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Set up Bitbucket MCP in Claude Desktop

Interact with Atlassian Bitbucket workspaces, repositories, pull requests, and code search through the Bitbucket API.

1

Locate the config file

Claude Desktop reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop config file:

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitbucket-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-bitbucket"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ATLASSIAN_BITBUCKET_USERNAME": "YOUR_ATLASSIAN_BITBUCKET_USERNAME",
        "ATLASSIAN_BITBUCKET_TOKEN": "YOUR_ATLASSIAN_BITBUCKET_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Bitbucket MCP requires the following environment variables:

ATLASSIAN_BITBUCKET_USERNAMERequired

Bitbucket username or email

ATLASSIAN_BITBUCKET_TOKENRequired

Bitbucket app password or API token

4

Verify it works

Restart Claude Desktop. Bitbucket MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 10 tools available.

This server adds approximately 5,150 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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