Set up azure-devops-mcp-server in Claude Desktop

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MCP server exposing 41 Azure DevOps tools to AI assistants — pipelines, repos, PRs, boards, releases, tests, wikis

01Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-devops-mcp-server": {
      "command": "pip",
      "args": [
        "install",
        "azure-devops-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json. Generated from the captured install method (pip); the mcpServers shape is shared across Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code.

02Steps

Make sure Claude Desktop is installed and up to date.
Open claude_desktop_config.json and add the block above (merge into any existing mcpServers).
Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
Restart Claude Desktop and confirm azure-devops-mcp-server’s tools appear.

03Other runtimes

Cursor Windsurf Cline Continue Goose VS Code OpenAI Agents SDK LangGraph CrewAI

04Provenance

config_sourcegenerated from captured install method

last_checked2026-08-16 09:11Z

sourcesPyPI [p4]

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