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.TH "GH-PROJECT-ITEM-EDIT" "1" "Jul 2026" "" "GitHub CLI manual"

.SH NAME
gh-project-item-edit - Edit an item in a project


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBgh project item-edit [<number>] [flags]\fR


.SH DESCRIPTION
Edit a draft issue or a project item.

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

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

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

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

.PP
Remove a project item field value with \fB--clear\fR\&.


.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB--body\fR \fB<string>\fR
Body of the draft issue item

.TP
\fB--clear\fR
Remove field value

.TP
\fB--date\fR \fB<string>\fR
Date value for the field (YYYY-MM-DD)

.TP
\fB--field\fR \fB<string>\fR
Name of the field to update

.TP
\fB--field-id\fR \fB<string>\fR
ID of the field to update

.TP
\fB--format\fR \fB<string>\fR
Output format: {json}

.TP
\fB--id\fR \fB<string>\fR
ID of the item to edit

.TP
\fB--iteration-id\fR \fB<string>\fR
ID of the iteration value to set on the field

.TP
\fB-q\fR, \fB--jq\fR \fB<expression>\fR
Filter JSON output using a jq expression

.TP
\fB--number\fR \fB<float> (default 0)\fR
Number value for the field

.TP
\fB--owner\fR \fB<string>\fR
Login of the owner. Use "@me" for the current user.

.TP
\fB--project-id\fR \fB<string>\fR
ID of the project to which the field belongs to

.TP
\fB--single-select-option-id\fR \fB<string>\fR
ID of the single select option value to set on the field

.TP
\fB-t\fR, \fB--template\fR \fB<string>\fR
Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"

.TP
\fB--text\fR \fB<string>\fR
Text value for the field

.TP
\fB--title\fR \fB<string>\fR
Title of the draft issue item

.TP
\fB--url\fR \fB<string>\fR
URL of the issue or pull request whose project item to edit

.TP
\fB--value\fR \fB<--field>\fR
Value to set on the field named by --field


.SH EXIT CODES
0: Successful execution

.PP
1: Error

.PP
2: Command canceled

.PP
4: Authentication required

.PP
NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.


.SH EXAMPLE
.EX
# 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

.EE


.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgh-project(1)\fR