Azure DevOps Comment Management

Manage work item comments using scripts/update-workitem.sh.

Commands

Environment Variables (pre-set in pipeline)

All required variables are already set:

• •AZURE_DEVOPS_ORG - Organization name
• •AZURE_DEVOPS_PROJECT - Project name
• •AZURE_DEVOPS_PAT - Auth token
• •WORK_ITEM_ID - Current work item ID

Use $WORK_ITEM_ID directly - no need to specify it manually.

Common Tasks

"Remove your comments" / "Delete AI comments"

bash scripts/update-workitem.sh --work-item-id $WORK_ITEM_ID --delete-ai-comments

"List comments" / "Show comments"

bash scripts/update-workitem.sh --work-item-id $WORK_ITEM_ID --list-comments

Update status comment (live todo)

# First time: create comment, note the ID from output
bash scripts/update-workitem.sh --work-item-id $WORK_ITEM_ID --add-comment "## Status\n- [ ] Task 1\n- [ ] Task 2"

# Later: update same comment with progress
bash scripts/update-workitem.sh --work-item-id $WORK_ITEM_ID --update-comment <COMMENT_ID> --add-comment "## Status\n- [x] Task 1\n- [ ] Task 2"

Reactions

Available: like, dislike, heart, hooray, smile, confused

Notes

• •--delete-ai-comments only deletes comments from Build Service or containing "AI Agent"
• •--update-comment requires --add-comment with the new text
• •Text is automatically converted from Markdown to HTML

Limitations

Delete/Update requires creator identity: Azure DevOps only allows the comment creator to modify or delete their comments. This means:

• •In pipeline: Works with System.AccessToken (Build Service identity)
• •Locally: Only works for comments you created with your PAT