diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae003bd..f6c531f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ taiga api PATCH userstories/123 --field comment="Deployed to staging" --auto-ver
 |---|---|
 | `taiga story list [--ref N] [--status S] [--assignee USER\|me] [--epic REF] [--swimlane L\|--no-swimlane] [--tag T]... [--search TEXT] [--closed[=false]]` | Every matching story, without manual paging. Repeated `--tag` must all match |
 | `taiga story get REF` / `taiga story get --id ID` | One story, with its web `url`; JSON output also carries `custom_attributes` (values with their own `version`) |
-| `taiga story create --subject S [--description-file F\|-] [--status S] [--tag T]... [--swimlane L] [--assignee USER]... [--epic REF]` | Create a story; `--epic` links it to an epic after creating it |
+| `taiga story create --subject S [--description-file F\|-] [--status S] [--tag T]... [--swimlane L] [--assignee USER]... [--owner-assignee USER] [--epic REF]` | Create a story; `--epic` links it to an epic after creating it |
 | `taiga story update REF [--subject S] [--description-file F\|-] [--append-description TEXT] [--status S] [--tag T]... [--add-tag T]... [--remove-tag T]... [--milestone M] [--swimlane L\|--clear-swimlane] [--add-assignee USER]... [--remove-assignee USER]... [--owner-assignee USER\|--clear-owner-assignee] [--block NOTE\|--unblock] [--epic REF\|--replace-epic REF --confirm-delete]` | Send only the fields that change, with the story `version`; then add the epic link, or make it the only one |
 | `taiga story close REF [--status S]` | Move to a closed status; never archives or deletes |
 | `taiga story field list REF` | The story's custom field values next to their definitions |
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ taiga api PATCH userstories/123 --field comment="Deployed to staging" --auto-ver
 
 - Statuses, milestones and swimlanes take a name or an id of the project; users take an exact username, an id or `me`, and must be project members. A name used twice is `ambiguous_name`.
 - `--tag` replaces the tags; `--add-tag`/`--remove-tag` merge with the current ones. Taiga stores tags in lower case, so the CLI sends them that way.
+- On `story create`, `--assignee` only fills the assignees (`assigned_users`) and leaves the main assignee (`assigned_to`, the one the board card shows) empty; `--owner-assignee` sets it and adds that user to the assignees too.
 - `--add-assignee`/`--remove-assignee` merge with the current assignees (`assigned_users`) and never change the main assignee (`assigned_to`); that takes `--owner-assignee` or `--clear-owner-assignee`. Taiga always shows the main assignee among the assignees, so removing them needs one of those two flags in the same command. Changing the main assignee keeps the others.
 - `--remove-assignee` also takes users who left the project. A write that changes assignees is not retried after a version conflict (exit 4; run it again, or use `--force-version`).
 - Taiga's concurrency check does not cover the main assignee (`assigned_to`). The CLI re-reads the assignees right before writing (a change since the first read is `version_conflict`) and checks the story after writing; a mismatch is `assignees_postcondition_failed` (exit 4): the write **was applied**, so check the story instead of re-running. A concurrent change in the short window between that re-read and the write is detected, not prevented. See [docs/api-notes.md](docs/api-notes.md).
diff --git a/internal/cli/assignees_test.go b/internal/cli/assignees_test.go
index 576378b..48c84b0 100644
--- a/internal/cli/assignees_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/assignees_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ func TestStoryAssigneeFlagsRejectedBeforeNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 		{"story", "create", "--subject", "s", "--assignee", ""},
 		{"story", "create", "--subject", "s", "--block", "x"},
 		{"story", "create", "--subject", "s", "--add-assignee", "svc"},
+		{"story", "create", "--subject", "s", "--owner-assignee", " "},
+		{"story", "create", "--subject", "s", "--clear-owner-assignee"},
 	} {
 		_, stderr, code := runIn(t, env, "", args...)
