ado-manager

What This Skill Does

The ado-manager skill serves as a high-level integration layer between your OpenClaw agent and Azure DevOps (ADO). Designed specifically for teams managing SpecWeave increments, this skill enables seamless bidirectional synchronization between your technical environment and your project management infrastructure. It handles complex tasks like automated epic, feature, and user story lifecycle management, allowing you to bridge the gap between development output and management tracking. By centralizing ADO interactions, the skill eliminates the need for manual context switching between your IDE or CLI and the Azure DevOps web interface.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, run the following command in your OpenClaw terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/anton-abyzov/sw-ado-manager Ensure you have your personal access token (PAT) configured in your environment variables, as the skill requires valid permissions to read and write work items within your specific Azure DevOps organization and project context.

Use Cases

• Automated Work Item Creation: Automatically generate user stories or bugs based on terminal output or code analysis performed by the agent.
• Bidirectional Task Synchronization: Automatically transition ADO task states when a task branch is merged or a build successfully finishes.
• Complex Reporting: Perform advanced WIQL (Work Item Query Language) queries to generate sprint summaries or bottleneck reports directly in the chat.
• Data Integrity: Troubleshoot configuration errors such as incorrect area paths or iteration assignments by using the skill’s built-in validation helpers.

Example Prompts

1. "Look at the last three PRs I merged and automatically move the corresponding ADO work items to 'Done' status."
2. "Create a new feature work item in the 'Core-Services' area path titled 'API Rate Limiting' and link it to the current epic."
3. "Run a WIQL query to list all high-priority bugs assigned to me that have not been updated in the last 48 hours."

Tips & Limitations

• Rate Limiting: Be aware that ADO APIs have strict rate limits. The skill is optimized to batch updates, but excessive rapid-fire requests may trigger throttling.
• Area Paths: Always verify that the 'Area Path' and 'Iteration Path' strings exist in your project configuration; the skill will throw an error if the path is invalid.
• Security: Do not share your ADO connection strings or PATs in shared agent environments. The skill utilizes your system's stored credentials for authentication, maintaining a secure link between your identity and the organization's resources.