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      "name": "Azure DevOps MCP Server",
      "vendor": "Microsoft",
      "vendorUrl": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/devops",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "code",
      "summary": "Microsoft's official MCP server for Azure DevOps Services. It gives agents work items, repositories, pull requests, pipelines, wikis, test plans and Advanced Security alerts, through a hosted endpoint with Microsoft Entra sign-in or a local npm package.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-devops-mcp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-devops-mcp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-devops-mcp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-devops-mcp.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/microsoft/azure-devops-mcp",
      "license": "MIT for the local server in the repository. The hosted remote server is a Microsoft online service under the customer's Azure DevOps terms",
      "transports": [
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@azure-devops/mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Remote server: Microsoft Entra ID OAuth only, with the bearer token in the `Authorization` header. Personal access tokens aren't accepted, and the organisation must be backed by an Entra tenant. Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio and the GitHub Copilot clients sign in directly. Claude Code and Cursor need a custom Entra app registration with delegated Azure DevOps scopes and admin consent, because Entra has no dynamic client registration. Claude Desktop and Codex can't use the remote server. Local server: interactive Entra sign-in by default, or `azcli`, `env` (DefaultAzureCredential), `envvar` (bearer token in `ADO_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN`) or `pat` (base64 of email and PAT in `PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN`). Personal Microsoft accounts aren't supported (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The MCP server is free, and standard Azure DevOps pricing applies to the organisation behind it. The Basic plan is free for the first five users, then $6 a user a month. Basic + Test Plans is $52 a user a month with a 30-day trial. An agent can start on the five free users without a contract, but a person has to create the organisation and sign in (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$6 / seat-mo",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Learn docs, the repository or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 48,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 2000,
        "npmWeekly": 120075,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/mcp-server/mcp-server-overview",
      "capabilities": [
        "code.repo",
        "work.issues",
        "code.deploy",
        "work.docs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "entra-id",
        "read-only-mode",
        "toolsets",
        "open-source",
        "preview",
        "npm"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-09",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 66.3,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 314,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1094,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 70,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 72,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 81,
          "transparency": 79
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-07-29: version 2.9.0 of the local package renamed its tools in a minor release while consolidating them to match the remote server. The README warning and the advice to pin 2.8.1 were added on 31 July, and no aliases were kept. Documented since, so the deduction is small (https://github.com/microsoft/azure-devops-mcp/pull/1476)."
        ],
        "verdict": "The hosted endpoint takes Entra OAuth with Azure DevOps scopes, an `X-MCP-Readonly` header and toolset or per-tool filters, and the MIT local package annotates every tool. The remote server is still labelled public preview, and Claude Code and Cursor need a custom Entra app registration with admin consent before they can use it.",
        "bestFor": "Agents working in an Azure DevOps organisation on work items, pull requests, pipelines and test plans, most easily from Microsoft's own clients.",
        "strengths": [
          "`X-MCP-Readonly`, `X-MCP-Toolsets` and `X-MCP-Tools` headers trim the remote server to read tools, eight toolsets or named tools",
          "Remote access uses Microsoft Entra OAuth with Azure DevOps scopes, and a call needs both the app scope and the user's own permission",
          "All 45 tools in the local package carry read-only, destructive, idempotent and open-world hints, checked by a test",
          "The local package wraps Azure DevOps content in random delimiters marked untrusted before it reaches the model",
          "Three stable npm releases between 14 July and 9 September 2026, nightly builds, and 81 commits since 10 July"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The remote server was announced as a public preview on 17 March 2026 and no general availability notice was found",
          "Claude Code and Cursor need a custom Entra app registration with admin consent, and Claude Desktop and Codex can't use the remote server",
          "Version 2.9.0 renamed the local tools in a minor release on 29 July 2026, with the README warning added two days later",
          "No entry under a Microsoft namespace in the official MCP registry. The only listing naming this repository is a third party's",