 		if code != 2 || !strings.Contains(stderr, "usage") {
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ func TestStoryAssigneeOutsideProjectIsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		{"story", "update", "246", "--owner-assignee", "outsider"},
 		{"story", "update", "246", "--add-assignee", "svc", "--block", "x", "--add-assignee", "outsider"},
 		{"story", "create", "--subject", "s", "--assignee", "outsider"},
+		{"story", "create", "--subject", "s", "--owner-assignee", "outsider"},
 	} {
 		_, stderr, code := runIn(t, f.env(), "", args...)
 		if code != 5 || !strings.Contains(stderr, "not_found") {
@@ -156,6 +159,32 @@ func TestStoryCreateWithAssignees(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// --owner-assignee on create sets assigned_to and also stores the owner in assigned_users, so a
+// later change of assigned_to does not drop them from the assignees.
+func TestStoryCreateWithOwnerAssignee(t *testing.T) {
+	f, calls := newStoryFake(t)
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		args []string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{[]string{"--owner-assignee", "svc"}, `{"assigned_to":6,"assigned_users":[6]}`},
+		{[]string{"--assignee", "me", "--owner-assignee", "svc"}, `{"assigned_to":6,"assigned_users":[5,6]}`},
+		{[]string{"--assignee", "svc", "--assignee", "me", "--owner-assignee", "6"}, `{"assigned_to":6,"assigned_users":[6,5]}`},
+	} {
+		before := len(writes(calls))
+		_, stderr, code := runIn(t, f.env(), "", append([]string{"story", "create", "--subject", "Nova"}, tc.args...)...)
+		w := writes(calls)
+		if code != 0 || len(w) != before+1 {
+			t.Fatalf("%v: %d %s", tc.args, code, stderr)
+		}
+		body := w[len(w)-1].body
+		got := bodyJSON(t, map[string]any{"assigned_to": body["assigned_to"], "assigned_users": body["assigned_users"]})
+		if got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%v: %s", tc.args, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // A concurrent change of a merged field between our read and our PATCH is a conflict with no
 // second PATCH; a concurrent change of an unrelated field allows the single guarded retry.
 func TestStoryAssigneeAndBlockConcurrentChanges(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/cli/story.go b/internal/cli/story.go
index a5ddee5..ce9d0e5 100644
--- a/internal/cli/story.go
+++ b/internal/cli/story.go
@@ -180,11 +180,12 @@ func (a *App) resolveStoryValue(cmd *cobra.Command, service *app.Service, field,
 }
 
 // assigneeFlags are the assignee and block flags: create takes the initial assignees, update
-// merges into the current ones and changes the main assignee only when asked.
+// merges into the current ones; both change the main assignee only when asked.
 func assigneeFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, update bool) {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	if !update {
-		f.StringArray("assignee", nil, "initial assignee (project username, id or me), repeatable")
+		f.StringArray("assignee", nil, "initial assignee (project username, id or me), repeatable; does not set the main assignee")
+		f.String("owner-assignee", "", "main assignee (assigned_to), also added to the assignees: project username, id or me")
 		return
 	}
 	f.StringArray("add-assignee", nil, "add an assignee (project username, id or me), repeatable")
@@ -220,13 +221,13 @@ func checkAssigneeFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, update bool) error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if !update {
-		return nil
-	}
 	owner, _ := f.GetString("owner-assignee")
 	if f.Changed("owner-assignee") && strings.TrimSpace(owner) == "" {
 		return app.Usage("--owner-assignee cannot be blank")
 	}
+	if !update {
+		return nil
+	}
 	clearOwner, _ := f.GetBool("clear-owner-assignee")
 	if f.Changed("owner-assignee") && clearOwner {
 		return app.Usage("choose --owner-assignee or --clear-owner-assignee")
@@ -270,11 +271,23 @@ func resolveAssignees(cmd *cobra.Command, service *app.Service, patch *app.Patch
 		return app.MergeIDs(nil, ids, nil), nil
 	}
 	if !update {
-		if f.Changed("assignee") {
-			ids, err := resolve("assignee")
+		ids, err := resolve("assignee")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// The main assignee also goes into the stored list: one that is only in assigned_to
+		// drops out of the assignees when a later write changes assigned_to (docs/api-notes.md).
