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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": 238,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "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": {
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            "ado": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "@azure-devops/mcp",
                "\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",
        "microsoft-learn-mcp",
        "playwright-mcp",
        "azure-mcp",
        "azure-maps",
        "azure-translator",
        "microsoft-graph-calendar",
        "microsoft-teams",
        "dynamics-365-sales",
        "power-automate",
        "microsoft-advertising-api",
        "microsoft-excel-graph",
        "outlook-mail-graph"
      ],
      "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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        "slug": "azure-devops-mcp",
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          "target": "https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}",
          "method": "mcp-initialize",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:02.381050582Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 400,
          "lastMs": 43,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 68,
          "p95ms24h": 118,
          "samples24h": 61,
          "samples30d": 61,
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              "date": "2026-10-08",
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              "ok": 61
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.dev.azure.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:15.819572841Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:10.811041134Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a053fc7ce233"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices/all",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 502,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:15.375311486Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
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        ],
        "mcpTools": {
          "url": "https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:33:25.928932132Z",
          "status": "error",
          "note": "initialize: HTTP 400",
          "changedAt": "2026-10-08T21:33:25.928932132Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:02.381050582Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Azure DevOps MCP Server scores 66.3 (B) on agent readiness against Sourcegraph MCP Server's 57.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Sourcegraph MCP Server leads on schema \u0026 documentation.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "sourcegraph-mcp",
      "name": "Sourcegraph MCP Server",
      "vendor": "Sourcegraph, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://sourcegraph.com",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "code",
      "summary": "Sourcegraph's official MCP server gives AI agents code search, file reading, code navigation and commit and diff search across the repositories indexed by a company's Sourcegraph instance. It is built into Enterprise instances at /.api/mcp.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sourcegraph-mcp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sourcegraph-mcp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sourcegraph-mcp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sourcegraph-mcp.json",
      "license": "Proprietary. The server is part of the Sourcegraph Enterprise product under the Sourcegraph Terms of Service",
      "transports": [
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "An admin of a Sourcegraph Enterprise instance must exist first, and access starts with a sales contract or an approved trial. On the instance, MCP clients use OAuth 2.0 with PKCE and register themselves through dynamic client registration, which is on by default and limited to the `mcp` scope. A user approves the grant in a browser. Admins can disable registration and pre-register public clients. Clients without OAuth send a Sourcegraph access token as `Authorization: token \u003ctoken\u003e`, and the token can carry the `mcp` scope. Users need the `MCP#ACCESS` permission, granted to the User role by default.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Enterprise plans only. The pricing page lists one plan, starting at a $16K minimum annual contract that scales with team size, bought through sales. No per-user or per-call price is published. The plan includes credits for AI tools, and `code_finder` and Deep Search draw on that entitlement. A Sourcegraph Cloud trial is available on request and subject to eligibility, with no sandbox or free tier found (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "Paid",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the MCP docs, the authentication docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 16,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://sourcegraph.com/docs/api/mcp",
      "registryName": "io.github.sourcegraph/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "code.repo",
        "code.git"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "mcp",
        "hosted",
        "self-hosted",
        "enterprise",
        "oauth",
        "read-only",
        "code-search",
        "sales-led",
        "soc2"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 57.5,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 473,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 722,
        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 15,
          "reliability": 25,
          "schema": 71,
          "security": 76,
          "transparency": 78
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Sixteen read-only tools search and navigate code across every repository an instance indexes, with OAuth limited to an `mcp` scope and repository permissions enforced on each call. Access needs an Enterprise contract, priced from $16,000 a year, and no request rate limits were found in the reviewed documentation.",
        "bestFor": "A company that already runs Sourcegraph and wants agents to search and navigate many repositories with compiler-accurate definitions and references.",
        "strengths": [
          "All 16 documented tools read and none writes to a repository, with three endpoints so a client can load 9, 16 or 2 tools",
          "OAuth 2.0 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, registered clients held to the `mcp` scope, and access tokens that can carry the same scope",
          "Repository permissions apply to every call, and admins can gate MCP by role (`MCP#ACCESS`) or switch off single tools with `mcp.tools.disabled`",
          "Result limits and defaults are documented per tool, such as 1,000 directory entries, 100 commits and 200 lines for files over 128KB",
          "Listed in the official MCP registry as io.github.sourcegraph/mcp, with MCP changes in dated release notes through 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Enterprise plans only, from a $16,000 minimum annual contract through sales. A Cloud trial is by request and subject to eligibility",
          "No request rate limits, 429 behaviour or tool error catalogue found in the reviewed documentation",
          "`code_finder` and Deep Search draw on the instance's credit entitlement and return an error once the quota is used up",
          "No guidance on prompt injection from repository content was found, although every search and file tool returns such content",
          "sourcegraph.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and the bug bounty on HackerOne is invite-only"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Connect to https://\u003cinstance\u003e/.api/mcp for the nine core tools. Use /.api/mcp/all for `go_to_definition`, `find_references`, `nls_search` and `compare_revisions`",
          "Request only the `mcp` scope in OAuth. Any other scope on the MCP resource fails with `invalid_scope`",
          "Without OAuth, send `Authorization: token \u003caccess token\u003e` and create the token with the `mcp` scope and an expiry",
          "Call `list_repos` first and name the repository in every `code_finder` task. It declines broad searches across repositories",
          "Read large files with `startLine` and `endLine`. Files over 128KB return only the first 200 lines"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 57.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 83,
          "payments": 15,
          "reliability": 25,
          "schema": 71,
          "security": 76,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http sourcegraph https://sourcegraph.example.com/.api/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "sourcegraph": {
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://sourcegraph.example.com/.api/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "headless": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "sourcegraph": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "token ${SOURCEGRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN}"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://sourcegraph.example.com/.api/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/code.repo",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/sourcegraph-mcp"
      },
      "area": "developer",
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        "legalEntity": "Sourcegraph, Inc.",
        "domain": "sourcegraph.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2012-11-25",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://sourcegraph.com/terms/tos",
        "privacy": "https://sourcegraph.com/terms/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://sourcegraphstatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://sourcegraph.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms of Service (last modified 22 July 2026) name Sourcegraph, Inc., 548 Market St PMB 20739, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, and govern all Sourcegraph products. Enterprise licences are bought with an order form under these terms.",
          "The Privacy Policy (last modified 12 June 2026) says it does not cover user content such as customer code, which Sourcegraph processes as a data processor under the customer agreement and the DPA at sourcegraph.com/terms/dpa.",
          "The endpoint is on the customer's own instance. Sourcegraph Cloud instances are single-tenant, and the terms describe trial instances at \u003corganisation\u003e.sourcegraph.com. A self-hosted instance answers on the customer's domain.",
          "sourcegraph.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt both returned 404 on 2026-10-08. The security portal sends reports to security@sourcegraph.com.",
          "The site footer links System status to https://sourcegraphstatus.com. The host did not resolve from our network on 2026-10-08, so the page is unread.",
          "RDAP for sourcegraph.com gives a registration date of 2012-11-25."
