diff --git a/internal/cli/app.go b/internal/cli/app.go
index 880fb4e..08c6f0d 100644
--- a/internal/cli/app.go
+++ b/internal/cli/app.go
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ func (a *App) runThreads(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("threads", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.SetOutput(io.Discard)
 	includeClosed := fs.Bool("include-closed", false, "include locally closed rows")
+	numbersRaw := fs.String("numbers", "", "comma-separated issue or pull request numbers")
+	limitRaw := fs.String("limit", "", "maximum thread rows")
 	jsonOut := fs.Bool("json", false, "write JSON output")
-	if err := fs.Parse(normalizeCommandArgs(args, nil)); err != nil {
+	if err := fs.Parse(normalizeCommandArgs(args, map[string]bool{"numbers": true, "limit": true})); err != nil {
 		return usageErr(err)
 	}
 	a.applyCommandJSON(*jsonOut)
@@ -264,6 +266,14 @@ func (a *App) runThreads(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return usageErr(err)
 	}
+	numbers, err := parseOptionalPositiveIntList(*numbersRaw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return usageErr(err)
+	}
+	limit, err := parseOptionalPositiveInt(*limitRaw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return usageErr(err)
+	}
 
 	cfg, err := config.Load(a.configPath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -279,7 +289,12 @@ func (a *App) runThreads(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	threads, err := st.ListThreads(ctx, repo.ID, *includeClosed)
+	threads, err := st.ListThreadsFiltered(ctx, store.ThreadListOptions{
+		RepoID:        repo.ID,
+		IncludeClosed: *includeClosed,
+		Numbers:       numbers,
+		Limit:         limit,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -482,6 +497,22 @@ func parseOptionalPositiveInt(value string) (int, error) {
 	return parsed, nil
 }
 
+func parseOptionalPositiveIntList(value string) ([]int, error) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(value) == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(value, ",")
+	out := make([]int, 0, len(parts))
+	for _, part := range parts {
+		parsed, err := parseOptionalPositiveInt(strings.TrimSpace(part))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out = append(out, parsed)
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 func (a *App) writeOutput(title string, payload any, allowLog bool) error {
 	switch a.format {
 	case FormatJSON:
diff --git a/internal/store/repositories_test.go b/internal/store/repositories_test.go
index 82738a0..b543fc1 100644
--- a/internal/store/repositories_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/repositories_test.go
@@ -53,4 +53,11 @@ func TestUpsertRepositoryAndThread(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(rows) != 1 || rows[0].Title != "download stalls" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected rows: %#v", rows)
 	}
+	filtered, err := st.ListThreadsFiltered(ctx, ThreadListOptions{RepoID: repoID, Numbers: []int{1}, Limit: 1})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("filtered threads: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(filtered) != 1 || filtered[0].Number != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected filtered rows: %#v", filtered)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/store/threads.go b/internal/store/threads.go
index 2d6712e..c62720d 100644
--- a/internal/store/threads.go
+++ b/internal/store/threads.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type Thread struct {
@@ -76,10 +77,35 @@ func (s *Store) UpsertThread(ctx context.Context, thread Thread) (int64, error)
 }
 
 func (s *Store) ListThreads(ctx context.Context, repoID int64, includeClosed bool) ([]Thread, error) {
+	return s.ListThreadsFiltered(ctx, ThreadListOptions{RepoID: repoID, IncludeClosed: includeClosed})
+}
+
+type ThreadListOptions struct {
+	RepoID        int64
+	IncludeClosed bool
+	Numbers       []int
+	Limit         int
+}
+
+func (s *Store) ListThreadsFiltered(ctx context.Context, options ThreadListOptions) ([]Thread, error) {
 	where := `repo_id = ?`
-	if !includeClosed {
+	args := []any{options.RepoID}
+	if !options.IncludeClosed {
 		where += ` and closed_at_local is null`
 	}
+	if len(options.Numbers) > 0 {
+		placeholders := make([]string, 0, len(options.Numbers))
+		for _, number := range options.Numbers {
+			placeholders = append(placeholders, "?")
+			args = append(args, number)
+		}
+		where += ` and number in (` + strings.Join(placeholders, ",") + `)`
+	}
+	limitSQL := ``
+	if options.Limit > 0 {
+		limitSQL = ` limit ?`
+		args = append(args, options.Limit)
+	}
 	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx, `
 		select id, repo_id, github_id, number, kind, state, title, body, author_login, author_type,
 			html_url, labels_json, assignees_json, raw_json, content_hash, is_draft,
@@ -87,8 +113,7 @@ func (s *Store) ListThreads(ctx context.Context, repoID int64, includeClosed boo
 			first_pulled_at, last_pulled_at, updated_at, closed_at_local, close_reason_local
 		from threads
 		where `+where+`
-		order by number
-	`, repoID)
+		order by number`+limitSQL, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list threads: %w", err)
 	}