A project uses an Azure Boards board and a GitHub repository containing README.md. You need README.md to display the board's work item status with minimal administrative effort. What should you do first?

To display Azure Boards work item status in a GitHub README.md with minimal effort, you must first install the Azure Boards app for GitHub. This app creates the necessary connection between your Azure DevOps organization and your GitHub repository, allowing for features like status badges and linking commits/pull requests to work items. Without this integration, Azure Boards cannot access or display information within GitHub. Creating a GitHub PAT is a subsequent step for authentication if needed for specific operations, but not the initial integration. Enabling GitHub annotations is a feature that becomes available after the app is installed. Selecting "Allow anonymous users to access the status badge" is a configuration option for the badge itself, not the initial integration.