diff --git a/cmd/itemAdd.go b/cmd/itemAdd.go
index f7af767..804bb5f 100644
--- a/cmd/itemAdd.go
+++ b/cmd/itemAdd.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ if it doesn't exist, with a random id.`,
 			stringArg(cmd, "body"),
 			stringArg(cmd, "link"),
 			intArg(cmd, "time"),
+			intArg(cmd, "ttl"),
+			intArg(cmd, "ttd"),
+			intArg(cmd, "tts"),
 			stringArg(cmd, "action"),
 		)
 	},
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ func init() {
 	itemAddCmd.Flags().StringP("body", "b", "", "Item body")
 	itemAddCmd.Flags().StringP("link", "l", "", "Item link")
 	itemAddCmd.Flags().IntP("time", "m", 0, "Item time as a Unix timestamp")
+	itemAddCmd.Flags().Int("ttl", 0, "Item time-to-live in seconds, relative to item creation date")
+	itemAddCmd.Flags().Int("ttd", 0, "Item time-to-die in seconds, relative to item creation date")
+	itemAddCmd.Flags().Int("tts", 0, "Item time-to-show in seconds, relative to item creation date")
 	itemAddCmd.Flags().StringP("action", "x", "", "Item action data as JSON")
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +59,9 @@ func itemAdd(
 	body string,
 	link string,
 	time int,
+	ttl int,
+	ttd int,
+	tts int,
 	actions string,
 ) {
 	// Default to "default" source
@@ -85,6 +94,9 @@ func itemAdd(
 		Body:   body,
 		Link:   link,
 		Time:   time,
+		Ttl:    ttl,
+		Ttd:    ttd,
+		Tts:    tts,
 		Action: itemActions,
 	}}); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error: failed to add item: %s", err)
diff --git a/test/test_items.sh b/test/test_items.sh
index c14310d..e383e10 100755
--- a/test/test_items.sh
+++ b/test/test_items.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "Title, time" --time 1737780324
 tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "Title, author, body" --author "Authorname" --body "Hello body!"
 tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "Title, author, time, body" --author "Authorname" --time 1700000000 --body "Hello body!"
 tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "Title, time, body" --time 1737780324 --body "Hello, body!"
+tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "TTL 30s" --ttl 30
+tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "TTL 10d" --ttl 864000
+tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "TTD 30s" --ttd 30
+tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "TTS 30s" --tts 30
+tmp/intake item add -s feedtest --title "TTS -10d" --tts "-864000"
 
 tmp/intake source add -s spook
 tmp/intake action add -s spook -a spookier -- jq -c '.title = .title + "o"'
 tmp/intake item add -s spook --id boo --title "Boo" --action '{"spookier": true}'
+
+tmp/intake source add -s nothing
+
+tmp/intake channel add -c all -s feedtest
+tmp/intake channel add -c all -s spook
+
+tmp/intake channel add -c none -s nothing