ADO repos

Read and write files, branches and pull requests in an Azure DevOps Git repository. It’s listed under the code repositories category in the toolkit type picker.

Prerequisites

• An account at ADO repos 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 code repositories category, or search for “ADO repos”.

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 (21)

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

Tool	Category
Comment on pull request	external_send
Create branch	write
Create file	write
Create pull request	write
Delete file	delete
Get commits	read
Get pull request	read
Get work items	read
Index data	write
List branches in repo	read
List files	read
List indexes	read
List open pull requests	read
List pull request files	read
Read file	read
Remove index	delete
Search index	read
Set active branch	write
Stepback search index	read
Stepback summary index	read
Update file	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 repos supports Check connection — use it before saving to confirm Elitea can reach ADO repos with these details, instead of discovering an auth problem from a failed tool call later.