diff --git a/dvc/cli.py b/dvc/cli.py
--- a/dvc/cli.py
+++ b/dvc/cli.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     repro,
     root,
     run,
+    stage,
     unprotect,
     update,
     version,
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
     update,
     git_hook,
     plots,
+    stage,
     experiments,
     check_ignore,
     live,
diff --git a/dvc/command/run.py b/dvc/command/run.py
--- a/dvc/command/run.py
+++ b/dvc/command/run.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 import logging
 
-from dvc.command import completion
 from dvc.command.base import CmdBase, append_doc_link
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
 
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ def run(self):
                 plots=self.args.plots,
                 plots_no_cache=self.args.plots_no_cache,
                 live=self.args.live,
-                live_summary=not self.args.live_no_summary,
-                live_report=not self.args.live_no_report,
+                live_no_summary=self.args.live_no_summary,
+                live_no_report=self.args.live_no_report,
                 deps=self.args.deps,
                 params=self.args.params,
                 fname=self.args.file,
@@ -91,6 +90,8 @@ def _quote_argument(self, argument):
 
 
 def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
+    from dvc.command.stage import _add_common_args
+
     RUN_HELP = "Generate a stage file from a command and execute the command."
     run_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         "run",
@@ -99,109 +100,19 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
         help=RUN_HELP,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
     )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-d",
-        "--deps",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare dependencies for reproducible cmd.",
-        metavar="<path>",
-    ).complete = completion.FILE
     run_parser.add_argument(
         "-n", "--name", help="Stage name.",
     )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-o",
-        "--outs",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output file or directory.",
-        metavar="<filename>",
-    ).complete = completion.FILE
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-O",
-        "--outs-no-cache",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output file or directory "
-        "(do not put into DVC cache).",
-        metavar="<filename>",
-    ).complete = completion.FILE
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-p",
-        "--params",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare parameter to use as additional dependency.",
-        metavar="[<filename>:]<params_list>",
-    ).complete = completion.FILE
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-m",
-        "--metrics",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output metrics file.",
-        metavar="<path>",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-M",
-        "--metrics-no-cache",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output metrics file (do not put into DVC cache).",
-        metavar="<path>",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--plots",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output plot file.",
-        metavar="<path>",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--plots-no-cache",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output plot file (do not put into DVC cache).",
-        metavar="<path>",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--live", help="Declare output as dvclive.", metavar="<path>",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--live-no-summary",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-        help="Signal dvclive logger to not dump latest metrics file.",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--live-no-report",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-        help="Signal dvclive logger to not produce training report.",
-    )
+    _add_common_args(run_parser)
     run_parser.add_argument(
         "--file", metavar="<filename>", help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
     )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-w",
-        "--wdir",
-        help="Directory within your repo to run your command in.",
-        metavar="<path>",
-    )
     run_parser.add_argument(
         "--no-exec",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
         help="Only create stage file without actually running it.",
     )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-f",
-        "--force",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-        help="Overwrite existing stage",
-    )
     run_parser.add_argument(
         "--no-run-cache",
         action="store_true",
@@ -217,57 +128,12 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
         default=False,
         help="Don't put files/directories into cache.",
     )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--outs-persist",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output file or directory that will not be "
-        "removed upon repro.",
-        metavar="<filename>",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--outs-persist-no-cache",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help="Declare output file or directory that will not be "
-        "removed upon repro (do not put into DVC cache).",
-        metavar="<filename>",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "-c",
-        "--checkpoints",
-        action="append",
-        default=[],
-        help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
-        metavar="<filename>",
-    ).complete = completion.FILE
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--always-changed",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-        help="Always consider this DVC-file as changed.",
-    )
     run_parser.add_argument(
         "--single-stage",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
         help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
     )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--external",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-        help="Allow outputs that are outside of the DVC repository.",
-    )
-    run_parser.add_argument(
-        "--desc",
-        type=str,
-        metavar="<text>",
