2026-07-07

🚀 DevStride MCP Server Just Got an Upgrade

For anyone using an AI assistant with DevStride, the MCP connection can now do a lot more — and costs fewer tokens doing it.

✨ What's New

• Most of the product is now reachable. Before, the assistant could only touch a subset of DevStride. Now it can reach almost anything the API can do — including less common admin and config tasks — always within the permissions you already have.
• ~26 new purpose-built tools, including delivery metrics (velocity, throughput, cycle time, time-tracking reports), roadmap milestones, sprint/cadence setup, notifications, board management, and git commits/branches linked to an item.
• It won't silently fall behind. A new automated check makes sure every DevStride API endpoint is either exposed to the assistant or intentionally set aside with a reason — so as we ship new features, the MCP keeps up automatically.

⚡ Why It's Also Leaner

• We slimmed down how tool definitions are described to the assistant, so connecting uses meaningfully fewer tokens.
• There's an optional "core" mode that lists just the everyday tools for token-sensitive setups — the full toolset is still reachable, it's just not all shown up front.

📚 Learn more: DevStride MCP Server