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name: find-feature-work description: Search for features and automatically retrieve all child work items (stories, tasks, bugs) under that feature. Use when planning or reviewing feature scope.

Find Feature and Related Work

Search for features and automatically retrieve all child work items (stories, tasks, bugs) under that feature.

When to Use

• User asks about a specific feature
• Need to see all work under a feature
• Planning or reviewing feature scope
• Understanding feature dependencies

Prerequisites

• Azure DevOps must be initialized with Initialize-AzureDevOps

Examples

Find feature and children

CopyGet-WorkItemsByFeature -SearchText "authentication"

Find and export

CopyGet-WorkItemsByFeature -SearchText "PDF export" |
    Export-WorkItemsToMarkdown -OutputPath "pdf-feature.md" -IncludeAcceptanceCriteria

Check feature status

Copy$items = Get-WorkItemsByFeature -SearchText "bill drafting"
$items | Group-Object State | Select-Object Name, Count

Function

Get-WorkItemsByFeature

Searches for feature by text and returns feature plus all child items.

Parameters

• SearchText: Text to search in feature title (required)

Output

Returns array of work item objects including:

• The feature itself
• All child user stories
• All child tasks
• All child bugs
• Complete hierarchy with relations

Tips for Copilot

• Good starting point for feature planning
• Use with Export-WorkItemsToMarkdown for reports
• Check State distribution to see progress
• Useful for dependency analysis