How to connect Bitbucket MCP with VS Code

How to connect Bitbucket MCP with VS Code VS Code is the most popular code editor out there. With its recent AI makeover, it can do more than just help you write code. You can connect your applications to it and let LLMs automate many of the mundane tasks in your workflow. In this guide, I will explain how to connect Bitbucket with VS Code in the most secure and robust way possible via Composio.

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How to connect Bitbucket MCP with VS Code

VS Code is the most popular code editor out there. With its recent AI makeover, it can do more than just help you write code. You can connect your applications to it and let LLMs automate many of the mundane tasks in your workflow.

In this guide, I will explain how to connect Bitbucket with VS Code in the most secure and robust way possible via Composio.

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Why use Composio?

Composio provides:

  • Access to 1,000+ managed apps from a single MCP endpoint. This makes it convenient for agents to run cross-app workflows.
  • Programmatic tool calling. Allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool response handling outside the LLM context. This minimizes context bloat from large tool responses.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to thousands of tools across hundreds of apps. Composio loads the tools your agent needs, so LLMs are not overwhelmed by tools they do not need.

Integrate Bitbucket MCP with VS Code

1. Install with one click

Click the button below to add Composio to VS Code. You will be prompted to authorize. This requires VS Code 1.99+ with GitHub Copilot.

+Install in VS Code

2. Or add manually

Open or create .vscode/mcp.json in your project root and add the following configuration:

bash
{
  "servers": {
    "composio": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Authorize

Click the install button to authorize VS Code to connect to Composio. VS Code will detect OAuth and prompt you to sign in.

VS Code MCP server install screen for Composio

A browser window will open to authorize.

Composio authorization browser window

4. Authenticate Bitbucket and start working

Back in VS Code chat, ask the agent to connect to Bitbucket or give it any Bitbucket-related task.

For example, ask it to:

  • "Create a new branch off main"
  • "Open a pull request for your feature"
  • "Comment on the latest open issue"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access to Bitbucket.

That is it. Composio tools are now available in VS Code, and your Bitbucket account is ready to use.

Way Forward

Now that Bitbucket is connected, extend your setup by connecting the other apps you already use every day, so your agent can run true cross-app workflows end to end.

  • Connect Calendar to turn threads into scheduled meetings automatically.
  • Connect Slack or Teams to post summaries, approvals, and alerts where your team works.
  • Connect Notion, Linear, Jira, or Asana to convert requests into tickets, tasks, and docs.
  • Connect Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive to fetch, file, and share attachments without manual steps.
  • Connect HubSpot or Salesforce to log customer context, update records, and draft follow-ups.

Start with one workflow you do repeatedly, then keep adding apps as you find new handoffs. With everything behind a single MCP endpoint, your agent can coordinate multiple tools safely and reliably in one conversation.

TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Bitbucket action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Approve Pull Request

Tool to approve a pull request as the authenticated user.

Browse repository path

Tool to retrieve content for a file path or browse directory contents at a specified revision in a Bitbucket repository.

Create a branch

Creates a new branch in a Bitbucket repository from a target commit hash; the branch name must be unique, adhere to Bitbucket's naming conventions, and not include the 'refs/heads/' prefix.

Create an issue

Creates a new issue in a Bitbucket repository, setting the authenticated user as reporter; ensures assignee (if provided) has repository access, and that any specified milestone, version, or component IDs exist.

Create an issue comment

Adds a new comment with markdown support to an existing Bitbucket issue.

Create a pull request

Creates a new pull request in a specified Bitbucket repository, ensuring the source branch exists and is distinct from the (optional) destination branch.

Create pull request comment

Creates a new comment on a Bitbucket pull request.

Create commit report annotations

Adds multiple annotations to a commit report in bulk.

List commits from revision (POST)

Tool to list commits from a revision using POST method.

Create repository

Creates a new Bitbucket 'git' repository in a specified workspace, defaulting to the workspace's oldest project if `project_key` is not provided.

Create snippet comment

Posts a new top-level comment or a threaded reply to an existing comment on a specified Bitbucket snippet.

Create team pipeline variable

Creates a team-level pipeline configuration variable in Bitbucket.

Create user pipeline variable

Creates a user-level pipeline variable for Bitbucket pipelines.

Delete commit comment

Permanently deletes a specific comment on a commit.

Delete issue

Permanently deletes a specific issue, identified by its `issue_id`, from the repository specified by `repo_slug` within the given `workspace`.

Delete pull request comment

Permanently deletes a specific pull request comment (top-level, inline, or threaded reply).

Delete commit report annotation

Deletes a single annotation matching the provided ID from a commit report.

Delete repository

Permanently deletes a specified Bitbucket repository; this action is irreversible and does not affect forks.

Delete snippet watch

Stops watching a specific snippet.

Delete user pipeline variable

Permanently deletes a user-level pipeline configuration variable identified by its UUID.

Get branch

Retrieves detailed information about a specific branch in a Bitbucket repository.

Get Commit Build Status

Get a specific build status for a commit in Bitbucket.

Get Commit Changes

Tool to retrieve a page of changes made in a specified commit, showing all changed files with their change statistics (lines added/removed, status).

Get commit comment

Retrieves a specific comment from a commit by its ID.

Get Commit Diff

Tool to retrieve the unified diff between two provided revisions or for a single commit in a Bitbucket repository.

Get current user (v2)

Tool to retrieve complete profile information for the currently authenticated Bitbucket user.

Get deployment environment variables

Retrieves deployment environment level variables for a specific Bitbucket repository environment.

Get file from repository

Retrieves a specific file's content from a Bitbucket repository at a given commit (hash, branch, or tag), failing if the file path is invalid for that commit.

Get hook events

Retrieves a paginated list of all valid webhook events for a specified entity type (repository or workspace).

Get OpenID configuration for OIDC in Pipelines

Retrieves the OpenID Connect discovery configuration for Bitbucket Pipelines OIDC.

Get Pull Request

Get a single pull request by ID with complete details.

Get pull request comment

Tool to retrieve a specific comment from a pull request by its ID.

Get Pull Request Commits

Tool to retrieve commits for a specified pull request.

Get Pull Request Diff

Tool to fetch the unified diff for a Bitbucket pull request (follows 302 redirect to repository diff).

Get Pull Request Diffstat

Tool to get the diffstat for a Bitbucket pull request, showing all changed files with their change statistics (lines added/removed, status).

Get Repository Branching Model

Return the branching model as applied to the repository.

Get Repository Commit

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific commit in a Bitbucket repository.

Get commit comments

Retrieves all comments on a specific commit in a Bitbucket repository.

Get commit report

Returns a single report matching the provided ID from a commit.

Get Commit Reports

Tool to get reports linked to a specific commit.

Get commit report annotation

Returns a single annotation matching the provided ID from a commit report.

Get commit statuses

Returns all build statuses (e.

Get effective branching model

Retrieves the effective branching model for a Bitbucket repository, showing which branching model is currently applied (including any inheritance from project-level settings).

Get Repository Environment

Retrieve detailed information about a specific deployment environment in a Bitbucket repository.

Get file commit history

Returns a paginated list of commits that modified the specified file.

Check if user voted for issue

Tool to check whether the authenticated user has voted for a specific issue in a Bitbucket repository.

Get Repositories Merge Base

Get the merge base (best common ancestor) between two commits in a Bitbucket repository.

Get specific pipeline

Retrieve a specified pipeline from a Bitbucket repository.

Get repository pipelines caches

Retrieves the repository pipelines caches.

Get repository pipeline runners

Retrieves the list of self-hosted runners configured for a repository's pipelines.

Get repository pipeline schedules

Retrieves configured pipeline schedules for a Bitbucket repository.

Get repository SSH known hosts

Retrieves repository-level SSH known hosts configured for Bitbucket Pipelines.

Get repository pipeline variables

Retrieves repository-level pipeline variables for a specific Bitbucket repository.

Get pipeline steps

Retrieves all steps for a given pipeline.

Get pull requests activity log

Get paginated activity log for all pull requests in a repository.

Get pull request comments

Retrieves a paginated list of comments on a specific pull request in a Bitbucket repository.

Get pull request statuses

Returns all build statuses (e.

Get repository refs

Returns the branches and tags in the repository.

Get tag

Retrieves detailed information about a specific tag in a Bitbucket repository.

