Free Extension: Generate AI Development Prompts from Azure DevOps Work Items — Verity Framework

Hi Azure DevOps community,

I wanted to share a free extension we just published to the Visual Studio

Marketplace: the Verity Framework ADO Extension.

**What it does**

It adds a "Verity Prompt" tab to your work items. When you populate five

custom fields on a User Story or Delivery Item, the extension generates a

structured prompt ready to paste into Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub

Copilot Workspace.

The five fields:

- VF Intent — the problem and who experiences it

- VF Value — the expected outcome

- VF Appetite — time/resource ceiling (not an estimate)

- VF Trust Criteria — Gate 2 hardening requirements

- VF Failure Scope — Narrow / Moderate / Broad / Systemic

**Why it matters**

Most engineers using AI tools start from a blank context or a vague task

description. The extension carries the team's planning judgment — including

production risk level and hardening requirements — directly into the

implementation context.

It also includes field validation that flags vague Trust Criteria,

incorrectly formatted Appetite values, and solution-framed Intent

statements before generating the prompt.

**Setup**

About 20 minutes. You add five custom fields to your existing User Story

work item type (no new work item type required). Full instructions are

in the extension tab.

**Install**

Search "Verity Framework" on the Visual Studio Marketplace or visit

idearoost.com/verity for the full framework context.

Free. No subscription required.

Happy to answer questions about the field definitions or the setup process.

— Jacques Steward, IdeaRoost