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Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps provides developer services for support teams to plan work, collaborate on code development, and build and deploy applications through a comprehensive set of REST APIs covering builds, releases, Git, pipelines, work items, test management, and artifacts.

Azure DevOps publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Operations API, Pipelines API, and PipelineTemplateDefinitions API. Tagged areas include Azure, CI/CD, DevOps, Project Management, and Version Control.

The Azure DevOps catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Azure DevOps’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

56.4/100 strong ▼ -6.0 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
3 APIs
AzureCI/CDDevOpsProject ManagementVersion Control

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 56.4/100 · strong
Contract Quality 12.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure DevOps Operations API

The Operations API from Azure DevOps — 1 operation(s) for operations.

Azure DevOps Pipelines API

The Pipelines API from Azure DevOps — 3 operation(s) for pipelines.

Azure DevOps PipelineTemplateDefinitions API

The PipelineTemplateDefinitions API from Azure DevOps — 1 operation(s) for pipelinetemplatedefinitions.

Postman Collections 3

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Azure Dev Ops Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Azure Dev Ops Context

17 classes · 23 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Azure DevOps API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Azure DevOps API Rules

18 rules · 5 errors 9 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 15

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Authorization

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

BootstrapConfiguration

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CodeRepository

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

InputDescriptor

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

InputValue

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OperationDisplayValue

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OrganizationReference

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PipelineListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PipelineProperties

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Pipeline

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PipelineTemplateDefinitionListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PipelineTemplateDefinition

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PipelineTemplate

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PipelineUpdateParameters

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProjectReference

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 15

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Azure Dev Ops Authorization Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Dev Ops Code Repository Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Dev Ops Input Descriptor Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Dev Ops Input Value Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Dev Ops Pipeline Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Dev Ops Pipeline Template Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Dev Ops Project Reference Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 15

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Azure Dev Ops Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Azure Dev Ops Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Azure Dev Ops Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Azure Dev Ops Agentic Access

8 operations · 3 acting

8 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: azure-dev-ops
name: Azure DevOps
description: Azure DevOps provides developer services for support teams to plan work, collaborate on code development, and
  build and deploy applications through a comprehensive set of REST APIs covering builds, releases, Git, pipelines, work items,
  test management, and artifacts.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/azure-dev-ops.png
tags:
- Azure
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- Project Management
- Version Control
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-dev-ops/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: azure-dev-ops:azure-dev-ops-operations-api
  name: Azure DevOps Operations API
  description: The Operations API from Azure DevOps — 1 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/
  baseURL: https://dev.azure.com/{organization}
  tags:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-dev-ops-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/pipelines/
- aid: azure-dev-ops:azure-dev-ops-pipelines-api
  name: Azure DevOps Pipelines API
  description: The Pipelines API from Azure DevOps — 3 operation(s) for pipelines.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/
  baseURL: https://dev.azure.com/{organization}
  tags:
  - Pipelines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-dev-ops-pipelines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/pipelines/
- aid: azure-dev-ops:azure-dev-ops-pipelinetemplatedefinitions-api
  name: Azure DevOps PipelineTemplateDefinitions API
  description: The PipelineTemplateDefinitions API from Azure DevOps — 1 operation(s) for pipelinetemplatedefinitions.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/
  baseURL: https://dev.azure.com/{organization}
  tags:
  - PipelineTemplateDefinitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-dev-ops-pipelinetemplatedefinitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/pipelines/
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/azure-devops/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/azure-dev-ops-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/azure-dev-ops-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/azure-dev-ops-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/azure-dev-ops-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-azure-devops
- type: Portal
  url: https://dev.azure.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.dev.azure.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/devops/
- type: Blog
  url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-dev-ops/refs/heads/main/rules/azure-dev-ops-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-dev-ops/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/azure-dev-ops-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-dev-ops/refs/heads/main/json-ld/azure-dev-ops-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com