diff --git a/cmd/cloud.go b/cmd/cloud.go
index 0f83ce8a..feb8da39 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ type startRequest struct {
 	TagMessage     string             `json:"message,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func ShowNewProjectImport(ctx context.Context, logger logger.Logger, cmd *cobra.Command, apiUrl, apikey, projectId string, project *project.Project, dir string, isImport bool) {
+func ShowNewProjectImport(ctx context.Context, logger logger.Logger, cmd *cobra.Command, apiUrl string, apikey string, projectId string, project *project.Project, dir string, isImport bool) {
 	title := "Import Project"
 	var message string
 	if isImport {
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(cloudCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(cloudDeployCmd)
 	cloudCmd.AddCommand(cloudDeployCmd)
+
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().StringP("dir", "d", ".", "The directory to the project to deploy")
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().String("deploymentId", "", "Used to track a specific deployment")
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().Bool("ci", false, "Used to track a specific CI job")
diff --git a/cmd/project.go b/cmd/project.go
index a3654d90..67cd1fb6 100644
--- a/cmd/project.go
+++ b/cmd/project.go
@@ -798,11 +798,29 @@ Examples:
   agentuity project import --dir /path/to/project`,
 	Args: cobra.NoArgs,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("name")
+		description, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("description")
+		orgId, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("org-id")
+		apikey, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("apikey")
+
 		ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 		defer cancel()
-		logger := env.NewLogger(cmd)
 		context := project.EnsureProject(ctx, cmd)
+		logger := env.NewLogger(cmd)
+
+		// headless mode for nova
+		if apikey != "" && orgId != "" && name != "" && description != "" {
+			context.Project.Name = name
+			context.Project.Description = description
+			_, err := context.Project.Import(ctx, logger, context.APIURL, apikey, orgId, true)
+			if err != nil {
+				errsystem.New(errsystem.ErrImportingProject, err, errsystem.WithContextMessage("Error importing project")).ShowErrorAndExit()
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
 		ShowNewProjectImport(ctx, logger, cmd, context.APIURL, context.Token, "", context.Project, context.Dir, true)
+
 	},
 }
 
@@ -846,4 +864,13 @@ func init() {
 	projectNewCmd.Flags().String("templates-dir", "", "The directory to load the templates. Defaults to loading them from the github.com/agentuity/templates repository")
 	projectNewCmd.Flags().String("auth", "project", "The authentication type for the agent (project, webhook, or none)")
 	projectNewCmd.Flags().String("action", "github-app", "The action to take for the project (github-action, github-app, none)")
+
+	projectImportCmd.Flags().String("apikey", "", "The API key to use for the project")
+	projectImportCmd.Flags().String("name", "", "The name of the project to import")
+	projectImportCmd.Flags().String("description", "", "The description of the project to import")
+
+	projectImportCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("apikey")
+	projectImportCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("name")
+	projectImportCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("description")
+	projectImportCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("org-id")
 }