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
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        "slug": "sourcegraph-mcp",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://sourcegraphstatus.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T23:13:46.536080636Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://sourcegraph.com/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:30.344413737Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "743412956873"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://sourcegraph.com/terms/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:32.58524964Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://sourcegraph.com/terms/tos",
            "kind": "terms",
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        ],
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    },
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        "a": "MCP server",
        "b": "MCP server",
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        "a": "Microsoft",
        "b": "Sourcegraph, Inc.",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sourcegraph-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sourcegraph-mcp.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Azure DevOps MCP Server (B)\n\nGood for: Agents working in an Azure DevOps organisation on work items, pull requests, pipelines and test plans, most easily from Microsoft's own clients.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 72 against 25\n- Security \u0026 auth, 81 against 76\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 15\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The remote server was announced as a public preview on 17 March 2026 and no general availability notice was found\n\n### Sourcegraph MCP Server (C)\n\nGood for: A company that already runs Sourcegraph and wants agents to search and navigate many repositories with compiler-accurate definitions and references.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Azure DevOps MCP Server loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Enterprise plans only, from a $16,000 minimum annual contract through sales. A Cloud trial is by request and subject to eligibility\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Azure DevOps MCP Server | Sourcegraph MCP Server | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 72 | 25 | Azure DevOps MCP Server +47 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 71 | Sourcegraph MCP Server +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 72 | Sourcegraph MCP Server +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 81 | 76 | Azure DevOps MCP Server +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 15 | Azure DevOps MCP Server +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 83 | Sourcegraph MCP Server +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 78 | Azure DevOps MCP Server +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.3 · B** | **57.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Azure DevOps MCP Server | Sourcegraph MCP Server |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Microsoft | Sourcegraph, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.dev.azure.com/{organization}` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT for the local server in the repository. The hosted remote server is a Microsoft online service under the customer's Azure DevOps terms | Proprietary. The server is part of the Sourcegraph Enterprise product under the Sourcegraph Terms of Service |\n| Tools exposed | 48 | 16 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.sourcegraph/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-09 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-07-22 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2026-06-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 2k stars, 120k npm/wk | none |\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**Sourcegraph MCP Server.** Sixteen read-only tools search and navigate code across every repository an instance indexes, with OAuth limited to an `mcp` scope and repository permissions enforced on each call. Access needs an Enterprise contract, priced from $16,000 a year, and no request rate limits were found in the reviewed documentation.\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### Sourcegraph MCP Server\n\n1. Connect to https://\u003cinstance\u003e/.api/mcp for the nine core tools. Use /.api/mcp/all for `go_to_definition`, `find_references`, `nls_search` and `compare_revisions`\n2. Request only the `mcp` scope in OAuth. Any other scope on the MCP resource fails with `invalid_scope`\n3. Without OAuth, send `Authorization: token \u003caccess token\u003e` and create the token with the `mcp` scope and an expiry\n4. Call `list_repos` first and name the repository in every `code_finder` task. It declines broad searches across repositories\n5. Read large files with `startLine` and `endLine`. Files over 128KB return only the first 200 lines\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Azure DevOps MCP Server or Sourcegraph MCP Server?\n\nAzure DevOps MCP Server scores 66.3 (B) on agent readiness against Sourcegraph MCP Server's 57.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Sourcegraph MCP Server leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do Azure DevOps MCP Server and Sourcegraph MCP Server 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 Sourcegraph MCP Server 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 Sourcegraph MCP Server.\n\n### Are Azure DevOps MCP Server and Sourcegraph MCP Server open source?\n\nAzure 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). No open-source release is listed for Sourcegraph MCP Server.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-devops-mcp-vs-sourcegraph-mcp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-devops-mcp-vs-sourcegraph-mcp.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"azure-devops-mcp\", \"b\": \"sourcegraph-mcp\"}`. 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