diff --git a/blog b/blog
index 7f6b45f..5fcc409 100755
--- a/blog
+++ b/blog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use v6.e.PREVIEW;
 use DB;
 use DB::BlogMeta;
 use DB::MarkdownPost;
+use DB::IdrisPost;
 
 my %*SUB-MAIN-OPTS =
     :named-anywhere,
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ multi MAIN(
 }
 
 #| Create a new markdown post
-
 multi MAIN(
     "new",
     "markdown",
@@ -82,3 +82,29 @@ multi MAIN(
     say 'Post inserted with id ', $id;
     say 'Post has slugs: ', $db.posts{$id}.all-slugs;
 }
+
+#| Create a new idris post
+multi MAIN(
+    "new",
+    "idris",
+    #| The path to the idris file
+    IO::Path(Str) $source,
+    #| The path of the database file
+    IO::Path(Str) :$db-dir = $default-db-dir,
+    #| The date/time the post should be recorded as posted at
+    DateTime(Str) :$posted-at = DateTime.now,
+    #| Should the post be hidden from the archive?
+    Bool :$hidden = False,
+) {
+    my $db = read-db $db-dir;
+    my $id =
+        $db.insert-post:
+        IdrisPost.new(
+            source => $source.absolute.IO,
+            posted-at => $posted-at,
+            hidden => $hidden,
+        );
+    $db.write: $db-dir;
+    say 'Post inserted with id ', $id;
+    say 'Post has slugs: ', $db.posts{$id}.all-slugs;
+}