Work item numbers are everywhere a team works: stand-ups, commit messages, pull requests, Teams threads. Opening one means going to Boards, finding the search, typing the number. A Wyrd keyword opens it from the address bar, or from a right-click on the number you are reading.
Short answer. Save your project's work item address (step 2 below makes it for you) under the keyword wi. Then type > wi 4182 in the address bar and press Enter. Or select a number on any page, right-click it and choose Wyrd search.
See it work
Two ways in: type the number, or right-click it where you found it. Try both.
Typed in Chrome's address bar: >, a space, the keyword wi and the number. Press Enter.
The number is selected in the team chat, open in Chrome. Right-click, then pick the search.
Bug 4182 · Login loop on Edge
Set it up
Two minutes, once. Keywords and right-click search work from the moment Wyrd is installed, with no account.
- Add Wyrd from the Chrome Web Store.
- Paste the address of any page in your project (Boards, Repos, anything), or type it as
dev.azure.com/yourorg/yourproject. The addresses on this page change to yours.That does not look like a project address yet. It should look like dev.azure.com/yourorg/yourproject.
Your keyword's address:
https://dev.azure.com/yourorg/yourproject/_workitems/edit/%sAdd to WyrdNew in 1.2Add to Wyrd does this and the next step for you: Wyrd's Add box opens with the keyword and the address filled in. Check them and press Add; nothing is saved until you do.
- Click Wyrd's icon in Chrome's toolbar. Paste the address into Address, type
wiin Keyword and click Save. - In the address bar, type
>, press Space, thenwiand a work item number, and press Enter.
Whatever you type after wi goes where the address says %s. Work item numbers are unique across your whole organisation, and Microsoft notes that any valid project name in the address opens the work item, so one keyword covers every project.
Right-click a number where you read it
In Teams or Slack in the browser, an email or a pull request open in Chrome, double-click the number to select it, right-click, choose Wyrd search: "4182" and then wi. It opens in a new tab next to the one you are reading.
- The menu lists your three most-used search keywords, so
wijoins it once you use it more than the others. - To keep it there from day one, under names like Work item: open Wyrd's Features page (Settings → Features), switch on Your right-click searches and pick them, up to 12. It needs no permission.
- It works on web pages in Chrome, such as Teams, Outlook or Slack in a tab. Desktop apps outside Chrome have their own menus.
More Azure DevOps keywords
| Keyword | Address | You type | Opens |
|---|---|---|---|
wi | https://dev.azure.com/yourorg/yourproject/_workitems/edit/%s Add | > wi 4182 | A work item by its ID, in any project |
pr | A pull request's address, its number swapped for %s | > pr 931 | A pull request in one repository: open any pull request, copy its address and put %s where its number is |
board | Your board's address | > board | Your team's board, a sprint or a saved query: open it, click Wyrd's icon and save it as it is |
A keyword is yours to name: if your team says "the bug", call it bug.
Give the whole team the same keywords
One person keeps the team's keywords in a Google Sheet and everyone subscribes once in Wyrd: work items, the board, the build pipeline, the release notes, the on-call rota. When the organisation or a project is renamed, one row changes. Each person's own keywords always win over the list's, so nobody loses theirs. Free for teams of up to 30 people; larger teams, see pricing.
How: share links with your team, or start from the small team template.
If it does not work
- Azure DevOps says the page was not found. The project name in the address is wrong (a renamed or deleted project). Paste an address from your project again in step 2.
- Azure DevOps asks you to sign in. Sign in once in Chrome with your work account, then try again.
- Google searches for "wi …". The
>and the space were missing, or Wyrd is switched off inchrome://extensions. - The right-click menu has no
wi. It is not among your three most-used searches yet: switch on Your right-click searches (above). - "This site can't be reached" or "Server Not Found" at wyrd.internal. That address only works inside Wyrd: Wyrd is not installed in this browser, or needs an update. Add it from the Chrome Web Store, then try again.
Next steps
- Guides for Jira, GitHub, ServiceNow and Zendesk: with the tools you use.
- Give your team its list: share links with your team.
- Every command and what it needs: the cheat sheet.
Azure DevOps is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Wyrd is an independent extension, not made by or affiliated with Microsoft. Wyrd reads nothing from Azure DevOps: it only opens the address you saved.
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