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pm plan create
Create a Plan item and optionally seed its ordered steps.
Create a Plan item and optionally seed its ordered steps.
Usage
pm plan create [title]Arguments
| <title> | Polymorphic string value; inspect the action contract before mutation. | optional |
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Options
| --title <value> | Plan title | optional |
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| --description <value> | Plan description | optional |
| --scope <value> | Short scope statement of the target change or investigation | optional |
| --parent <value> | Parent pm item id | optional |
| --related <value> | Related pm item ids (repeatable, csv-friendly) | optional |
| --blocks <value> | Pm item ids this plan blocks (repeatable, csv-friendly) | optional |
| --blocked-by <value> | Pm item ids that block this plan (repeatable, csv-friendly) | optional |
| --harness <value> | Plan harness provenance: codex|claude-code|cursor|generic | optional |
| --mode <value> | Plan mode: draft|research|review|approved|executing|paused|completed|superseded | optional |
| --resume-context <value> | Compact context summary for a future stateless agent | optional |
| --tags <value> | Comma-separated tags | optional |
| --priority <value> | Priority 0-4 | optional |
| --body <value> | Plan item body | optional |
| --claim | Claim the plan on create for the author | optional |
| --from-search <value> | Record the search query that led to plan creation | optional |
| --template <value> | Seed plan steps from a built-in template: bug-investigation|feature-implementation|refactoring-sprint | optional |
| --step-title <value> | Step title for add-step / update-step | optional |
| --step <value> | Step title (repeatable on create: each --step appends an ordered step; elsewhere a single value aliases --step-title) | optional |
| --step-body <value> | Step body text | optional |
| --step-owner <value> | Step owner | optional |
| --step-status <value> | Step status: pending|in_progress|completed|blocked|skipped|superseded | optional |
| --step-evidence <value> | Step evidence text (used by update-step/complete-step) | optional |
| --step-blocked-reason <value> | Step blocked reason (required when blocking) | optional |
| --step-replacement <value> | Replacement reference for a superseded step | optional |
| --file <value> | Step linked file path=<value>[,scope=project|global,note=<text>] (repeatable) | optional |
| --test <value> | Step linked test command=<value>[,path=<value>,note=<text>] (repeatable) | optional |
| --doc <value> | Step linked doc path=<value>[,scope=project|global,note=<text>] (repeatable) | optional |
| --message <value> | Mutation message | optional |
| --create-mode <value> | Create required-option policy mode: strict|progressive | optional |
| --status, -s <value> | Item status | optional |
| --deadline <value> | Deadline (ISO/date string or relative +6h/+1d/+2w/+6m) | optional |
| --acceptance-criteria <value> | Acceptance criteria (repeatable; values join with '; '; allow empty string) | optional |
| --definition-of-ready <value> | Definition of ready (allow empty string) | optional |
| --order <value> | Planning order/rank integer | optional |
| --goal <value> | Goal identifier | optional |
| --objective <value> | Objective identifier | optional |
| --value <value> | Business value summary | optional |
| --impact <value> | Business impact summary | optional |
| --outcome <value> | Expected outcome summary | optional |
| --why-now <value> | Why-now rationale | optional |
| --assignee <value> | Item assignee | optional |
| --reviewer <value> | Reviewer | optional |
| --risk <value> | Risk level: low|med|medium|high|critical (med persists as medium) | optional |
| --confidence <value> | Confidence level: 0..100|low|med|medium|high (med persists as medium) | optional |
| --sprint <value> | Sprint identifier | optional |
| --release <value> | Release identifier | optional |
| --blocked-reason <value> | Blocked reason | optional |
| --unblock-note <value> | Unblock rationale note | optional |
| --reporter <value> | Issue reporter | optional |
| --severity <value> | Issue severity: low|med|medium|high|critical (med persists as medium) | optional |
| --environment <value> | Issue environment context | optional |
| --repro-steps <value> | Issue reproduction steps | optional |
| --resolution <value> | Issue resolution summary | optional |
| --expected-result <value> | Issue expected behavior | optional |
| --actual-result <value> | Issue observed behavior | optional |
| --affected-version <value> | Affected version identifier | optional |
| --fixed-version <value> | Fixed version identifier | optional |
| --component <value> | Issue component ownership | optional |
| --customer-impact <value> | Customer impact summary | optional |
| --type-option <value> | Type option key=value or key=<name>,value=<value> (also accepts key:value and markdown pairs; use - for stdin; repeatable) | optional |
| --reminder <value> | Seed reminder entry at=<iso|relative>,text=<text> (also accepts markdown pairs and - for stdin; repeatable) | optional |
| --event <value> | Seed event entry start=<iso|relative>,end=<iso|relative>,duration=<relative|30min|PT30M>,title=<text>,all_day=<true|false>,recur_* fields (also accepts markdown pairs and - for stdin; repeatable) | optional |
| --comment <value> | Seed comment entry (text=<value> CSV/markdown pairs or - for stdin; repeatable) | optional |
| --note <value> | Seed note entry (text=<value> CSV/markdown pairs or - for stdin; repeatable) | optional |
| --learning <value> | Seed learning entry (text=<value> CSV/markdown pairs or - for stdin; repeatable) | optional |
Examples
pm plan create --title "Refactor lock retry"Tips
- Applicable flags: --acceptance-criteria, --actual-result, --affected-version, --assignee, --blocked-by, --blocked-reason, --blocks, --body, --claim, --comment, --component, --confidence, --create-mode, --customer-impact, --deadline, --definition-of-ready, --description, --doc, --environment, --estimate, --event, --expected-result, --fixed-version, --file, --from-search, --goal, --harness, --impact, --learning, --message, --mode, --note, --objective, --order, --outcome, --parent, --priority, --rank, --related, --release, --reminder, --reporter, --repro-steps, --resolution, --resume-context, --reviewer, --risk, --scope, --severity, --sprint, --status, --step, --step-blocked-reason, --step-body, --step-evidence, --step-owner, --step-replacement, --step-status, --step-title, --tags, --template, --test, --title, --type-option, --unblock-note, --value, --why-now.