📌Overview

Purpose: Implement a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Azure DevOps to facilitate interaction between AI assistants and Azure DevOps APIs through a standardized protocol.

Overview: The Azure DevOps MCP Server acts as an intermediary that allows AI models to access and manage Azure DevOps resources securely and conveniently. By leveraging the MCP, it simplifies various operations including project management, work item handling, and executing DevOps workflows through natural language commands.

Key Features:

Standardized API Interaction: Enables seamless integration with Azure DevOps APIs for project, repository, and work item management.
Natural Language Processing: Allows AI assistants to execute common DevOps workflows through intuitive natural language commands, increasing efficiency and user-friendliness.

Azure DevOps MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Azure DevOps, allowing AI assistants to interact with Azure DevOps APIs through a standardized protocol.

Overview

This server implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Azure DevOps, enabling AI assistants like Claude to interact with Azure DevOps resources securely. The server acts as a bridge between AI models and Azure DevOps APIs, providing a standardized way to:

Access and manage projects, work items, repositories, and more
Create and update work items, branches, and pull requests
Execute common DevOps workflows through natural language
Access repository content via standardized resource URIs
Safely authenticate and interact with Azure DevOps resources

Server Structure

The server is structured around the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for communicating with AI assistants. It provides tools for interacting with Azure DevOps resources including:

Projects
Work Items
Repositories
Pull Requests
Branches
Pipelines

Core Components

AzureDevOpsServer: Main server class that initializes the MCP server and registers tools
Tool Handlers: Modular functions for each Azure DevOps operation
Configuration: Environment-based configuration for organization URL, PAT, etc.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Node.js (v16+)
npm or yarn
Azure DevOps account with appropriate access
Authentication credentials (see Authentication Guide for details):
- Personal Access Token (PAT), or
- Azure Identity credentials, or
- Azure CLI login

Usage with Claude Desktop/Cursor AI

To integrate with Claude Desktop or Cursor AI, add one of the following configurations to your configuration file.

Azure Identity Authentication

Be sure you are logged in to Azure CLI with az login then add the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azureDevOps": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@tiberriver256/mcp-server-azure-devops"],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_DEVOPS_ORG_URL": "https://dev.azure.com/your-organization",
        "AZURE_DEVOPS_AUTH_METHOD": "azure-identity",
        "AZURE_DEVOPS_DEFAULT_PROJECT": "your-project-name"
      }
    }
  }
}

Personal Access Token (PAT) Authentication

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azureDevOps": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@tiberriver256/mcp-server-azure-devops"],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_DEVOPS_ORG_URL": "https://dev.azure.com/your-organization",
        "AZURE_DEVOPS_AUTH_METHOD": "pat",
        "AZURE_DEVOPS_PAT": "<YOUR_PAT>",
        "AZURE_DEVOPS_DEFAULT_PROJECT": "your-project-name"
      }
    }
  }
}

For detailed configuration instructions and more authentication options, see the Authentication Guide.

Authentication Methods

This server supports multiple authentication methods for connecting to Azure DevOps APIs. For detailed setup instructions, configuration examples, and troubleshooting tips, see the Authentication Guide.

Supported Authentication Methods

Personal Access Token (PAT) - Simple token-based authentication
Azure Identity (DefaultAzureCredential) - Flexible authentication using the Azure Identity SDK
Azure CLI - Authentication using your Azure CLI login

Example configuration files for each authentication method are available in the examples directory.

Environment Variables

For a complete list of environment variables and their descriptions, see the Authentication Guide.

Key environment variables include:

Variable	Description	Required	Default
`AZURE_DEVOPS_AUTH_METHOD`	Authentication method (`pat`, `azure-identity`, or `azure-cli`) - case-insensitive	No	`azure-identity`
`AZURE_DEVOPS_ORG_URL`	Full URL to your Azure DevOps organization	Yes	-
`AZURE_DEVOPS_PAT`	Personal Access Token (for PAT auth)	Only with PAT auth	-
`AZURE_DEVOPS_DEFAULT_PROJECT`	Default project if none specified	No	-
`AZURE_DEVOPS_API_VERSION`	API version to use	No	Latest
`AZURE_TENANT_ID`	Azure AD tenant ID (for service principals)	Only with service principals	-
`AZURE_CLIENT_ID`	Azure AD application ID (for service principals)	Only with service principals	-
`AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`	Azure AD client secret (for service principals)	Only with service principals	-
`LOG_LEVEL`	Logging level (debug, info, warn, error)	No	info

Troubleshooting Authentication

Common issues include:

Invalid or expired credentials
Insufficient permissions
Network connectivity problems
Configuration errors

See the Authentication Guide for detailed troubleshooting information.

Available Tools

The Azure DevOps MCP server provides a variety of tools for interacting with Azure DevOps resources:

Organization Tools

list_organizations: List all accessible organizations

Project Tools

list_projects: List all projects in an organization
get_project: Get details of a specific project
get_project_details: Get comprehensive details of a project including process, work item types, and teams

Repository Tools

list_repositories: List all repositories in a project
get_repository: Get details of a specific repository
get_repository_details: Get detailed information about a repository including statistics and refs
get_file_content: Get content of a file or directory from a repository

Work Item Tools

get_work_item: Retrieve a work item by ID
create_work_item: Create a new work item
update_work_item: Update an existing work item
list_work_items: List work items in a project
manage_work_item_link: Add, remove, or update links between work items

Search Tools

search_code: Search for code across repositories in a project
search_wiki: Search for content across wiki pages in a project
search_work_items: Search for work items across projects in Azure DevOps

Pipelines Tools

list_pipelines: List pipelines in a project
get_pipeline: Get details of a specific pipeline
trigger_pipeline: Trigger a pipeline run with customizable parameters

Wiki Tools

get_wikis: List all wikis in a project
get_wiki_page: Get content of a specific wiki page as plain text

For comprehensive documentation on all tools, see the Tools Documentation.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines.

License

MIT

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