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One timeline for a work item across two systems
For project managers who want a work item's history across Azure DevOps and GitHub, by asking their AI assistant.
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Connector
Connect Azure DevOps, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
A work item's history is split across two systems
Finding everything that happened to one work item means searching Azure DevOps comments, then GitHub issues and commits by hand. The history is in two places and rarely in one order.
Without PopdockAI
- Read the work item's comments and changes
- Search GitHub for related issues
- Search GitHub for related commits
- Stitch a timeline together by hand
With PopdockAI
- The work item's comments and changes are read
- Related GitHub issues and commits are found
- Everything is merged into one ordered timeline
- Partial results are noted, and nothing is written
The prompt
Use this prompt
Copy it into any AI tool connected to PopdockAI. Swap the values in braces for your own.
**Objective:** Trace work item `{work-item-id}` in project `{project}` into GitHub company `{company}`.
**Step 1: The work item**
Call `azure-devops-get-work-item` with id `{work-item-id}` and project `{project}`. If it is not found, stop. Record title, state, assigned-to, type. Then call `azure-devops-get-work-item-comment` with work-item-id `{work-item-id}` and project `{project}`, and `azure-devops-get-work-item-revision` for state changes.
**Step 2: GitHub issues**
Call `github-get-issue` with company `{company}` and title.contains set to the work item title (or the id if the title is long). Keep issues that reference the id or have the same title. For each, call `github-get-issue-comment` with issue-number.
**Step 3: GitHub commits**
Call `github-get-commit` with company `{company}` and message.contains set to `{work-item-id}`. Record sha, author, date.
**Step 4: Report**
A timeline merged from both servers: work item created, state changes, issue opened, commits, comments. Under it, state whether the work item is linked to any GitHub activity.
**Rules & Guidelines:**
* Tools prefixed azure-devops- belong to the azure-devops server; tools prefixed github- belong to the github server. Both servers must be connected.
* This prompt is read-only. Never call github-add-issue, github-update-issue, github-add-issue-comment, github-add-issue-label, github-add-issue-assignee, github-lock-issue, github-unlock-issue, github-rerun-workflow-run, github-cancel-workflow-run, github-enable-workflow, github-disable-workflow, github-add-milestone or github-update-milestone.
**Validation:**
* If nothing is found in GitHub, report the work item as having no GitHub trace; do not guess at unrelated issues.
* Flag a work item that is Closed while its matching issue is open, or the reverse.Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Project managers
See the full story of a work item
Comments, issues and commits in one order show exactly what happened and when.
Trace work item 5530 to GitHub in fabrikam/api.
Developers
Find the commits behind a work item
Related commits appear in the timeline, so you can review what changed.
Which GitHub commits relate to Azure DevOps work item 6107 in northwind/portal?
Support engineers
Answer when a fix shipped
A merged timeline shows when work moved from tracking to code.
Build a timeline for work item 4972 across Azure DevOps and contoso/services on GitHub.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You give a work item id and a repository, and your AI assistant builds one timeline across both systems. It only reads, and GitHub write actions are off limits.
01
Ask
You give the work item id and the GitHub repository.
02
Read
It reads the work item's comments and changes.
03
Search
It finds related GitHub issues and commits.
04
Report
You get one merged timeline, with a note on any partial results.
What PopdockAI provides
The tools behind the answer
Ready made tools for Azure DevOps and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.
azure-devops-get-work-item
azure-devops-get-work-item-comment
azure-devops-get-work-item-revision
github-get-issue
github-get-issue-comment
github-get-commit
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
One ordered history across both systems
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