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Create Release

Create a classic release from a release definition, optionally as a draft or with specific artifact versions. Returns the new release's id and name. Omit Artifacts to take the definition's latest versions. Use this to ship a build through a classic release pipeline. Example: definition 3, description Nightly deploy. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Azure DevOps account once, then configure and run Create Release from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "azure_devops-create-release",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    azure_devops: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    organization: "Organization",
    project: "Project",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Release inputs
Property Type Description
organization Organization string
Name of the organization
Required Dynamic
project Project string
Project ID or project name. Run the List Projects action first to obtain valid values.
Required
definitionId Release Definition ID integer
Numeric ID of the release definition. Run the List Release Definitions action first to obtain valid values.
Required
description Description string
Description of the release
Optional
isDraft Is Draft boolean
Create the release in draft mode instead of starting it
Optional
artifacts Artifacts string
JSON array of artifact versions to release. Example: [{"alias":"MyBuild","instanceReference":{"id":"123","name":"20260101.1"}}]. Omit to use the definition's latest artifact versions.
Optional
manualEnvironments Manual Environments string[]
Names of environments that should require a manual trigger rather than deploying automatically
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
azure_devops-create-release
Version
0.0.2
App
Azure DevOps
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes