bitbucket

Use authenticated Bitbucket MCP tools first when they are available in the agent's environment. Detect this by tool availability, without depending on a particular MCP server name. Still identify Cloud versus Data Center and load the matching detailed skill. Use the token and direct API instructions only when Bitbucket MCP tools are unavailable or when raw API or curl access is explicitly needed.

You are working with Bitbucket, which ships as two distinct products that behave differently:

• Bitbucket Cloud (bitbucket.org) — authenticates with the BITBUCKET_TOKEN environment variable.
• Bitbucket Data Center (self-hosted Bitbucket Server) — authenticates with the BITBUCKET_DATA_CENTER_TOKEN environment variable.

They use different REST APIs, repository identifiers, git remote URL formats, and pull request tools, so you must first determine which one you are on, then load the matching detailed skill for full instructions.

Step 1 — Detect which Bitbucket you are on

First use the repository host or available Bitbucket MCP tool context to identify the product. For the token fallback, check which token environment variable is present. Environment variable names are case-sensitive, so look for it case-insensitively:

env | grep -i 'bitbucket' || echo "no bitbucket token found"

• If a BITBUCKET_DATA_CENTER_TOKEN variable is set (in any letter case) → you are on Bitbucket Data Center.
• Otherwise, if a BITBUCKET_TOKEN variable is set → you are on Bitbucket Cloud.
• If neither is set, ask the user how they authenticate to Bitbucket before proceeding.

When you reference the token later, use the exact variable name (and letter case) that actually exists in the environment.

Step 2 — Load the detailed skill

Once you know the environment, use the invoke_skill tool to load the matching skill for full instructions on API calls, authenticated git remotes, and opening pull requests:

• Bitbucket Cloud → invoke the bitbucket-cloud skill.
• Bitbucket Data Center → invoke the bitbucket-data-center skill.

Quick reference (fallback)

If you are unable to load the detailed skill, these are the essentials. Always use the Bitbucket API (not a web browser) and always use the listed PR tool to open a pull request.

	Bitbucket Cloud	Bitbucket Data Center
Token env var	BITBUCKET_TOKEN	BITBUCKET_DATA_CENTER_TOKEN
Host	bitbucket.org	self-hosted domain
REST API base	https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0	https://<host>/rest/api/1.0
Repository identifier	workspace/repo_slug	PROJECT/repo_slug (project key)
Pull request tool	create_bitbucket_pr	create_bitbucket_data_center_pr