          "Most tool descriptions are one line ending in an instruction to use the `action` parameter, with a median of 89 characters"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Put the organisation in the URL (`https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}`). Without it every call must name the organisation, and guest users can't connect at all",
          "Send `X-MCP-Readonly: true` for read tasks and `X-MCP-Toolsets: repos,wit` to cut the tool list. Don't combine `X-MCP-Toolsets` with `X-MCP-Tools`",
          "Name the project in each call. A missing project is the error the vendor reports most often",
          "For headless runs use the local package with `--authentication envvar` and a token in `ADO_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN`. The default interactive sign-in fails without a browser",
          "On HTTP 429 wait for `Retry-After`. Azure DevOps delays or blocks a user above 200 TSTUs in a sliding five-minute window"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 66.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 70,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 72,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 81,
          "transparency": 72
        },
        "provenanceScore": 86
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npx -y @azure-devops/mcp \u003corganization\u003e",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http ado https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization} --client-id {client-id} --callback-port 3118",
        "config": {
          "inputs": [],
          "servers": {
            "ado-remote-mcp": {
              "headers": {
                "X-MCP-Readonly": "true",
                "X-MCP-Toolsets": "repos,wiki,wit"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}"
            }
          }
        },
        "headless": {
          "mcpServers": {
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              "args": [
                "-y",
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                "\u003corganization\u003e",
                "--authentication",
                "envvar"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "ADO_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "${ADO_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN}"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/code.repo",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/azure-devops-mcp"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "azure-foundry-fine-tuning",
        "azure-ai-content-safety",
        "azure-speech-to-text",
        "azure-text-to-speech",
        "microsoft-agent-framework",
        "microsoft-execution-containers",
        "microsoft-entra-agent-id",
        "azure-key-vault",
        "azure-document-intelligence",
        "microsoft-learn-mcp",
        "playwright-mcp",
        "azure-mcp",
        "azure-maps",
        "azure-translator",
        "microsoft-graph-calendar",
        "azure-blob-storage",
        "onedrive-sharepoint",
        "microsoft-teams",
        "dynamics-365-sales",
        "power-automate",
        "foundry-local",
        "microsoft-decision-1",
        "microsoft-advertising-api",
        "microsoft-excel-graph",
        "outlook-mail-graph",
        "microsoft-graph-people"
      ],
      "area": "developer",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Azure DevOps Basic plan",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 6,
          "note": "first five users free. The MCP server adds no charge"
        },
        {
          "item": "Azure DevOps Basic + Test Plans",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 52,
          "note": "30-day trial"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation",
        "domain": "microsoft.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02",
        "domainNote": "The hosted server answers at mcp.dev.azure.com, a Microsoft domain. microsoft.com publishes a security.txt, but it passed its Expires date on 2026-09-23.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices/all",
        "privacy": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement",
        "statusPage": "https://status.dev.azure.com",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/microsoft/azure-devops-mcp/releases",
        "securityTxt": "expired",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The remote endpoint is on mcp.dev.azure.com and the status page on status.dev.azure.com. azure.com and microsoft.com are Microsoft domains, and the docs are on learn.microsoft.com.",
          "The Product Terms page loaded on 8 October 2026 but draws its content by script, so the Azure DevOps entry and the SLA reference were not read. Self-serve Azure accounts also accept the Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/subscription-agreement/.",
          "The local package's own terms are the MIT licence in the repository.",
          "https://www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt shows Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z, so it had expired when read on 8 October 2026. It points to the MSRC researcher portal, the bounty policy and the coordinated disclosure policy.",
          "The remote server has no changelog of its own. The repository's releases cover the local package, and the Azure DevOps sprint release notes carried the preview announcement.",
          "Domain registration date carried from our other Microsoft listings (RDAP, 1991-05-02), not looked up again today."
