Set up Bitbucket MCP in Continue

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

Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: 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

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

Verify it works

Restart Continue. 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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