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GH-PROJECT-ITEM-EDIT(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-PROJECT-ITEM-EDIT(1)

NAME

gh-project-item-edit - Edit an item in a project

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Edit a draft issue or a project item.

The usual way to select the item and field is by name: pass the project number plus --owner, point at the item with its issue or pull request --url, and name the field with --field. For single-select fields, --value is the option name.

For scripts and machine use, you can also pass GraphQL node IDs directly with --id, --field-id and --project-id (and, for single-select fields, --single-select-option-id).

Note that --url is the issue or pull request URL, not a project URL, so its owner may differ from the project's; --owner selects the project.

For non-draft issues, only a single field value can be updated per invocation.

Remove a project item field value with --clear.

OPTIONS

Body of the draft issue item

Remove field value

Date value for the field (YYYY-MM-DD)

Name of the field to update

ID of the field to update

Output format: {json}

ID of the item to edit

ID of the iteration value to set on the field

Filter JSON output using a jq expression

Number value for the field

Login of the owner. Use "@me" for the current user.

ID of the project to which the field belongs to

ID of the single select option value to set on the field

Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"

Text value for the field

Title of the draft issue item

URL of the issue or pull request whose project item to edit

Value to set on the field named by --field

EXIT CODES

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.

EXAMPLE

# Set the "Status" field to "In Progress" for an issue on monalisa's project 1
$ gh project item-edit 1 --owner monalisa --url https://github.com/monalisa/myproject/issues/23 --field "Status" --value "In Progress"
# Edit an item's text field value by node ID (machine / scripted use)
$ gh project item-edit --id <item-id> --field-id <field-id> --project-id <project-id> --text "new text"
# Clear an item's field value by node ID
$ gh project item-edit --id <item-id> --field-id <field-id> --project-id <project-id> --clear

SEE ALSO

gh-project(1)

Sep 2026 GitHub CLI v2.100.0