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id: 65e8e996-8101-46fd-a0a3-ed29769102a3
type: solution
title: "Custom player --create flag for pd-cards CLI"
tags: [paper-dynasty, python, cli, fix]
importance: 0.6
confidence: 0.8
created: "2025-12-22T20:23:29.339906+00:00"
updated: "2025-12-22T20:23:29.339906+00:00"
---

Added --create/-c flag to 'pd-cards custom submit' command that creates new players directly from YAML profiles. Key learnings: 1) Custom players don't need MLBPlayer records (mlbplayer can be null), 2) Players API requires many fields: cost, image, mlbclub, franchise, cardset_id, set_num, rarity_id, pos_1, description, 3) Use timestamp in bbref_id to avoid conflicts