{
  "slug": "gh-project-item-edit-addresses-fields-and-single-select-options-by-name-0295132d3485",
  "title": "gh project item-edit addresses fields and single-select options by name",
  "tools": [
    "gh"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-31T02:04:00.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-31T02:04:00.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When editing a GitHub project item by field and single-select option name, run `gh project item-edit` with the project number, owner, item URL, field name, and option name.",
    "examples": [
      "gh project item-edit <project-number> --owner <owner> --url <issue-or-pull-request-url> --field \"Status\" --value \"In Progress\""
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v2.97.0",
      "<project-number> (required): Project number to edit.",
      "--owner <owner> (required): Project owner's login; use `@me` for the current user.",
      "--url <issue-or-pull-request-url> (required): URL of the issue or pull request whose project item to edit.",
      "--field <string> (required): Name of the field to update.",
      "--value <field-value> (required): Value to set for the named field; for a single-select field, use the option name.",
      "Prerequisite: The GitHub CLI token needs the `project` scope. Check with `gh auth status`; add it with `gh auth refresh -s project`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Edit a GitHub project item by setting a field using its name.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.97.0",
    "https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_project_item-edit",
    "https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_project"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98042,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-4e7c978a6d57cb71-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "05229ab83902220d758d75354b19a0efdc38043283ae906b647b1668d011a198"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "4ea9bdf9f62af2b5f5ed5ae58448bce364b5e79d6a45ee189264bf4469d335df",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.77 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}