Ado Search

MCP server that wraps the ado-search CLI for Azure DevOps work item search and management.

Tools

Tool	Description
ado_search	Full-text search of indexed work items and wiki pages
ado_grep	Regex pattern search across work item fields
ado_children	List children/descendants of a work item
ado_show	Show full content of a work item or wiki page
ado_list_links	List links on a work item (live from ADO)
ado_list_comments	List comments on a work item (live from ADO)
ado_fetch	Fetch specific work items by ID into local store
ado_create	Create a new work item
ado_update	Update an existing work item
ado_add_comment	Add a comment to a work item
ado_add_link	Add a link between two work items
ado_remove_link	Remove a link between two work items

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• ado-search CLI installed and on PATH
• An initialized ado-search data directory (ado-search init && ado-search sync)

Setup

1. Clone and build:

git clone https://github.com/HurleySk/ado-search-mcp.git
cd ado-search-mcp
npm install
npm run build

2. Create a config file (ado-search-mcp.json):

{
  "dataDir": "/path/to/your/ado-search/data-dir",
  "adoSearchPath": "ado-search"
}

3. Add to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ado-search": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/ado-search-mcp/dist/server.js"],
      "env": {
        "ADO_SEARCH_CONFIG": "/path/to/ado-search-mcp.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration

The server looks for config in this order:

1. ADO_SEARCH_CONFIG environment variable (path to JSON config file)
2. ado-search-mcp.json sidecar file next to dist/server.js
3. ADO_DATA_DIR environment variable (data directory path only)

License

MIT