open the browser to create an issue

Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

gh issue new

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.

$ gh issue create --title "I found a bug" --body "Nothing works"
$ gh issue create --attach './login.png#The login error state'
$ gh issue create --attach ./before.png --attach ./after.png
$ 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"
$ gh issue create --type Bug
$ gh issue create --parent 100
$ gh issue create --parent https://github.com/cli/go-gh/issues/42
$ gh issue create --blocked-by 200,201 --blocking 300

gh-issue(1)

Sep 2026