mcp-azure-devops

A Model Context Protocol server for Azure DevOps. It lets an MCP-capable client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …) work across boards, repos, pipelines, and projects — with a governance layer that keeps an AI agent inside safe boundaries.

What this offers

• Projects & teams — list projects/teams/members, inspect process templates.
• Boards / work items — WIQL queries, get work items, create/update work items, list iterations (sprints).
• Repos / pull requests — list repositories and branches, list/get PRs, open PRs.
• Pipelines / builds — list pipelines and recent builds, get a build, queue a run.
• Admin / process — list process templates, create a project, delete a project (guarded).
• Governance built in — access modes, project allowlists, protected projects, delete gating, typed confirmation for high-impact ops, dry-run, and JSON audit logging.

Governance & security model

Concern	Flag	Default	Effect
What can the server do?	AZDO_MODE	read-only	read-only → reads; read-write → work items, PRs, pipeline runs; admin → create/delete project. Tools above the mode are never registered.
Which projects are in scope?	AZDO_PROJECT_ALLOWLIST	(all)	Operations on other projects are refused.
Which projects are read-only forever?	AZDO_PROTECTED_PROJECTS	(none)	Readable, never mutable.
Can it delete?	AZDO_ALLOW_DELETE	false	delete_project needs this and admin mode.
Typed confirmation	AZDO_REQUIRE_CONFIRMATION	true	High-impact ops require confirm to equal the target name — not just a boolean.
Preview	AZDO_DRY_RUN	false	Write/admin tools validate + log intent, then return.
Audit trail	AZDO_AUDIT_LOG	true	JSON line to stderr per guarded operation.

Tools

Read (read-only+): list_projects, get_project, list_teams, list_team_members, list_processes, query_work_items, get_work_item, list_iterations, list_repositories, list_branches, list_pull_requests, get_pull_request, list_pipelines, list_builds, get_build

Write (read-write+): create_work_item, update_work_item, create_pull_request, run_pipeline

Admin (admin): create_project, delete_project (needs AZDO_ALLOW_DELETE + typed confirm)

Quickstart — add to your agent

Published on npm as @dockndevai/mcp-azure-devops. Runs via npx; needs an org and a PAT. See docs/CLIENTS.md for every client and .env.example for all variables.

Claude Code

claude mcp add azure-devops -e AZDO_ORG_URL="https://dev.azure.com/your-org" -e AZDO_PAT="your-pat" -e AZDO_MODE="read-only" -- npx -y @dockndevai/mcp-azure-devops

Claude Desktop · Cursor · Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-devops": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@dockndevai/mcp-azure-devops"],
      "env": {
        "AZDO_ORG_URL": "https://dev.azure.com/your-org",
        "AZDO_PAT": "your-pat",
        "AZDO_MODE": "read-only"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example prompts

• "List active pull requests in the Payments project's api repo"
• "Query work items assigned to me that are still Active"
• "Show the last 10 builds in the Web project and which failed"
• "Create a Bug in Payments titled 'Checkout 500 on retry'" (needs read-write)

Run from source (development)

npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js   # with the environment variables set

Develop

npm run dev
npm test          # governance policy: modes, allowlists, delete gating, confirmation
npm run typecheck

Publishing

Ships a server.json for the official MCP registry and an mcpName for npm ownership validation. See PUBLISHING.md.

License

MIT