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One digest of how critical bugs are being fixed
For managers who want BugHerd bug reports tracked against their Azure DevOps work item states, by asking their AI assistant.
On this page
Connector
Connect BugHerd, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
No single view of how critical bugs are moving
Critical bugs reported in BugHerd are worked as Azure DevOps work items, but there is no single view of their progress. A manager has to open each task, find its work item and check its state and due date.
Without PopdockAI
- Filter BugHerd for bugs of one severity
- Open each task to find its work item id
- Look up every work item in Azure DevOps
- Lose track of overdue and unlinked bugs
With PopdockAI
- Tasks of the chosen severity are read in one pass
- Each linked work item is looked up for its state
- Tasks are grouped by state, overdue ones flagged
- Unlinked tasks and broken links are reported, not dropped
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** Produce a progress digest of BugHerd tasks of severity `{severity}` (default critical) in project `{project-id}`, joined to Azure DevOps work item state.
**Step 1: Read the tasks (BugHerd server)**
Call `bugherd-get-tasks` with project-id `{project-id}` and severity `{severity}`. Drop tasks with status closed.
**Step 2: Read the work items (Azure DevOps server)**
For each remaining task with an external-id, call `azure-devops-get-work-item` with id set to the external-id. Take state, priority, assigned-to and changed-date.
**Step 3: Report**
Group by work item state (and a group "not linked" for tasks with no external-id). For each: task-number, title, due-date, work item id, assigned-to. Call out tasks past due-date whose work item is not Done, and tasks not linked at all.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* `bugherd-get-tasks` is on the BugHerd server; `azure-devops-get-work-item` is on the Azure DevOps server.
* Read only. Never call any BugHerd tool that adds, moves or updates records.
**Validation:**
* If no tasks match the severity, say so and stop.
* If a work item cannot be found for an external-id, list it under "broken link".Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Engineering directors
See where critical bugs stand
Get a digest of critical bugs grouped by delivery state without asking each team for an update.
Where do the critical bugs in the Contoso Portal BugHerd project stand in Azure DevOps?
Delivery managers
Catch overdue fixes early
See which bugs are overdue or never got a work item, so you can chase the right people.
Which important bugs in the Fabrikam Shop BugHerd project are overdue or have no Azure DevOps work item?
Client services leads
Report fix progress to clients
Turn the state of every serious bug into a client update you can trust.
Give me a progress digest of critical bugs in the Northwind Traders website BugHerd project for this week's client call.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You choose a BugHerd project and severity, and your AI assistant follows each bug to its Azure DevOps work item. Both systems are only read.
01
Ask
You choose the BugHerd project and the severity.
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Read
It reads the matching BugHerd tasks and their linked work item ids.
03
Look up
It reads each work item in Azure DevOps for its state.
04
Report
You get tasks grouped by state, with overdue, unlinked and broken links flagged.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for BugHerd and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
bugherd-get-tasks
azure-devops-get-work-item
This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.
The outcome
Critical bug progress in one digest
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