## progress.create_progress()


Create a rich progress bar with a custom column layout.


Usage

``` python
progress.create_progress(
    *, show_progress=True, add_description=True, columns=None, **kwargs
)
```


## Parameters


`show_progress: bool = ``True`  
Whether to display the progress bar. If False, the progress bar is created but disabled.

`add_description: bool = ``True`  
Whether to prepend a text column with the task description to the progress bar. Ignored when `columns` is provided.

`columns: list of str or ProgressColumn = None`  
Override the default column layout. When set, the columns are used as-is and `add_description` is ignored.

`**kwargs: Any`  
Additional keyword arguments passed to `rich.progress.Progress`.


## Returns


`Progress`  
A configured rich Progress instance.