ADO boards

Read and manage Azure DevOps boards: work items, queries and area/iteration paths. It’s listed under the project management category in the toolkit type picker.

Prerequisites

• An account at ADO boards with permission to issue an API token or credential, saved in Elitea as a ado credential (/credentials/create-credential/<type>).
• Or skip the saved credential and paste token directly into the toolkit’s own settings (inline auth).
• If you plan to index content for retrieval: an embedding model, configured under AI providers.

Connect the toolkit

1. Open the toolkit type picker

   In the left navigation, open Toolkits, then select New. Filter the type picker by the project management category, or search for “ADO boards”.

2. Pick or create a credential

   Under the credential field, choose an existing ado credential, or select Create credential to add one without leaving the form.

3. Add indexing settings (optional)

   If you plan to index this source, set an embedding model. Indexes are kept in the platform’s vector store, so there is no vector-storage setting to pick. Leave it empty to use the toolkit without indexing.

4. Save

   Name the toolkit and select Create. It’s now available to attach to agents, pipelines and conversations in this project.

Available tools

Available tools (19)

The category of a tool decides when a run needs human approval to call it. See Runtime safety.

Tool	Category
Attach file to work item	write
Create work item	write
Delete work item	delete
Get comments	read
Get image by url	read
Get relation types	read
Get work item	read
Get work item type fields	read
Index data	write
Link work items	write
Link work items to wiki page	write
List indexes	read
Remove index	delete
Search index	read
Search work items	read
Stepback search index	read
Stepback summary index	read
Unlink work items from wiki page	write
Update work item	write

Common issues

Note

The Indexes tab only appears when the configured worker can run this type’s index_data tool; if the worker can’t, the tab is hidden and shows the worker’s refusal message. index_data itself can’t be run from the Test tools pane — use the Indexes tab.

Note

The credential form for ADO boards supports Check connection — use it before saving to confirm Elitea can reach ADO boards with these details, instead of discovering an auth problem from a failed tool call later.