-        help=(
-            "User description of the stage (optional). "
-            "This doesn't affect any DVC operations."
-        ),
-    )
     run_parser.add_argument(
         "command", nargs=argparse.REMAINDER, help="Command to execute."
     )
diff --git a/dvc/command/stage.py b/dvc/command/stage.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dvc/command/stage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+from dvc.command import completion
+from dvc.command.base import CmdBase, append_doc_link, fix_subparsers
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CmdStageAdd(CmdBase):
+    @staticmethod
+    def create(repo, force, **kwargs):
+        from dvc.stage.utils import check_graphs, create_stage_from_cli
+
+        stage = create_stage_from_cli(repo, **kwargs)
+        check_graphs(repo, stage, force=force)
+        return stage
+
+    def run(self):
+        stage = self.create(self.repo, self.args.force, **vars(self.args))
+        stage.ignore_outs()
+        stage.dump()
+
+        return 0
+
+
+def _add_common_args(parser):
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-d",
+        "--deps",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare dependencies for reproducible cmd.",
+        metavar="<path>",
+    ).complete = completion.FILE
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--outs",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output file or directory.",
+        metavar="<filename>",
+    ).complete = completion.FILE
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-O",
+        "--outs-no-cache",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output file or directory "
+        "(do not put into DVC cache).",
+        metavar="<filename>",
+    ).complete = completion.FILE
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p",
+        "--params",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare parameter to use as additional dependency.",
+        metavar="[<filename>:]<params_list>",
+    ).complete = completion.FILE
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-m",
+        "--metrics",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output metrics file.",
+        metavar="<path>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-M",
+        "--metrics-no-cache",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output metrics file (do not put into DVC cache).",
+        metavar="<path>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--plots",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output plot file.",
+        metavar="<path>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--plots-no-cache",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output plot file (do not put into DVC cache).",
+        metavar="<path>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--live", help="Declare output as dvclive.", metavar="<path>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--live-no-summary",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Signal dvclive logger to not dump latest metrics file.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--live-no-report",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Signal dvclive logger to not produce training report.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-w",
+        "--wdir",
+        help="Directory within your repo to run your command in.",
+        metavar="<path>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-f",
+        "--force",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Overwrite existing stage",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--outs-persist",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output file or directory that will not be "
+        "removed upon repro.",
+        metavar="<filename>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--outs-persist-no-cache",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help="Declare output file or directory that will not be "
+        "removed upon repro (do not put into DVC cache).",
+        metavar="<filename>",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-C",
+        "--checkpoints",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
+        metavar="<filename>",
+    ).complete = completion.FILE
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--always-changed",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Always consider this DVC-file as changed.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--external",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Allow outputs that are outside of the DVC repository.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--desc",
+        type=str,
+        metavar="<text>",
+        help=(
+            "User description of the stage (optional). "
+            "This doesn't affect any DVC operations."
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
+    STAGES_HELP = "Commands to list and create stages."
+
+    stage_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "stage",
+        parents=[parent_parser],
+        description=append_doc_link(STAGES_HELP, "stage"),
+        help=STAGES_HELP,
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+    )
+
+    stage_subparsers = stage_parser.add_subparsers(
+        dest="cmd",
+        help="Use `dvc stage CMD --help` to display command-specific help.",
+    )
+
+    fix_subparsers(stage_subparsers)
+
+    STAGE_ADD_HELP = "Create stage"
+    stage_add_parser = stage_subparsers.add_parser(
+        "add",
+        parents=[parent_parser],
+        description=append_doc_link(STAGE_ADD_HELP, "stage/add"),
+        help=STAGE_ADD_HELP,
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+    )
+    stage_add_parser.add_argument("name", help="Name of the stage to add")
+    stage_add_parser.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--command",
+        action="append",
+        default=[],
+        dest="cmd",
+        help="Command to execute.",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    _add_common_args(stage_add_parser)
+    stage_add_parser.set_defaults(func=CmdStageAdd)
diff --git a/dvc/repo/run.py b/dvc/repo/run.py
--- a/dvc/repo/run.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/run.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from dvc.exceptions import InvalidArgumentError
-
 from . import locked
 from .scm_context import scm_context
 
