azure-board-mcp

MCP server for Azure DevOps Boards work items (stdio transport). Use it from Cursor, Claude Desktop, or any MCP host that supports local stdio servers.

Requires Bun (the CLI runs TypeScript via the bun shebang).

Prerequisites

1. Bun — install from bun.sh.
2. Azure DevOps — an organization, a project, and a Personal Access Token with at least Work Items: Read & write (or the scopes you need for your tools).

Environment variables

Variable	Description
AZURE_ORG	Azure DevOps organization name (URL segment, e.g. contoso)
AZURE_PROJECT	Project name
AZURE_PAT	PAT string (keep secret)

You can set them in the shell, in a .env file next to the project (Bun loads it), or in ~/.config/azure-boards-mcp/.env (one key per line: KEY=value). Values already set in the environment are not overwritten by the config file.

Option A — Run from a clone (development)

git clone https://github.com/broisnischal/azure-mcp.git
cd azure-mcp
bun install
export AZURE_ORG=your-org
export AZURE_PROJECT=your-project
export AZURE_PAT=your-pat
bun run src/index.ts

Or use the package script:

bun run start

Option B — Install from npm

After the package is published:

export AZURE_ORG=your-org
export AZURE_PROJECT=your-project
export AZURE_PAT=your-pat
bunx azure-board-mcp@1.0.0

Global install (optional):

npm install -g azure-board-mcp
azure-boards-mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json or project .cursor/mcp.json)

Add a stdio server entry. Replace the placeholders with your org, project, and PAT (or use ${env:AZURE_PAT} and export the variable in your environment).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-boards": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["run", "/absolute/path/to/azure-mcp/src/index.ts"],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_ORG": "your-org",
        "AZURE_PROJECT": "your-project",
        "AZURE_PAT": "your-pat"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using the published package instead of a local path:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-boards": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["azure-board-mcp@1.0.0"],
      "envFile": "${userHome}/.config/azure-boards-mcp/.env"
    }
  }
}

or

{
"io.github.broisnischal/azure-mcp": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["azure-board-mcp@1.0.0"],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_ORG": "Your Azure Organization",
        "AZURE_PROJECT": "azure specific project",
        "AZURE_PAT": "your pat"
      }
    }
}

Restart Cursor after editing MCP config.

Claude Desktop

Edit the MCP config file (Claude docs) and add a similar command / args / env block under mcpServers.

MCP Registry

Server id: io.github.broisnischal/azure-mcp. Discovery metadata is on the Model Context Protocol Registry; the runnable artifact is the npm package azure-board-mcp.

License

MIT