diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d690208..b7afecd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 
 All notable changes are documented here. Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); versions follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) once we tag 1.0.
 
+## [v0.6.6] — 2026-08-15
+
+### Fixes
+
+- `prs create --json` and `issues create --json` no longer always fail. Both
+  appended `--json number,url,title` directly to `gh pr create` / `gh issue
+  create`, but neither `gh` subcommand accepts `--json` (only `list`/`view`
+  do) — every JSON-mode create exited with `unknown flag: --json` before
+  creating anything. Worse, retrying the identical command without `--json`
+  looked like the obvious fix and silently succeeded, publishing a real
+  PR/issue with whatever title/body was passed — a footgun for anything
+  scripting a retry. Fixed the same way `prs comment`/`issues comment`
+  already handle this: create without `--json`, parse the number out of the
+  URL `gh` prints on stdout, then fetch `{number, url, title}` from `gh pr
+  view` / `gh issue view`. (#15)
+
 ## [v0.6.5] — 2026-05-21
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/bin/fledge-github-issues b/bin/fledge-github-issues
index c187d95..b80eae7 100755
--- a/bin/fledge-github-issues
+++ b/bin/fledge-github-issues
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ if [ "$ACTION" = "create" ]; then
   [ -n "$LABEL" ]    && ARGS+=(--label "$LABEL")
   [ -n "$ASSIGNEE" ] && ARGS+=(--assignee "$ASSIGNEE")
   if [ "$JSON" = "true" ]; then
-    gh issue create "${ARGS[@]}" --json number,url,title
+    # gh issue create has no --json flag (only list/view do); it prints
+    # the new issue's URL on stdout on success. Parse the number out of
+    # that URL and fetch the authoritative shape from gh issue view instead.
+    ISSUE_URL="$(gh issue create "${ARGS[@]}" | tail -n1)"
+    ISSUE_NUMBER="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
+    gh issue view "$ISSUE_NUMBER" "${REPO_FLAGS[@]+"${REPO_FLAGS[@]}"}" --json number,url,title
   else
     gh issue create "${ARGS[@]}"
   fi
diff --git a/bin/fledge-github-prs b/bin/fledge-github-prs
index c1fd54a..7804fa0 100755
--- a/bin/fledge-github-prs
+++ b/bin/fledge-github-prs
@@ -399,7 +399,12 @@ Output only the title and body. No preamble, no meta-commentary."
   [ "$DRAFT" = "true" ] && ARGS+=(--draft)
   [ "$FILL" = "true" ]  && ARGS+=(--fill)
   if [ "$JSON" = "true" ]; then
-    gh pr create "${ARGS[@]}" --json number,url,title
+    # gh pr create has no --json flag (only list/view do); it prints the
+    # new PR's URL on stdout on success. Parse the number out of that URL
+    # and fetch the authoritative shape from gh pr view instead.
+    PR_URL="$(gh pr create "${ARGS[@]}" | tail -n1)"
+    PR_NUMBER="${PR_URL##*/}"
+    gh pr view "$PR_NUMBER" "${REPO_FLAGS[@]+"${REPO_FLAGS[@]}"}" --json number,url,title
   else
     gh pr create "${ARGS[@]}"
   fi
diff --git a/plugin.toml b/plugin.toml
index e8fa18e..fcd5db2 100644
--- a/plugin.toml
+++ b/plugin.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [plugin]
 name = "fledge-plugin-github"
-version = "0.6.5"
+version = "0.6.6"
 description = "GitHub commands for fledge — list/view/create/comment/review/merge PRs, list/view/create/comment/close issues, read repo files, view CI checks, and poll for daemon events via the gh CLI"
 author = "0xLeif"
 license = "MIT"