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AutomationManagement MCP Server

The AutomationManagement API, provided by Microsoft Azure, is a comprehensive RESTful interface designed for programmatic control over source control configurations within Azure Automation accounts.

Quick Start Summary

The AutomationManagement MCP server is a Model Context Protocol bridge that connects AI assistants — including Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code Copilot — to the AutomationManagement API through natural language. It exposes 5 API endpoints as callable tools, such as SourceControl_ListByAutomationAccount, SourceControl_Get, SourceControl_CreateOrUpdate, and more. No authentication is required — setup takes approximately 30 seconds. The server uses STDIO transport and can be installed by running npx -y @mcp/azure-com-automation-sourcecontrol. This integration is sourced from the auto AutomationManagement OpenAPI specification (v2017-05-15-preview) and has a quality score of 28/99 (fair documentation coverage).

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NoneAuthopen access
28/99Qualityfair
~30 secSetupno auth
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Server Details

Category
Developer Tools
Authentication
None
Endpoints
5 operations
Transport
STDIO
Spec Version
v2017-05-15-preview
Install Command
npx -y @mcp/azure-com-automation-sourcecontrol

Environment Variables

AUTOMATIONMANAGEMENT_API_KEY

Example: your_automationmanagement_api_key

Top Endpoints

GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/sourceControls

SourceControl_ListByAutomationAccount

GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/sourceControls/{sourceControlName}

SourceControl_Get

PUT
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/sourceControls/{sourceControlName}

SourceControl_CreateOrUpdate

DELETE
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/sourceControls/{sourceControlName}

SourceControl_Delete

PATCH
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/{automationAccountName}/sourceControls/{sourceControlName}

SourceControl_Update

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📖 Detailed MCP Integration Guide

A technical breakdown of capabilities, agent workflows, and security/configuration best practices.

⚡Capabilities & Use Cases
The AutomationManagement API, provided by Microsoft Azure, is a comprehensive RESTful interface designed for programmatic control over source control configurations within Azure Automation accounts. Its core capability lies in managing the linkages between Automation accounts—used for orchestrating cloud and enterprise environments—and source control repositories like GitHub, Visual Studio Team Services (now Azure DevOps), or other Git repositories. Through a set of well-defined CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations, developers and DevOps engineers can dynamically configure, query, and modify how automation runbooks, modules, and other assets are sourced, versioned, and synchronized from a central repository. This is fundamental for implementing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for automation assets. Typical enterprise use cases include automating the onboarding of new automation runbooks from a trusted repository, auditing the source control links for compliance, or programmatically updating source control branches to promote automation assets from test to production environments.
🤖AI Agent Value
When exposed as tools to an AI coding assistant via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), this API transforms from a static reference into a powerful, interactive automation layer for developers. An AI agent empowered with these tools can act as a proactive DevOps partner within the coding workflow. Instead of the developer manually navigating Azure portals or writing separate scripts, they can issue natural language commands to the AI assistant embedded in their IDE. The value lies in contextual automation and reduced context switching. For instance, a developer can instruct the AI to "list all source controls linked to my 'contoso-prod-rg' automation account to check the sync status," and the AI can directly invoke the relevant GET endpoint, parse the response, and present a clear summary. This enables the AI to bridge the gap between high-level intent and specific API calls, accelerating development and governance tasks.
💬Example Workflows
In practical workflows, a developer could leverage an MCP server for this API to perform several dynamic, AI-assisted tasks. They could instruct the AI to "generate and apply a new source control configuration pointing to the 'main' branch of our GitHub repository for the 'FinanceAutomation' account," prompting the AI to execute the PUT endpoint with the appropriate parameters. The AI agent can also be tasked to "audit and report any source controls configured for the 'Development-RG' subscription that are out of sync with their upstream branch," which would involve querying multiple resources and synthesizing the status. Furthermore, a command like "update the branch filter for all source controls in the 'Staging' resource group to include only 'release/*' branches" would allow the AI to iterate through relevant resources and apply the PATCH operation, thereby automating a bulk configuration change that would be tedious to perform manually. This integration turns infrastructure management into a conversational and iterative process.
🛡️Security & Auth
Critical attention must be paid to authentication and security, as the current description notes "None" for authentication methods. This is a significant configuration gap for production use; the API itself requires Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication via OAuth 2.0. To securely expose these tools via an MCP server, the server must be configured to handle Azure AD tokens, typically using a service principal or managed identity with carefully scoped permissions. Adhering to the principle of least privilege is paramount: the identity should be granted only the specific Azure RBAC role (e.g., "Automation Contributor" on the targeted resource group or subscription) necessary for the intended operations, rather than a broad, global role. Developers setting up this MCP server must ensure secrets like client IDs and certificates are stored securely (e.g., in Azure Key Vault) and never committed to source code. All API calls should be made over HTTPS, and audit logs should be monitored for anomalous activity to maintain a secure posture while enabling this powerful AI-driven automation.

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