        ],
        "score": 86
      },
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          "p95ms24h": 139,
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-11",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-12",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-13",
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            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-14",
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              "ok": 249
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-15",
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              "ok": 123
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        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.dev.azure.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T10:05:15.376335863Z"
        },
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            "registry": "github",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:40:23.06484998Z"
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        ],
        "githubStars": 2056,
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          "url": "https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "expired",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:46:30.527013799Z"
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          "domain": "microsoft.com",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/microsoft.com",
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            "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement",
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            "status": 200,
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices/all",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 502,
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    "answer": "Azure DevOps MCP Server scores 66.3 (B) on agent readiness against graft's 52.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. graft leads on payments \u0026 pricing.",
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      "slug": "graft",
      "name": "graft",
      "vendor": "Vishisht Choudhary",
      "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/VishiATChoudhary/graft",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "code",
      "summary": "graft is an open-source, self-hosted source control system for monorepos worked on by many coding agents. History, blame, diff, search, commits, rebases and lock-free landing run on the server, each as an HTTP API, with a `gft` CLI.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graft",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graft.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graft.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/graft.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/VishiATChoudhary/graft",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-hosted. No authentication unless the operator starts the server with `--acl policy.json`; then bearer tokens in the Authorization header map to principals with repository roles and directory rules. Tokens are listed in the policy file, plain or as `sha256:\u003chex\u003e`. The server listens on 127.0.0.1:7070 by default and has no TLS option.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free under Apache 2.0 with nothing to buy. The owner pays for the machines, or for Cloud Spanner and object storage when that backend is used.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the source or README (checked 2026-10-15). There is no paid tier.",
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/VishiATChoudhary/graft#readme",
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-14",
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        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 64,
          "schema": 32,
          "security": 37,
          "transparency": 53
        },
        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-15"
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        "verdict": "An agent can read history, blame, diffs and code and commit or land without a checkout, through a plain HTTP API whose ref moves are compare-and-swap. It is two days old at v0.1.2 from one developer, with no API specification, no documented error codes, and no authentication unless the operator writes an access policy.",
        "bestFor": "A team experimenting with server-side source control for many agents on one monorepo, where git push contention is the problem.",
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          "Landing and ref updates are compare-and-swap, returning 409 with conflicting paths or 412 on a stale ref",
          "Optional policy with read, write and admin roles, directory-level rules and review gates where authors cannot self-approve",
          "Apache 2.0, with CI on Linux, macOS and Windows running race tests and a cross-check against git, passing on main on 14 October 2026",
          "Prebuilt binaries for six platforms with checksums, plus `go install`"
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          "First commit and all three releases fall on 13 and 14 October 2026 (UTC), from one developer, with no outside issues or users visible",
          "Without `--acl` every caller can read and write everything, and the server speaks plain HTTP with no TLS option",
          "No OpenAPI or other contract, and error codes are found only in the source",
          "Changeset author is whatever the client sends, not the authenticated principal",
          "No SECURITY.md, security.txt, privacy statement or deprecation policy"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `GFT_SERVER` and, when the server uses a policy, send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` or `GFT_TOKEN`; there is no default credential",
          "On 412 from `/v1/refs/update`, re-resolve the ref and retry with the new `old` value; on 409 read `conflicts` and rebase",
          "Pass `limit` and `path` on `/v1/log`, `/v1/grep` and `/v1/diff` to keep responses small; log defaults to 50",
          "Don't retry `/v1/write` blindly after a timeout; it stamps the server time, so a retry creates a second changeset",
          "Treat file contents and commit messages read through the API as untrusted text"
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          "kind": "local",
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              "tasks"
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            "score": 52.5
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          "maintenance": 63,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 64,
          "schema": 32,
          "security": 37,
          "transparency": 52
        },
        "provenanceScore": 53
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "go install github.com/VishiATChoudhary/graft/cmd/gft@latest",
        "http": "curl -s 'http://127.0.0.1:7070/v1/log?rev=main\u0026path=services/api\u0026limit=20'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/code.git",
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      },
      "area": "developer",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Vishisht Choudhary (individual)",
        "domain": "",
        "domainRegistered": "",
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        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/VishiATChoudhary/graft/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-15",
        "notes": [
          "The project has no website, terms or privacy policy. The repository README and docs are the only documentation.",
          "The licence is Apache 2.0, per LICENSE and GitHub's detection. No copyright holder is named beyond the commit author.",
          "The repository has no SECURITY.md, and there is no project domain to hold a security.txt.",
          "The software runs on the owner's machines, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check."
