ado-powershell

An AI agent skill that enables GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and other compatible agents to interact with the Azure DevOps REST API using PowerShell - covering Work Items, Test Plans, Pipelines, Git repositories, and more.

Installation

Install the CLI globally from npm:

npm install -g ado-powershell

Then, inside any project where you want the skill available to your AI agent:

cd your-project
adops install --skills

This copies the skill files into .github/skills/ado-powershell/ in your project. GitHub Copilot and Claude Code will discover and use them automatically.

Requirements

• Node.js 16+ (for the CLI)
• PowerShell 7+ or Windows PowerShell 5.1 (for the skill scripts)
• An Azure DevOps Personal Access Token (PAT) with permissions matching the operations you need

Configuration

Set these environment variables before the agent runs the skill:

$env:ADO_ORG     = 'my-organization'
$env:ADO_PROJECT = 'my-project'
$env:ADO_PAT     = 'your-pat-here'   # never hardcode; read from a secret store

Alternatively, pass values explicitly to Initialize-AdoSession, or point it to a JSON config file. See the skill's SKILL.md for the full resolution order.

What the skill provides

Once installed, the agent gets access to the following PowerShell functions:

| Domain | Functions | |--------|-----------| | Work Items | Get, batch-get, WIQL query, create, update, comment, link, attach files | | Testing | Test Plans, Suites, Cases, Runs, Results (read and write) | | Pipelines | List pipelines, list and filter runs, trigger a run | | Git | Repositories, branches, team iterations/sprints |

All write functions support -WhatIf for dry-run simulation. Full parameter documentation and examples are in the references folder.

Skill structure

.github/skills/ado-powershell/
  SKILL.md              # Agent entry point - quick-lookup index
  load.ps1              # Single dot-source to load all functions
  scripts/
    ado-base.ps1        # Auth, session management, HTTP core
    ado-workitems.ps1   # Work Item CRUD, WIQL, links, attachments
    ado-testing.ps1     # Test Plans, Suites, Cases, Runs, Results
    ado-pipelines.ps1   # Pipelines: list, runs, trigger
    ado-git.ps1         # Repositories, branches, iterations
  references/
    workitems.md        # Full parameter docs + examples
    testing.md
    pipelines.md
    git.md
    endpoints.md        # ADO API v7.1 endpoint reference
    errors.md           # HTTP errors and PAT permission matrix
  assets/
    smoke-test.ps1      # Connectivity and permission validation script

Validating the installation

After installing the skill, the agent can run the smoke test to verify connectivity and PAT permissions:

. .github/skills/ado-powershell/assets/smoke-test.ps1

License

MIT