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Find BugHerd bugs that never reached Azure DevOps
For project managers who want BugHerd bug reports with no Azure DevOps work item found and matched, by asking their AI assistant.
On this page
Connector
Connect BugHerd, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Some bug reports never become work items
Bug reports in BugHerd are meant to become Azure DevOps work items, but some never do. Finding the untracked ones means scanning both tools by eye and guessing which work item might already cover a report.
Without PopdockAI
- Scan BugHerd for tasks with no work item
- Search Azure DevOps titles for each one
- Guess whether a work item already covers it
- Lose reports that fall between the two
With PopdockAI
- Tasks with no linked work item are listed
- Azure DevOps is searched by title for likely matches
- Matches are offered as suggestions, never as confirmed
- Nothing is written and no links are stored
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** Find BugHerd tasks in project `{project-id}` that are not linked to an Azure DevOps work item, and suggest a likely match for each. Limit to `{max-tasks}` tasks (default 25).
**Step 1: Read the BugHerd tasks (BugHerd server)**
Call `bugherd-get-tasks` with project-id `{project-id}` and max-records `{max-tasks}`. Keep tasks whose external-id is empty and whose status is not closed.
**Step 2: Search Azure DevOps (Azure DevOps server)**
For each kept task, call `azure-devops-get-work-item` with title.contains set to the most distinctive words of the task title (a few words, not the whole sentence). Add work-item-type "Bug" if the search is too broad. Keep at most 3 candidates per task with id, title, state and assigned-to.
**Step 3: Report**
For each task: task-id, task-number, title, severity, and either the candidate work items or "no candidate found". Mark a candidate as "likely" only when the titles clearly describe the same issue.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* `bugherd-get-tasks` is on the BugHerd server; `azure-devops-get-work-item` is on the Azure DevOps server.
* Read only. Do not call `bugherd-update-task` to store the link, and do not call `bugherd-add-comment`.
**Validation:**
* If every task already has an external-id, report that and stop.
* A candidate is a suggestion only; never state it as confirmed.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Project managers
Close the gap between report and work
Find client bug reports that never became work items before the client asks about them.
Which BugHerd bugs in the Contoso Portal project have no Azure DevOps work item?
Scrum masters
Groom the backlog with nothing missing
Bring untracked bug reports and their likely matches into backlog grooming.
List Fabrikam Shop BugHerd bugs with no work item and suggest Azure DevOps matches by title.
QA leads
Confirm every bug is tracked
Check that every reported bug has somewhere to be fixed and verified.
Are there any bugs in the Northwind Traders site BugHerd project that never reached Azure DevOps?
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You name the BugHerd project and your AI assistant looks for bugs that never reached Azure DevOps. It only suggests matches and writes nothing.
01
Ask
You name the BugHerd project.
02
Read
It lists the tasks that have no linked work item id.
03
Search
It searches Azure DevOps work item titles for each one.
04
Report
You get the unlinked tasks with suggested matches, marked as suggestions.
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
No reported bug falls out of delivery
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