Bitbucket MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for integrating with Bitbucket Cloud and Server APIs. This MCP server enables AI assistants like Claude and Cursor to interact with your Bitbucket repositories, pull requests, pipelines, and other resources.

Features

✨ Comprehensive Bitbucket Integration - 59 tools covering repositories, PRs, branches, commits, pipelines, and more

🔒 Secure Authentication - App password tokens or basic auth with granular permission control via Bitbucket

📝 Well-Documented - Complete API reference, architecture guides, and deployment instructions in /docs

🧪 Fully Tested - Comprehensive unit test suite with full tool coverage (Vitest)

⚡ Modular Design - Clean, maintainable architecture organized by feature domain (11 handler modules)

🛡️ Safety First - 3 operation modes (readonly, safe, full) with fine-grained tool control

🚀 Production Ready - Built with pnpm, ESLint, Prettier, and modern TypeScript

Quick Start

Installation

# Option 1: Global install
pnpm add -g @atercates/bitbucket-mcp

# Option 2: Use with NPX (no installation required)
npx -y @atercates/bitbucket-mcp@latest

# Option 3: Local development
git clone https://github.com/ATERCATES/bitbucket-mcp.git
cd bitbucket-mcp
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm start

Configuration

REQUIRED Environment Variables:

# Authentication (Personal API Token ONLY)
export BITBUCKET_USERNAME="user@example.com"    # Your Atlassian email address
export BITBUCKET_API_TOKEN="ATBBxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  # Personal API Token (starts with ATBB or ATATT)

# Default Workspace (optional but recommended)
export BITBUCKET_WORKSPACE="my-workspace"       # Your default workspace name

Optional Configuration:

# Server Operation Mode
export BITBUCKET_MODE="safe"  # readonly | safe (default) | full

# Fine-grained tool control
export BITBUCKET_ENABLED_TOOLS="getPullRequest,listPullRequests,createPullRequest"
export BITBUCKET_DISABLED_TOOLS="deleteBranch,deleteRepository"

# Custom API URL (for self-hosted Bitbucket Server)
export BITBUCKET_URL="https://bitbucket.company.com/rest/api/2.0"

🔐 Operation Modes:

• readonly - Only GET operations (no modifications)
• safe - GET + POST/PUT operations, but no deletes (default)
• full - All operations including dangerous deletes

⚠️ Authentication Notes:

• This MCP server strictly enforces Personal API Tokens (starting with ATBB or ATATT)
• App Passwords and Access Tokens (BBAT-xxx) are NOT supported
• BITBUCKET_USERNAME must be your Atlassian email address

Running the Server

# If installed globally
bitbucket-mcp

# If using NPX
npx -y @atercates/bitbucket-mcp@latest

# If installed locally
pnpm start

The server will start and listen for MCP protocol connections via stdio.

Integration with MCP Clients

Claude / Cursor Configuration

Add to your MCP configuration (.mcp.json or similar):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitbucket": {
      "command": "bitbucket-mcp",
      "env": {
        "BITBUCKET_USERNAME": "user@example.com",
        "BITBUCKET_API_TOKEN": "ATBBxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "BITBUCKET_WORKSPACE": "my-workspace",
        "BITBUCKET_MODE": "safe"
      }
    }
  }
}

Examples:

// Read-only mode (safe for production analysis)
{
  "BITBUCKET_MODE": "readonly"
}

// Safe mode (default - no deletes)
{
  "BITBUCKET_MODE": "safe"
}

// Full mode (all operations including deletes)
{
  "BITBUCKET_MODE": "full"
}

// Fine-grained control (only specific tools)
{
  "BITBUCKET_ENABLED_TOOLS": "getPullRequest,listPullRequests,getPullRequestDiff"
}

// Blacklist specific tools
{
  "BITBUCKET_DISABLED_TOOLS": "deleteBranch,deleteRepository,deleteTag"
}

Or with npx:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitbucket": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@atercates/bitbucket-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "BITBUCKET_USERNAME": "user@example.com",
        "BITBUCKET_API_TOKEN": "ATBBxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "BITBUCKET_WORKSPACE": "my-workspace",
        "BITBUCKET_MODE": "safe"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

The server provides 59 tools organized into 11 categories:

Category	Tools
Repositories	List, get, create repositories
Pull Requests	Create, approve, merge, decline PRs
PR Comments	Create, delete PR comments
PR Tasks	Create, update, delete PR tasks (TODOs)
PR Content	Get diffs and commits
Branches & Tags	List, create, delete branches and tags
Commits	List commits and commit details
Pipelines	List, run, stop pipeline runs
Source Code	Read file content from repositories
Users	Get current user and workspace info
Branching Model	Get branching strategy configuration

Complete reference: See docs/TOOLS.md

Environment Variables

Authentication (Required)

• BITBUCKET_USERNAME - Your Atlassian email address (e.g., user@example.com)
• BITBUCKET_API_TOKEN - Personal API Token starting with ATBB- or ATATT-

How to create:

