Azure DevOps MCP Server with PAT Authentication

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Implementation Reference

• src/tools/releases.ts:137-191 (handler)

  Handler function that executes the tool logic by calling the Azure DevOps Release API to retrieve releases based on provided filters and returns JSON stringified result.
  async ({ project, definitionId, definitionEnvironmentId, searchText, createdBy, statusFilter, environmentStatusFilter, minCreatedTime, maxCreatedTime, queryOrder, top, continuationToken, expand, artifactTypeId, sourceId, artifactVersionId, sourceBranchFilter, isDeleted, tagFilter, propertyFilters, releaseIdFilter, path, }) => { const connection = await connectionProvider(); const releaseApi = await connection.getReleaseApi(); const releases = await releaseApi.getReleases( project, definitionId, definitionEnvironmentId, searchText, createdBy, safeEnumConvert(ReleaseStatus, statusFilter), environmentStatusFilter, minCreatedTime, maxCreatedTime, safeEnumConvert(ReleaseQueryOrder, queryOrder), top, continuationToken, safeEnumConvert(ReleaseExpands, expand), artifactTypeId, sourceId, artifactVersionId, sourceBranchFilter, isDeleted, tagFilter, propertyFilters, releaseIdFilter, path ); return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(releases, null, 2) }], }; }
• src/tools/releases.ts:89-136 (schema)

  Zod input schema defining parameters for filtering and paginating releases.
  { project: z.string().optional().describe("Project ID or name to get releases for"), definitionId: z.number().optional().describe("ID of the release definition to filter releases"), definitionEnvironmentId: z.number().optional().describe("ID of the definition environment to filter releases"), searchText: z.string().optional().describe("Search text to filter releases"), createdBy: z.string().optional().describe("User ID or name who created the release"), statusFilter: z .enum(getEnumKeys(ReleaseStatus) as [string, ...string[]]) .optional() .default("Active") .describe("Status of the releases to filter (default: Active)"), environmentStatusFilter: z.number().optional().describe("Environment status to filter releases"), minCreatedTime: z.coerce .date() .optional() .default(() => { const sevenDaysAgo = new Date(); sevenDaysAgo.setDate(sevenDaysAgo.getDate() - 7); return sevenDaysAgo; }) .describe("Minimum created time for releases (default: 7 days ago)"), maxCreatedTime: z.coerce .date() .optional() .default(() => new Date()) .describe("Maximum created time for releases (default: now)"), queryOrder: z .enum(getEnumKeys(ReleaseQueryOrder) as [string, ...string[]]) .optional() .default("Ascending") .describe("Order in which to return releases (default: Ascending)"), top: z.number().optional().describe("Number of releases to return"), continuationToken: z.number().optional().describe("Continuation token for pagination"), expand: z .enum(getEnumKeys(ReleaseExpands) as [string, ...string[]]) .optional() .default("None") .describe("Expand options for releases"), artifactTypeId: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by artifact type ID"), sourceId: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by artifact source ID"), artifactVersionId: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by artifact version ID"), sourceBranchFilter: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by source branch"), isDeleted: z.boolean().optional().default(false).describe("Whether to include deleted releases (default: false)"), tagFilter: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Filter releases by tags"), propertyFilters: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Filter releases by properties"), releaseIdFilter: z.array(z.number()).optional().describe("Filter by specific release IDs"), path: z.string().optional().describe("Path to filter releases"), },
• src/tools/releases.ts:86-192 (registration)

  MCP server tool registration call that associates the tool name, description, schema, and handler.
  server.tool( RELEASE_TOOLS.get_releases, "Retrieves a list of releases for a given project.", { project: z.string().optional().describe("Project ID or name to get releases for"), definitionId: z.number().optional().describe("ID of the release definition to filter releases"), definitionEnvironmentId: z.number().optional().describe("ID of the definition environment to filter releases"), searchText: z.string().optional().describe("Search text to filter releases"), createdBy: z.string().optional().describe("User ID or name who created the release"), statusFilter: z .enum(getEnumKeys(ReleaseStatus) as [string, ...string[]]) .optional() .default("Active") .describe("Status of the releases to filter (default: Active)"), environmentStatusFilter: z.number().optional().describe("Environment status to filter releases"), minCreatedTime: z.coerce .date() .optional() .default(() => { const sevenDaysAgo = new Date(); sevenDaysAgo.setDate(sevenDaysAgo.getDate() - 7); return sevenDaysAgo; }) .describe("Minimum created time for releases (default: 7 days ago)"), maxCreatedTime: z.coerce .date() .optional() .default(() => new Date()) .describe("Maximum created time for releases (default: now)"), queryOrder: z .enum(getEnumKeys(ReleaseQueryOrder) as [string, ...string[]]) .optional() .default("Ascending") .describe("Order in which to return releases (default: Ascending)"), top: z.number().optional().describe("Number of releases to return"), continuationToken: z.number().optional().describe("Continuation token for pagination"), expand: z .enum(getEnumKeys(ReleaseExpands) as [string, ...string[]]) .optional() .default("None") .describe("Expand options for releases"), artifactTypeId: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by artifact type ID"), sourceId: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by artifact source ID"), artifactVersionId: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by artifact version ID"), sourceBranchFilter: z.string().optional().describe("Filter releases by source branch"), isDeleted: z.boolean().optional().default(false).describe("Whether to include deleted releases (default: false)"), tagFilter: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Filter releases by tags"), propertyFilters: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Filter releases by properties"), releaseIdFilter: z.array(z.number()).optional().describe("Filter by specific release IDs"), path: z.string().optional().describe("Path to filter releases"), }, async ({ project, definitionId, definitionEnvironmentId, searchText, createdBy, statusFilter, environmentStatusFilter, minCreatedTime, maxCreatedTime, queryOrder, top, continuationToken, expand, artifactTypeId, sourceId, artifactVersionId, sourceBranchFilter, isDeleted, tagFilter, propertyFilters, releaseIdFilter, path, }) => { const connection = await connectionProvider(); const releaseApi = await connection.getReleaseApi(); const releases = await releaseApi.getReleases( project, definitionId, definitionEnvironmentId, searchText, createdBy, safeEnumConvert(ReleaseStatus, statusFilter), environmentStatusFilter, minCreatedTime, maxCreatedTime, safeEnumConvert(ReleaseQueryOrder, queryOrder), top, continuationToken, safeEnumConvert(ReleaseExpands, expand), artifactTypeId, sourceId, artifactVersionId, sourceBranchFilter, isDeleted, tagFilter, propertyFilters, releaseIdFilter, path ); return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(releases, null, 2) }], }; } );
• src/tools/releases.ts:11-14 (helper)

  Constant mapping internal function names to MCP tool names.
  const RELEASE_TOOLS = { get_release_definitions: "release_get_definitions", get_releases: "release_get_releases", };
• src/tools.ts:25-25 (registration)

  Call to configureReleaseTools within the main tool configuration function, integrating the release tools into the MCP server.
  configureReleaseTools(server, tokenProvider, connectionProvider);