# Create a thing
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The following command shows how to use the AWS IoT **CreateThing** command from the CLI to create a thing. You can't change a thing's name after you create it. To change a thing's name, create a new thing, give it the new name, and then delete the old thing. 

```
$ aws iot create-thing \
    --thing-type-name "MyLightBulb" \ 
    --attribute-payload "{\"attributes\": {\"wattage\":\"75\", \"model\":\"123\"}}"
```

The **CreateThing** command displays the name and Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of your new thing:

```
{
    "thingArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-east-1:123456789012:thing/MyLightBulb",
    "thingName": "MyLightBulb",
    "thingId": "12345678abcdefgh12345678ijklmnop12345678"
}
```

**Note**  
We don't recommend using personally identifiable information in your thing names.

For more information, see [create-thing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iot/create-thing.html) from the AWS CLI Command Reference.

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS IoT Core. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query iot` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).