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Work Items, Repos & PRs
Embed and edit diagrams within Azure DevOps repositories, pull requests, and work items — without leaving the platform. Diagram your requirements, flows and system designs right where the work already lives.
No credit card required
Three Places You Can
Diagram Without Leaving Azure DevOps
Most teams keep diagrams in a separate tool, and the diagram drifts from the work it describes. Contextra Draw puts the editor where the work already is.
Work Items
A full draw.io editor lives in the work item form. Open a User Story, Bug, Task or Epic, drop into the Diagrams section, and sketch the flow next to the requirement it belongs to.
Repository Files
Open and edit diagram files stored in your repos directly in the browser. The diagram lives with the code it documents and is versioned by the same Git history.
Pull Requests
Attach and review diagrams in the pull request itself, so reviewers see the intended design alongside the change instead of hunting for it elsewhere.
A Real Diagramming Tool,
Not an Attachment Field
The Complete draw.io Editor
Not a cut-down viewer. The full shape libraries, styling and layout tools are embedded directly in the Azure DevOps form, with automatic saving as you work.
Offline Diagram Templates
Pre-built flowchart, architecture and org chart templates ship inside the extension and work without an internet round-trip to any external service.
Complete Version History
Every diagram keeps its full change history, so you can see how a design evolved and restore an earlier revision when a decision gets reversed.
Diagrams Never Leave Azure DevOps
Everything runs inside your organisation using native Azure identity. No external backend, no third-party storage, nothing to add to your vendor register.
Zero Configuration
Install it and the Diagrams section appears. No service hooks, no connection strings, no per-project setup before your team can use it.
Every Work Item Type
User Stories, Bugs, Tasks, Epics and your own custom work item types — on both Azure DevOps Services and Azure DevOps Server.
From Install to First Diagram
There is no project-level setup, no service connection, and nothing to provision. Install it and the Diagrams section is there.
Install the Extension
Install Contextra Draw from the Azure DevOps Marketplace. Takes minutes, no migration.
Open Any Work Item
User Story, Bug, Task, Epic or a custom type — the extension is available immediately.
Find the Diagrams Section
The embedded draw.io editor appears as a section on the work item form.
Draw — It Saves Itself
Create or edit inline with automatic saving and full version history from the first edit.
🔒 Stays in your boundary: The extension runs client-side inside Azure DevOps and stores diagrams within your own organisation. There is no external backend to review and no third-party storage to approve.
Looking for Wiki governance instead?
Contextra Draw covers work items, repository files and pull requests. If what you need is approval workflows, ownership and an audit trail on your Azure DevOps Wiki pages, that is our other extension — Governance for Wiki, which includes draw.io editing inside Wiki pages.
Start Diagramming
Where the Work Lives
30 days free, no credit card required. Install from the Azure DevOps Marketplace and try it on your own work items.
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