@@ -20,27 +18,10 @@ def run(
 ):
     from dvc.stage.utils import check_graphs, create_stage_from_cli
 
-    if not kwargs.get("cmd"):
-        raise InvalidArgumentError("command is not specified")
-
-    stage_name = kwargs.get("name")
-    if stage_name and single_stage:
-        raise InvalidArgumentError(
-            "`-n|--name` is incompatible with `--single-stage`"
-        )
-
-    if stage_name and fname:
-        raise InvalidArgumentError(
-            "`--file` is currently incompatible with `-n|--name` "
-            "and requires `--single-stage`"
-        )
-
-    if not stage_name and not single_stage:
-        raise InvalidArgumentError("`-n|--name` is required")
-
     stage = create_stage_from_cli(
         self, single_stage=single_stage, fname=fname, **kwargs
     )
+
     if kwargs.get("run_cache", True) and stage.can_be_skipped:
         return None
 
diff --git a/dvc/stage/utils.py b/dvc/stage/utils.py
--- a/dvc/stage/utils.py
+++ b/dvc/stage/utils.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from funcy import concat, first, lsplit, rpartial, without
 
+from dvc.exceptions import InvalidArgumentError
 from dvc.utils.cli_parse import parse_params
 from dvc.utils.collections import chunk_dict
 
@@ -352,17 +353,37 @@ def create_stage_from_cli(
 
     from . import PipelineStage, Stage, create_stage, restore_meta
 
+    cmd = kwargs.get("cmd")
+    if not cmd:
+        raise InvalidArgumentError("command is not specified")
+
+    stage_name = kwargs.get("name")
+    if stage_name and single_stage:
+        raise InvalidArgumentError(
+            "`-n|--name` is incompatible with `--single-stage`"
+        )
+    if stage_name and fname:
+        raise InvalidArgumentError(
+            "`--file` is currently incompatible with `-n|--name` "
+            "and requires `--single-stage`"
+        )
+    if not stage_name and not single_stage:
+        raise InvalidArgumentError("`-n|--name` is required")
+
     if single_stage:
         kwargs.pop("name", None)
         stage_cls = Stage
         path = fname or _get_file_path(kwargs)
     else:
-        stage_name = kwargs.get("name", None)
         path = PIPELINE_FILE
         stage_cls = PipelineStage
         if not (stage_name and is_valid_name(stage_name)):
             raise InvalidStageName
 
+    kwargs["cmd"] = cmd[0] if isinstance(cmd, list) and len(cmd) == 1 else cmd
+    kwargs["live_summary"] = not kwargs.pop("live_no_summary", False)
+    kwargs["live_report"] = not kwargs.pop("live_no_report", False)
+
     params = chunk_dict(parse_params(kwargs.pop("params", [])))
     stage = create_stage(
         stage_cls, repo=repo, path=path, params=params, **kwargs

diff --git a/tests/func/test_live.py b/tests/func/test_live.py
--- a/tests/func/test_live.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_live.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ def make(summary=True, report=True):
             deps=["train.py"],
             name="live_stage",
             live="logs",
-            live_summary=summary,
-            live_report=report,
+            live_no_summary=not summary,
+            live_no_report=not report,
         )
 
         scm.add(["dvc.yaml", "dvc.lock", "train.py", "params.yaml"])
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def test_export_config_tmp(tmp_dir, dvc, mocker, summary, report):
         deps=["src"],
         name="run_logger",
         live="logs",
-        live_summary=summary,
-        live_report=report,
+        live_no_summary=not summary,
+        live_no_report=not report,
     )
 
     assert run_spy.call_count == 1
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_run.py b/tests/unit/command/test_run.py
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_run.py
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ def test_run(mocker, dvc):
         checkpoints=["checkpoints"],
         params=["file:param1,param2", "param3"],
         live="live",
-        live_summary=False,
-        live_report=False,
+        live_no_summary=True,
+        live_no_report=True,
         fname="file",
         wdir="wdir",
         no_exec=True,
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ def test_run_args_from_cli(mocker, dvc):
         plots=[],
         plots_no_cache=[],
         live=None,
-        live_summary=True,
-        live_report=True,
+        live_no_summary=False,
+        live_no_report=False,
         outs_persist=[],
         outs_persist_no_cache=[],
         checkpoints=[],
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ def test_run_args_with_spaces(mocker, dvc):
         plots=[],
         plots_no_cache=[],
         live=None,
-        live_summary=True,
-        live_report=True,
+        live_no_summary=False,
+        live_no_report=False,
         outs_persist=[],
         outs_persist_no_cache=[],
         checkpoints=[],
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_stage.py b/tests/unit/command/test_stage.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_stage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dvc.cli import parse_args
+from dvc.command.stage import CmdStageAdd
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "extra_args, expected_extra",
+    [
+        (["-c", "cmd1", "-c", "cmd2"], {"cmd": ["cmd1", "cmd2"]}),
+        (["-c", "cmd1"], {"cmd": ["cmd1"]}),
+    ],
+)
+def test_stage_add(mocker, dvc, extra_args, expected_extra):
+    cli_args = parse_args(
+        [
+            "stage",
+            "add",
+            "name",
+            "--deps",
+            "deps",
+            "--outs",
+            "outs",
+            "--outs-no-cache",
+            "outs-no-cache",
+            "--metrics",
+            "metrics",
+            "--metrics-no-cache",
+            "metrics-no-cache",
+            "--plots",
+            "plots",
+            "--plots-no-cache",
+            "plots-no-cache",
+            "--live",
+            "live",
+            "--live-no-summary",
+            "--live-no-report",
+            "--wdir",
+            "wdir",
+            "--force",
+            "--outs-persist",
+            "outs-persist",
+            "--outs-persist-no-cache",
+            "outs-persist-no-cache",
+            "--checkpoints",
+            "checkpoints",
+            "--always-changed",
+            "--params",
+            "file:param1,param2",
+            "--params",
+            "param3",
+            "--external",
+            "--desc",
+            "description",
+            "--force",
+            *extra_args,
+        ]
+    )
+    assert cli_args.func == CmdStageAdd
+    m = mocker.patch.object(CmdStageAdd, "create")
+
+    cmd = cli_args.func(cli_args)
+
+    assert cmd.run() == 0
+    assert m.call_args[0] == (cmd.repo, True)
+
+    expected = dict(
+        name="name",
+        deps=["deps"],
+        outs=["outs"],
+        outs_no_cache=["outs-no-cache"],
+        params=["file:param1,param2", "param3"],
+        metrics=["metrics"],
+        metrics_no_cache=["metrics-no-cache"],
+        plots=["plots"],
+        plots_no_cache=["plots-no-cache"],
+        live="live",
+        live_no_summary=True,
+        live_no_report=True,
+        wdir="wdir",
+        outs_persist=["outs-persist"],
+        outs_persist_no_cache=["outs-persist-no-cache"],
+        checkpoints=["checkpoints"],
+        always_changed=True,
+        external=True,
+        desc="description",
+        **expected_extra
+    )
+    # expected values should be a subset of what's in the call args list
+    assert expected.items() <= m.call_args[1].items()

dvc: introduce dvc stage add(create)
As the title says, we have to implement `dvc stage {add, create}` that will allow us to create a stage.

tests/unit/command/test_run.py::test_run tests/unit/command/test_run.py::test_run_args_from_cli tests/unit/command/test_run.py::test_run_args_with_spaces tests/unit/command/test_stage.py::test_stage_add[extra_args0-expected_extra0] tests/unit/command/test_stage.py::test_stage_add[extra_args1-expected_extra1]