1. Go to https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/app-passwords/
2. Click "Create API token"
3. Select permissions: Repositories (Read, Write), Pull requests (Read, Write), Pipelines (Read)
4. Copy the generated token
5. Set expiration date (max 1 year)

Configuration (Optional)

• BITBUCKET_WORKSPACE - Default workspace name (can be provided per-tool call)
• BITBUCKET_URL - API base URL (default: https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0)
• BITBUCKET_MODE - Operation mode: readonly, safe (default), or full
• BITBUCKET_ENABLED_TOOLS - Comma-separated list of tools to enable (whitelist mode)
• BITBUCKET_DISABLED_TOOLS - Comma-separated list of tools to disable (blacklist mode)

Logging (Optional)

• BITBUCKET_LOG_DISABLE - Disable file logging (default: false)
• BITBUCKET_LOG_FILE - Custom log file path
• BITBUCKET_LOG_DIR - Custom log directory
• BITBUCKET_LOG_PER_CWD - Create per-directory logs (default: false)

Documentation

• Tools Reference - Complete API documentation for all 59 tools with examples
• Architecture Guide - Technical design, modular structure, and extension guide

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 24
• pnpm (or npm)

Setup

git clone https://github.com/ATERCATES/bitbucket-mcp.git
cd bitbucket-mcp
pnpm install

Build

pnpm build          # Compile TypeScript
pnpm lint           # Run ESLint  
pnpm format         # Format with Prettier
pnpm format:check   # Check formatting

Testing

pnpm test           # Run Vitest suite
pnpm test:watch     # Watch mode

Running in Development

pnpm dev            # Run with tsx (watch mode, no build required)
# OR
pnpm build && pnpm start

MCP Inspector (Debugging)

pnpm inspector      # Launch interactive MCP inspector to test tools

Project Structure

src/
├─ index.ts              # Entry point
├─ server.ts             # MCP server orchestration
├─ client.ts             # Bitbucket API client
├─ config.ts             # Configuration management
├─ logger.ts             # File-based logging
├─ types.ts              # TypeScript definitions
├─ schemas.ts            # JSON schemas
├─ utils.ts              # Utilities
├─ pagination.ts         # Pagination helper
└─ handlers/             # Feature modules
   ├─ repositories.ts
   ├─ pull-requests.ts
   ├─ pr-comments.ts
   ├─ pr-tasks.ts
   ├─ pr-content.ts
   ├─ refs.ts
   ├─ commits.ts
   ├─ pipelines.ts
   ├─ source.ts
   ├─ users.ts
   ├─ branching-model.ts
   └─ index.ts

docs/
├─ TOOLS.md              # Tools reference
└─ architecture/
   └─ ARCHITECTURE.md    # Technical design

__tests__/
├─ test-utils.ts         # Test helpers
└─ handlers/             # Handler tests

Architecture

The server uses a modular handler-based architecture:

MCP Client → Server → Handler Modules → BitbucketClient → Bitbucket API

Each handler module:

• Defines tools (names, schemas, descriptions)
• Implements handlers (async functions)
• Can mark tools as dangerous
• Is automatically registered by the server

See docs/architecture/ARCHITECTURE.md for details.

Dangerous Operations

Some tools that perform destructive operations are marked as dangerous:

• deletePullRequestComment
• deletePullRequestTask
• deleteBranch
• deleteTag

These require BITBUCKET_MODE=full to use, preventing accidental data loss.

Troubleshooting

Authentication Issues

Test your credentials:

# Test Personal API Token
curl -u "user@example.com:ATBBxxxxxx" \
  https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/user

# Should return your user info if credentials are valid

Common errors:

1. "BITBUCKET_USERNAME is required"

   • Set BITBUCKET_USERNAME to your Atlassian email address.

2. "BITBUCKET_API_TOKEN is required"

   • Set BITBUCKET_API_TOKEN to your Personal API Token (starts with ATBB).

3. "Invalid token format"

   • The token must start with ATBB. App passwords and Access Tokens are not supported.

4. "401 Unauthorized"

   • Check username/token are correct
   • Verify token hasn't expired (max 1 year)
   • Ensure you are using your email address as username

View Logs

macOS:

tail -f ~/Library/Logs/bitbucket-mcp/bitbucket.log

Linux:

tail -f ~/.local/state/bitbucket-mcp/bitbucket.log

Windows:

Get-Content -Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\bitbucket-mcp\bitbucket.log" -Tail 50 -Wait

Self-Hosted Bitbucket

For self-hosted Bitbucket Server, set the API URL:

BITBUCKET_URL=https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/rest/api/2.0 bitbucket-mcp

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details.

Support

• 🔧 Check docs/TOOLS.md for tool documentation with examples
• 🏗️ Review docs/architecture/ARCHITECTURE.md for technical details
• 🐛 Enable logging with BITBUCKET_LOG_DISABLE=false for debugging
• 🐞 Report issues at https://github.com/ATERCATES/bitbucket-mcp/issues

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Architecture: Modular handler-based design with 11 feature modules
Test Framework: Vitest
Package Manager: pnpm