bitbucket-cli

A standalone Go CLI for Bitbucket Cloud pull requests, branches, and repository info. It is the command-line port of the Pi bitbucket agent extension, built so that any agent or script can drive Bitbucket without the Pi runtime.

Output is JSON by default (easy for agents to parse); pass --pretty for human-readable text. Errors are written as a JSON envelope to stderr with a non-zero exit code.

Install

go install

go install github.com/dtonair/bitbucket-cli@latest

Installs the latest tagged release into $GOBIN. Requires Go 1.24+. Pin a specific version with @v0.1.0.

Prebuilt binary

Download a tarball for your OS/arch from the Releases page, extract it, and put bitbucket-cli on your PATH. No Go toolchain required.

Build from source

cd ~/code/bitbucket-cli
go build -o bitbucket-cli .      # local binary
# or
go install .                     # into $GOBIN

The only third-party dependencies are spf13/cobra and gopkg.in/yaml.v3.

Configuration

Credentials and defaults are resolved with the following precedence: environment variables → config file → git remote auto-detection.

Environment variables

export BITBUCKET_EMAIL="you@example.com"
export BITBUCKET_API_TOKEN="your-atlassian-api-token"
export BITBUCKET_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE="workspace-slug"   # optional
export BITBUCKET_DEFAULT_REPO="repository-slug"        # optional

Config file

Any value not set in the environment is read from a YAML config file at ~/.config/bitbucket-cli.yaml (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bitbucket-cli.yaml). Override the path with BITBUCKET_CONFIG.

# ~/.config/bitbucket-cli.yaml
email: you@example.com
api_token: your-atlassian-api-token
default_workspace: workspace-slug   # optional
default_repo: repository-slug       # optional

All keys are optional; environment variables take precedence over file values. Manage the file with the config command instead of editing it by hand:

bitbucket-cli config set email you@example.com
bitbucket-cli config set api_token your-atlassian-api-token
bitbucket-cli config set default_workspace workspace-slug
bitbucket-cli config get default_workspace
bitbucket-cli config list          # API token redacted
bitbucket-cli config path          # print the resolved file path

The token must be an Atlassian API token with access to the target workspace. Recommended scopes: read:repository:bitbucket, read:pullrequest:bitbucket, and write:pullrequest:bitbucket to create/update PRs and post comments.

If BITBUCKET_DEFAULT_WORKSPACE/BITBUCKET_DEFAULT_REPO are unset and you run inside a git repository whose origin points at bitbucket.org, the workspace and repo are auto-detected. Override per command with --workspace/--repo.

Commands

Command	Description
status	Report config validity and default repo
config set <key> <value>	Write a value to the config file
config get <key>	Print a stored config value
config list	Show stored config (API token redacted)
config path	Print the config file path
repo get	Repository details
pr list [--state OPEN|MERGED|DECLINED|SUPERSEDED] [--limit N]	List pull requests
pr get <id>	One pull request
pr comments <id> [--limit N]	Pull request comments
pr commits <id> [--limit N]	Pull request commits
pr comment <id> --body <markdown>	Post a markdown comment (write)
pr create --source <branch> --title <t> [...]	Create a pull request (write)
pr update <id> [--title <t>] [--description ...]	Update a PR's title/description (write)
branch list [--query <q>] [--limit N]	List branches

Global flags: --workspace, --repo, --pretty. Default --limit is 20.

Examples

# JSON (default) — for agents
bitbucket-cli pr list --state OPEN
bitbucket-cli pr get 123
bitbucket-cli branch list --query 'name ~ "feature/"'

# Human-readable
bitbucket-cli pr list --pretty
# -> #123 Fix login bug [OPEN]

# Post a comment (only run when explicitly asked to post)
bitbucket-cli pr comment 123 --body "Thanks, I will take a look."

# Create a pull request (write — only run when explicitly asked)
bitbucket-cli pr create --source feature/login --title "Add login" \
  --description "Implements the login flow."
# destination defaults to the repo main branch; override with --destination
# long descriptions: pipe markdown via stdin
generate-summary | bitbucket-cli pr create --source feature/login \
  --title "Add login" --description-file -

# Update a PR's description (write); reviewers are preserved
bitbucket-cli pr update 123 --description-file release-notes.md
bitbucket-cli pr update 123 --title "Add login (v2)"

# Override the target repo
bitbucket-cli --workspace acme --repo web pr list

Output contract

• Default: JSON on stdout. List commands emit a JSON array of the full Bitbucket objects; single-entity commands emit the entity object.
• --pretty: one-line text summaries (matching the original extension).
• Errors: JSON {"error":{"message":...,"status":...,"method":...,"url":...,"excerpt":...}} on stderr, exit code 1. Config/usage errors carry only message.

Security

Credentials are read from environment variables or the config file and are never logged or echoed. Do not commit tokens, .env files, or a config file containing a real API token (chmod 600 it and keep it out of version control).

Testing

go test ./...