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name: export-work-items description: Generate markdown reports of work items with optional details like acceptance criteria, descriptions, and comments. Use when creating sprint summaries, feature overviews, or documenting requirements.

Export Work Items to Markdown

Generate markdown reports of work items with optional details like acceptance criteria, descriptions, and comments.

When to Use

• User wants a report or documentation of work items
• Need to share work item details outside Azure DevOps
• Creating sprint summaries or feature overviews
• Documenting requirements or acceptance criteria

Prerequisites

• Azure DevOps must be initialized with Initialize-AzureDevOps

Examples

Export search results

CopySearch-WorkItems -SearchText "authentication" | Export-WorkItemsToMarkdown -OutputPath "auth-items.md"

Export with acceptance criteria

CopySearch-WorkItems -WorkItemType "User Story" -State "Active" |
    Export-WorkItemsToMarkdown -OutputPath "active-stories.md" -IncludeAcceptanceCriteria

Export with full details

CopyGet-WorkItem -Ids 12345,67890 |
    Export-WorkItemsToMarkdown -OutputPath "feature-details.md" `
        -IncludeDescription `
        -IncludeAcceptanceCriteria `
        -IncludeComments

Export feature with children

CopyGet-WorkItemsByFeature -SearchText "authentication" |
    Export-WorkItemsToMarkdown -OutputPath "auth-feature.md" -IncludeAcceptanceCriteria

Function

Export-WorkItemsToMarkdown

Accepts work items from pipeline and generates markdown report.

Parameters

• WorkItems: Array of work items (from pipeline)
• OutputPath: File path to save markdown (required)
• IncludeAcceptanceCriteria: Include AC in export
• IncludeDescription: Include descriptions
• IncludeComments: Include all comments

Output

Returns object with:

• FilePath: Path to generated file
• ItemCount: Number of items exported

Markdown includes:

• Work item ID and title as headers
• Type, state, assignment
• Tags and links to Azure DevOps
• Optional: description, acceptance criteria, comments
• Formatted for easy reading

Tips for Copilot

• Pipe search results directly to export
• Use IncludeAcceptanceCriteria for requirements docs
• Use IncludeComments for full context
• Good for sprint planning documents
• Helpful for sharing with non-Azure DevOps users