Get Azure DevOps Pull Request notifications directly in VS Code. Review PRs, approve/reject, view diffs, add inline comments — all without leaving your editor.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Get Azure DevOps Pull Request notifications directly in VS Code. Be notified when you're tagged as a reviewer, mentioned in comments, or when PR status changes — and take action without leaving the editor.
Status bar indicator — shows unread PR notification count
Fully customizable — configure polling interval, notification types, and scope
Setup
Install the extension
Open Settings → search ADO PR Notifier
Fill in:
Org URL: e.g. https://dev.azure.com/myorg
Project: your Azure DevOps project name
Username: your ADO email / uniqueName
Sign in with your Microsoft account when prompted
The extension connects automatically and starts polling
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
adoPrNotifier.orgUrl
""
Azure DevOps organization URL
adoPrNotifier.project
""
Project name
adoPrNotifier.username
""
Your ADO username/email
adoPrNotifier.pollingIntervalSeconds
60
Poll interval (10–3600s)
adoPrNotifier.notificationScope
reviewerOnly
reviewerOnly or allActive
adoPrNotifier.showPopupNotifications
true
Show toast popups
adoPrNotifier.notifyReviewerAssigned
true
Notify on reviewer assignment
adoPrNotifier.notifyMentioned
true
Notify on @mentions
adoPrNotifier.notifyStatusChanges
true
Notify on status changes
Commands
All commands are available via the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) under the ADO PR category, and via right-click context menus on PRs in the sidebar.
Security
The extension uses VS Code's built-in Microsoft authentication (Azure AD / Entra ID SSO) to connect to Azure DevOps. No personal access tokens (PATs) are required. Credentials are managed securely by VS Code and are never transmitted anywhere except to your configured Azure DevOps organization URL.
