Linking GitHub Repos to an ADO GitHub Connector (gh artado)

The ADO interface for managing GitHub repo connections is cumbersome and permission issues are common. The gh artado CLI extension makes bulk additions straightforward.

Prerequisites

• GitHub CLI (gh) installed
• ADO Personal Access Token (PAT) with appropriate permissions

Install the Extension

gh extension install apdarr/gh-artado

No need to clone the repo — the extension installs directly via the GitHub CLI.

Source: https://github.com/apdarr/gh-artado

Set Environment Variables

export ADO_USERNAME="your.name@example.com"
export ADO_TOKEN="<your-ado-pat>"
export ADO_PROJECT="org-name/project-name"

PowerShell equivalent (save as .ps1):

$Env:ADO_USERNAME = 'your.name@example.com'
$Env:ADO_TOKEN    = '<your-ado-pat>'
$Env:ADO_PROJECT  = 'org-name/project-name'

Warning: The README in the GitHub repo has outdated variable names. Use the names above.

Find Your Connection ID

gh artado list

Output looks like:

CONNECTION ID                          CONNECTION NAME      CONNECTION TYPE    CONNECTED REPO(S)
xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx  MyGitHubConnection   InstallationToken  https://github.com/org/repo-a
                                                                               https://github.com/org/repo-b

Copy the Connection ID for the connector you want to add repos to.

Add a Single Repo

gh artado add --connection <connection-id> -r https://github.com/org/repo-name

Bulk Add Repos

1. Create a file (e.g. reposToAdd.txt) with one repo URL or name per line:

https://github.com/org/repo-one
https://github.com/org/repo-two
https://github.com/org/repo-three

2. Run the bulk add:

gh artado add-bulk -c <connection-id> -f reposToAdd.txt

The output confirms which repos were added. Verify in ADO under the GitHub connector settings if needed.