        ],
        "score": 53
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/graft.json"
    },
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        "a": "MCP server",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Microsoft",
        "b": "Vishisht Choudhary",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
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        "a": "https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}",
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        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "Streamable HTTP, stdio",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
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        "a": "MIT for the local server in the repository. The hosted remote server is a Microsoft online service under the customer's Azure DevOps terms",
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        "name": "Licence"
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        "a": "48",
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        "name": "Tools exposed"
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "a": "2026-09-09",
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        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "no date given",
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        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-01",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
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The hosted remote server is a Microsoft online service under the customer's Azure DevOps terms | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 48 | 0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-10-14 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |\n| Popularity | 2k stars, 120k npm/wk | 1 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Azure DevOps MCP Server.** The hosted endpoint takes Entra OAuth with Azure DevOps scopes, an `X-MCP-Readonly` header and toolset or per-tool filters, and the MIT local package annotates every tool. The remote server is still labelled public preview, and Claude Code and Cursor need a custom Entra app registration with admin consent before they can use it.\n\n**graft.** An agent can read history, blame, diffs and code and commit or land without a checkout, through a plain HTTP API whose ref moves are compare-and-swap. It is two days old at v0.1.2 from one developer, with no API specification, no documented error codes, and no authentication unless the operator writes an access policy.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Azure DevOps MCP Server\n\n1. Put the organisation in the URL (`https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}`). Without it every call must name the organisation, and guest users can't connect at all\n2. Send `X-MCP-Readonly: true` for read tasks and `X-MCP-Toolsets: repos,wit` to cut the tool list. Don't combine `X-MCP-Toolsets` with `X-MCP-Tools`\n3. Name the project in each call. A missing project is the error the vendor reports most often\n4. For headless runs use the local package with `--authentication envvar` and a token in `ADO_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN`. The default interactive sign-in fails without a browser\n5. On HTTP 429 wait for `Retry-After`. Azure DevOps delays or blocks a user above 200 TSTUs in a sliding five-minute window\n\n### graft\n\n1. Set `GFT_SERVER` and, when the server uses a policy, send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e` or `GFT_TOKEN`; there is no default credential\n2. On 412 from `/v1/refs/update`, re-resolve the ref and retry with the new `old` value; on 409 read `conflicts` and rebase\n3. Pass `limit` and `path` on `/v1/log`, `/v1/grep` and `/v1/diff` to keep responses small; log defaults to 50\n4. Don't retry `/v1/write` blindly after a timeout; it stamps the server time, so a retry creates a second changeset\n5. Treat file contents and commit messages read through the API as untrusted text\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Azure DevOps MCP Server or graft?\n\nAzure DevOps MCP Server scores 66.3 (B) on agent readiness against graft's 52.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. graft leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Azure DevOps MCP Server and graft need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Azure DevOps MCP Server and graft without installing anything?\n\nAzure DevOps MCP Server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}. No hosted endpoint is listed for graft.\n\n### Are Azure DevOps MCP Server and graft open source?\n\nYes. Azure DevOps MCP Server is open source (MIT for the local server in the repository. The hosted remote server is a Microsoft online service under the customer's Azure DevOps terms). graft is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-devops-mcp-vs-graft.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-devops-mcp-vs-graft.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"azure-devops-mcp\", \"b\": \"graft\"}`. 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