Sync Azure DevOps Work Items to GitHub Issues with Google Sheets Tracking — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity🔗 Webhook12 nodes🏷️ Project Managementby ConceptRecall

Overview

Who is this for?

This workflow is designed for software teams, project managers, and developers who manage work across Azure DevOps and GitHub. It helps organizations that use Azure DevOps for work item tracking but rely on GitHub for issue management and collaboration.

If you need to ensure that your DevOps Stories and Tasks are mirrored in GitHub issues while keeping a single source of truth in Google Sheets, this workflow is for you.

What problem is this workflow solving? / Use case

Manag

Nodes used

GitHubGoogle SheetsHTTP RequestCode

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📌 Workflow Purpose

This workflow automates the connection between Microsof

and Google Sheets to streamline project tracking.

1. When a new Story is created in Azure DevOps, a

🔔 Trigger for Azure DevOps Story events.

Receives POST requests whenever a new Story

work item is created/updated in Azure DevOps.

🧹 Cleans and structures Story data from Azur

Extracts fields like: ID, Title, Description, CreatedBy

Passes simplified object for GitHub Issue creation.

📄 Creates a new GitHub Issue in the reposito

(based on Story Title and Description from Azure DevOps

📡 Calls GitHub API to fetch repository colla

Used to determine possible assignees for the new issue.

🎲 Selects a random collaborator from the lis

of repository members and prepares the assignee value.

✏️ Updates the GitHub Issue using PATCH reque

Assigns the randomly selected collaborator.

📊 Appends mapping between Azure DevOps Story

GitHub Issue number, and Issue URL into the Google Shee

Acts as a central cross-reference.

🔔 Trigger for Azure DevOps Task events.

Receives POST requests whenever a new Task

is created/updated in Azure DevOps.

🧹 Cleans and structures Task data from Azure

Extracts Task ID, Title, Description, Parent Story ID,

and Task URL for mapping back to GitHub Issue.

🔍 Looks up the parent Story’s mapping in Goo

(using AzureID as the key) to find the corresponding

GitHub Issue ID.

📥 Retrieves details of the GitHub Issue asso

with the parent Story from the mapping found in Sheets.

➕ Updates the GitHub Issue body.

Appends a clickable Task link (with Azure DevOps Task I

as a bullet point under the parent GitHub Issue.

⚡

Webhook1

HTTP Request1

Code2

HTTP Request2

⚡

Webhook2

Google Sheets

Google Sheets1

Create Github Issue

Filter Story Data

Filter Task Data

GitHub1

GitHub2

12 nodes10 edges

How it Works

1
Trigger
The workflow starts with a webhook trigger.
2
Process
Data flows through 12 nodes, connecting code, github, googlesheets.
3
Output
The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (12)

GitHub

github

Google Sheets

googleSheets

HTTP Request

httpRequest

Code

code

How to Import This Workflow

1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
3Select the downloaded sync-azure-devops-work-items-to-github-issues-with-google-sheets-tracking file and click Import.
4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Sync Azure DevOps Work Items to GitHub Issues with Google Sheets Tracking", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codegithubgooglesheetshttprequestwebhook

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Nodes12

Complexitymedium

Triggerwebhook

CategoryProject Management

Created by

ConceptRecall

@conceptrecallcom

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