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add project

Terminal window
todoister add project [flags] [PARENT/.../]NAME

Add a new project to Todoist.

NAME is the name of the project to create. Use PARENT/NAME to create a project within a parent project. Use PARENT/SUBPARENT/NAME for nested parents.

-c, --color <string>
project color (berry_red, red, orange, yellow, olive_green, lime_green, green, mint_green, teal, sky_blue, light_blue, blue, grape, violet, lavender, magenta, salmon, charcoal, grey, taupe)
-t, --token <string>
use <string> as Todoist API token
Terminal window
# Add a root-level project:
todoister add project Shopping
# Add a project within a parent:
todoister add project Work/Reports
# Add a deeply nested project:
todoister add project Work/Projects/Q1
# Add a project with a color:
todoister add project -c blue Personal
# Add a project with a color within a parent:
todoister add project --color=red Work/Urgent