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Get Work Item

Retrieve one work item by id. Returns its fields, and optionally its relations and links via Expand. Use this to read the current state of an item before deciding whether to update it. Example: work item 299. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Azure DevOps account once, then configure and run Get Work Item 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-get-work-item",
  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.

Get Work Item 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
workItemId Work Item ID integer
Numeric ID of the work item. Run the Query Work Items (WIQL) action first to obtain valid values.
Required
fields Fields string[]
Reference names of the fields to return, e.g. System.Title. Returns all fields when omitted. Cannot be combined with Expand.
Optional
expand Expand string
Additional work item attributes to include in the response. Cannot be combined with Fields.
Optional
asOf As Of string
Return the work item(s) as they looked at this UTC date time, in ISO 8601 format, e.g. 2026-01-31T00:00:00Z
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-get-work-item
Version
0.0.2
App
Azure DevOps
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes