Agent skill · software engineering · mvanhorn
pp-azure-devops
The fastest Azure DevOps CLI — offline-first, agent-native Trigger phrases: `show my Azure DevOps work items`, `check my ADO pull requests`, `what's the sprint velocity`, `which PRs need my review`, `check Azure DevOps pipeline status`, `use azure-devops`, `run azure-devops`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds a CLI tool that provides offline-first access to Azure DevOps data with unique analytics capabilities not available in standard APIs.
What it needs
Requires azure-devops-pp-cli installed locally. About 11k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Azure DevOps — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the azure-devops-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: azure-devops-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead: If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. azure-devops-pp-cli syncs your work items, builds, and PRs to a local SQLite mirror and lets you query them with SQL or structured --agent output. It matches everything az devops and the Microsoft MCP server can do, then adds fifteen cross-entity analytics commands that require no live API calls — sprint velocity, PR review queues, scope creep detection, cycle time analysis, and more. When to Use This CLI Use azure-devops-pp-cli when an agent needs to read or write Azure DevOps data: work items, pull requests, pipelines, builds, or sprint state. It is the fastest path to structured JSON output for ADO data without a browser or the Python-based az devops extension. Use it especially for cross-entity analytics (velocity, cycle time, scope creep) that require the local SQLite mirror. Prefer az devops only when you need features this CLI does not yet cover (migrations, live entitlement management). Anti-triggers Do not use this CLI for: Do not use this CLI for Azure resource management (VMs, storage, AKS) — use the az CLI instead. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/azure-devops