+		if f.Changed("owner-assignee") {
+			value, _ := f.GetString("owner-assignee")
+			user, err := service.Member(cmd.Context(), value)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			id := app.ID(user["id"])
+			patch.Set["assigned_to"] = id
+			ids = app.MergeIDs(ids, []int64{id}, nil)
+		}
+		if f.Changed("assignee") || f.Changed("owner-assignee") {
 			patch.Set["assigned_users"] = ids
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/internal/cli/story_integration_test.go b/internal/cli/story_integration_test.go
index c10868d..57ad542 100644
--- a/internal/cli/story_integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/story_integration_test.go
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ func TestIntegrationStoryAssigneesAndBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	if users(created) != admin || created["assigned_to"] != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("create: %v %v", created["assigned_users"], created["assigned_to"])
 	}
+	owned := storyJSON(t, env, "", "story", "create", "--subject", "owner "+fmt.Sprint(time.Now().UnixNano()), "--assignee", testtaiga.ServiceUser, "--owner-assignee", "me")
+	if users(owned) != both || fmt.Sprint(owned["assigned_to"]) != admin {
+		t.Fatalf("create owner: %v %v", owned["assigned_users"], owned["assigned_to"])
+	}
 	update := []string{"story", "update", ref, "--add-assignee", testtaiga.ServiceUser, "--owner-assignee", "me", "--block", "aguardando \"B6\"\nção"}
 	plan := storyJSON(t, env, "", append(update, "--dry-run")...)
 	if plan["dry_run"] != true || storyJSON(t, env, "", "story", "get", ref)["version"] != created["version"] {
diff --git a/skills/taiga-cli/SKILL.md b/skills/taiga-cli/SKILL.md
index 4a04bca..930791c 100644
--- a/skills/taiga-cli/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/taiga-cli/SKILL.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Status, milestone, swimlane, campo e usuário aceitam nome ou id; usuário aceit
 
 ```
 taiga story list [--status S] [--assignee me] [--epic REF] [--search TEXT]; taiga story get REF
-taiga story create --subject S [--status S] [--epic REF] ...
+taiga story create --subject S [--status S] [--owner-assignee U] [--epic REF] ...
 taiga story update REF --status S | --add-tag T | --add-assignee U | --milestone M
 taiga story comment REF --body TEXTO         # ler: taiga story comments REF
 taiga task create --story REF --subject S;  taiga task close REF
diff --git a/skills/taiga-cli/references/comandos.md b/skills/taiga-cli/references/comandos.md
index 0c280a5..21bf145 100644
--- a/skills/taiga-cli/references/comandos.md
+++ b/skills/taiga-cli/references/comandos.md
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 | tarefa | comando |
 |---|---|
 | ler stories | `taiga story list [--status S] [--assignee me] [--epic REF] [--tag T] [--search TEXT] [--closed=false]`, `taiga story get REF` |
-| criar story | `taiga story create --subject S [--description-file F] [--status S] [--tag T] [--swimlane L] [--assignee U] [--epic REF]` |
-| mudar status, tags, responsáveis, sprint, bloqueio | `taiga story update REF --status S`, `--add-tag T`, `--add-assignee U`, `--milestone M`, `--block NOTA`/`--unblock`, `--append-description TEXTO` |
+| criar story | `taiga story create --subject S [--description-file F] [--status S] [--tag T] [--swimlane L] [--assignee U] [--owner-assignee U] [--epic REF]` (`--assignee` só preenche a lista de responsáveis; o responsável principal, que aparece no card, é `--owner-assignee`) |
+| mudar status, tags, responsáveis, sprint, bloqueio | `taiga story update REF --status S`, `--add-tag T`, `--add-assignee U`, `--owner-assignee U`, `--milestone M`, `--block NOTA`/`--unblock`, `--append-description TEXTO` |
 | fechar | `taiga story close REF [--status S]` (só muda o status; não arquiva nem apaga) |
 | swimlane | `taiga swimlane list`; `taiga story update REF --swimlane L` ou `--clear-swimlane` |
 | comentário | `taiga story comment REF --body TEXTO` ou `--body-file F`; ler com `taiga story comments REF` |