You can add the text "AB#<WORKITEMNUMBER>" to the title or description of the pull request in GitHub, which will automatically link the request to an existing Azure Boards work item with that number. Reference: Azure DevOps Docs: Link a work item to a pull request https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos /git/pull-requests?view=azure-devops#link-a-work-item-to-a-pull-request GitHub Docs: Creating a pull request https://docs.github.com/en-us/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull- requests/creating-a-pull-request