Get repositories src

Lists the contents of the root directory on the repository's main branch without needing to specify a commit or branch.

Get repository watchers

Retrieves a paginated list of all the watchers on the specified repository.

Get repository

Retrieves detailed information about a specific repository in a Bitbucket workspace.

Get Repository Patch

Tool to retrieve the git patch content for a Bitbucket repository at a specified revision or commit range.

Get snippet

Retrieves a specific Bitbucket snippet by its encoded ID from an existing workspace, returning its metadata and file structure.

Get snippet watch status

Checks if the current user is watching a specific snippet.

Get SSH keys for user

Retrieves a paginated list of SSH keys for a specified Bitbucket user.

Get user

Retrieves public profile information for a specific Bitbucket user by username or UUID.

Get user emails

Returns all the authenticated user's email addresses, both confirmed and unconfirmed.

Get user email details

Retrieves details about a specific email address for the authenticated user.

Get user permissions for repositories

Returns an object for each repository the caller has explicit access to, including their permission level.

Get user permissions for workspaces

Retrieves workspace memberships and permission levels for the authenticated user.

Get user workspaces

Tool to retrieve all workspaces accessible to the authenticated user.

Get workspace

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Bitbucket workspace.

Get Workspace Pull Requests by User

Tool to get all workspace pull requests authored by a specified user.

Search code in workspace

Tool to search for code in the repositories of the specified workspace.

List branches

Lists branches in a Bitbucket repository with optional server-side filtering by name pattern (BBQL) and sorting.

List commits

Tool to retrieve a page of commits from a Bitbucket repository.

List commits from revision

Tool to list commits starting from a specific revision in a Bitbucket repository.

List commits on master

Lists commits on the master branch of a Bitbucket repository.

List deployments

Lists deployments for a specified Bitbucket repository.

List issues in a repository

Lists issues in a Bitbucket repository with optional filtering by state, priority, kind, or assignee.

List pipelines

Tool to find pipelines in a Bitbucket repository.

List pull requests

Lists pull requests in a specified, accessible Bitbucket repository, optionally filtering by state (OPEN, MERGED, DECLINED).

List pull request tasks

Lists all tasks associated with a pull request in a Bitbucket repository.

List all public repositories

Retrieves a paginated list of all public repositories on Bitbucket.

List repository environments

List all deployment environments configured for a Bitbucket repository.

List repositories in workspace

Lists repositories in a specified Bitbucket workspace, accessible to the authenticated user, with options to filter by role or query string, and sort results.

List repository paths

Lists file and directory entries under a repository path at a given revision, with optional breadth-first recursion via max_depth for repository traversal and scanning.

List snippets

Returns all snippets accessible to the authenticated user.

List tags

Lists tags in a Bitbucket repository with optional server-side filtering by name pattern or commit hash (BBQL) and sorting.

List versions

Lists versions (milestones) in a Bitbucket repository's issue tracker.

List workspace members

Lists all members of a specified Bitbucket workspace; the workspace must exist.

List workspace projects

Lists projects in a specified Bitbucket workspace.

List workspaces

Lists Bitbucket workspaces accessible to the authenticated user, optionally filtered and sorted.

Merge Pull Request

Tool to merge a Bitbucket Cloud pull request via the REST API.

Request Pull Request Changes

Tool to request changes on a pull request as the authenticated user.

Resolve pull request comment

Tool to resolve or reopen a pull request comment thread.

Search code in user repositories

Tool to search for code in the repositories of a specified user.

Update commit insight report

Create or update an insight report for a commit.

Update an issue

Updates an existing issue in a Bitbucket repository by modifying specified attributes; requires `workspace`, `repo_slug`, `issue_id`, and at least one attribute to update.

Update Pull Request

Tool to update an existing pull request's editable fields (e.

Update commit comment

Updates the contents of a comment on a commit.

Update commit report annotation

Creates or updates an individual annotation for a commit report.

Update team pipeline variable

Updates a team-level pipeline configuration variable in Bitbucket.

Update user pipeline variable

Updates a user-level pipeline variable for Bitbucket pipelines.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Bitbucket MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Bitbucket tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Bitbucket and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. VS Code fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Bitbucket tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Bitbucket scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Bitbucket data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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