Bitbucket API

Atlassian Bitbucket's REST API for managing Git repositories, pull requests, branches, pipelines (CI/CD), deployments, and code review workflows.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent

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⚙ Agent Friendliness

/ 100

Can an agent use this?

🔒 Security

/ 100

Is it safe for agents?

⚡ Reliability

/ 100

Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality

Documentation

Error Messages

Auth Simplicity

Rate Limits

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement

100

Auth Strength

Scope Granularity

Dep. Hygiene

Secret Handling

Atlassian Bitbucket. OAuth2 or app passwords. Fine-grained permission scopes for repos, PRs, pipelines. Workspace admin credentials are high-value — use least privilege.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA

Version Stability

Breaking Changes

Error Recovery

Best When

Your team uses Bitbucket for code hosting in the Atlassian ecosystem (Jira + Bitbucket) and needs to automate git operations or CI/CD.

Avoid When

You use GitHub, GitLab, or another VCS provider.

Use Cases

• Automating pull request creation, reviews, and merges
• Triggering and monitoring Bitbucket Pipelines CI/CD
• Managing repository settings, branch permissions, and webhooks
• Syncing code review status with project management tools
• Building custom code review workflows and quality gates

Not For

• Teams using GitHub or GitLab (different platforms with different APIs)
• Monorepo-heavy workflows where GitHub's features are more mature
• Teams not in the Atlassian ecosystem (Jira/Confluence)

Interface

REST API

Yes

GraphQL

gRPC

MCP Server

SDK

Webhooks

Yes

OpenAPI Spec ↗

Authentication

Methods: oauth2 api_key basic_auth

OAuth: Yes Scopes: Yes

OAuth2 (recommended) for user-context operations. App passwords (API tokens) for server-to-server. Access tokens with specific scopes for repositories, pull requests, pipelines, etc.

Pricing

Model: subscription

Free tier: Yes

Requires CC: No

Competitive pricing for small teams. Build minutes included per plan. JIRA integration is primary differentiator. Bitbucket Server (self-hosted) has separate licensing.

Agent Metadata

Pagination

cursor

Idempotent

Retry Guidance

Not documented

Known Gotchas

⚠ API URLs require workspace slug, not just username — workspace and project are separate concepts
⚠ App passwords have different scopes from OAuth tokens — verify which scopes are needed
⚠ Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket Server/Data Center have completely different APIs
⚠ Pipelines API requires enabling Bitbucket Pipelines in repository settings first
⚠ Merge commits and pull request state require understanding Bitbucket's branching model
⚠ Rate limits per user token — service accounts for automation have the same limits as users

Alternatives

github-rest-api gitlab-api

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.