ADO Work Items Lookup

Use the az boards CLI to look up work items in Azure DevOps.

Configuration

•Organization: https://dev.azure.com/fluidframework
•Project: internal

Always use these values with --org and --project flags.

Prerequisites

The azure-devops extension must be installed:

bash

az extension add --name azure-devops

Common Commands

Get a specific work item by ID

bash

az boards work-item show --id <WORK_ITEM_ID> --org https://dev.azure.com/fluidframework --project internal

Search work items with a query

bash

az boards query --wiql "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title], [System.State] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.AssignedTo] = @Me AND [System.State] <> 'Closed'" --org https://dev.azure.com/fluidframework --project internal

List work items assigned to current user

bash

az boards query --wiql "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title], [System.State], [System.WorkItemType] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.AssignedTo] = @Me ORDER BY [System.ChangedDate] DESC" --org https://dev.azure.com/fluidframework --project internal

List recent work items in a specific state

bash

az boards query --wiql "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title], [System.AssignedTo] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.State] = 'Active' ORDER BY [System.ChangedDate] DESC" --org https://dev.azure.com/fluidframework --project internal --output table

Get work item with all fields

bash

az boards work-item show --id <WORK_ITEM_ID> --org https://dev.azure.com/fluidframework --project internal --expand all

Output Formatting

Use --output table for readable summaries or --output json for detailed data.

Workflow

•Ask the user for the work item ID or search criteria if not provided
•Run the appropriate command using the internal project
•
Summarize the results for the user, including:
- •Work item ID and title
- •State and assigned to
- •Description (if relevant)
- •Link to the work item in ADO