diff --git a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
index f450d63cec..071374e6cb 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import {
+  bitbucketAuthApiRef,
   createApiFactory,
   githubAuthApiRef,
   gitlabAuthApiRef,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPicker.test.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPicker.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f31b152882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPicker.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import React from 'react';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { RepoUrlPicker } from './RepoUrlPicker';
+import Form from '@rjsf/core';
+import { renderInTestApp, TestApiProvider } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import {
+  scmIntegrationsApiRef,
+  scmAuthApiRef,
+} from '@backstage/integration-react';
+import { scaffolderApiRef } from '../../../api';
+import { SecretsContextProvider } from '../../secrets/SecretsContext';
+
+describe('RepoUrlPicker', () => {
+  describe('happy path rendering', () => {
+    it('should render the repo url picker', async () => {
+      const { getByRole } = await renderInTestApp(
+        <TestApiProvider
+          apis={[
+            [scmIntegrationsApiRef, {}],
+            [scmAuthApiRef, {}],
+            [scaffolderApiRef, {}],
+          ]}
+        >
+          <SecretsContextProvider>
+            <Form
+              schema={{ type: 'string' }}
+              uiSchema={{ 'ui:field': 'RepoUrlPicker' }}
+              fields={{ RepoUrlPicker: RepoUrlPicker }}
+            />
+          </SecretsContextProvider>
+          ,
+        </TestApiProvider>,
+      );
+
+      console.log(getByRole('form'));
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPicker.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPicker.tsx
index 998fa41588..b4a1eedc8e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPicker.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-import { scmIntegrationsApiRef } from '@backstage/integration-react';
+import {
+  scmIntegrationsApiRef,
+  scmAuthApiRef,
+} from '@backstage/integration-react';
 import React, { useEffect, useState, useMemo, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { GithubRepoPicker } from './GithubRepoPicker';
 import { GitlabRepoPicker } from './GitlabRepoPicker';
@@ -24,10 +27,21 @@ import { FieldExtensionComponentProps } from '../../../extensions';
 import { RepoUrlPickerHost } from './RepoUrlPickerHost';
 import { parseRepoPickerUrl, serializeRepoPickerUrl } from './utils';
 import { RepoUrlPickerState } from './types';
+import useDebounce from 'react-use/lib/useDebounce';
+import { useSecretsContext } from '../../secrets';
 
 export interface RepoUrlPickerUiOptions {
   allowedHosts?: string[];
   allowedOwners?: string[];
+  requestUserCredentials?: {
+    resultSecretsKey: string;
+    additionalScopes?: {
+      github?: string[];
+      gitlab?: string[];
+      bitbucket?: string[];
+      azure?: string[];
+    };
+  };
 }
 
 export const RepoUrlPicker = (
@@ -38,7 +52,8 @@ export const RepoUrlPicker = (
     parseRepoPickerUrl(formData),
   );
   const integrationApi = useApi(scmIntegrationsApiRef);
-
+  const scmAuthApi = useApi(scmAuthApiRef);
+  const { setSecret } = useSecretsContext();
   const allowedHosts = useMemo(
     () => uiSchema?.['ui:options']?.allowedHosts ?? [],
     [uiSchema],
@@ -66,6 +81,32 @@ export const RepoUrlPicker = (
     [setState],
   );
 
+  useDebounce(
+    async () => {
+      const { requestUserCredentials } = uiSchema?.['ui:options'] ?? {};
+
+      if (
+        !requestUserCredentials ||
+        !(state.host && state.owner && !state.repoName)
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // user has requested that we use the users credentials
+      const { token } = await scmAuthApi.getCredentials({
+        url: `https://${state.host}/${state.owner}/${state.repoName}`,
+        additionalScope: {
+          repoWrite: true,
+          customScopes: requestUserCredentials.additionalScopes,
+        },
+      });
+
+      setSecret({ [requestUserCredentials.resultSecretsKey]: token });
+    },
+    1000,
+    [state],
+  );
+
   const hostType =
     (state.host && integrationApi.byHost(state.host)?.type) ?? null;
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPickerHost.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPickerHost.tsx
index 261429c757..652e214714 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPickerHost.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/RepoUrlPicker/RepoUrlPickerHost.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export const RepoUrlPickerHost = (props: {
   });
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (hosts && !host) {
+    if (hosts && hosts.length && !host) {
       // This is only hear to set the default as the first one in the hosts array
       // if the host is not set yet and there is a list of hosts.
       onChange(hosts[0]);
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/secrets/SecretsContext.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/secrets/SecretsContext.tsx
index 771a53fda1..4f8295bb27 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/secrets/SecretsContext.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/secrets/SecretsContext.tsx
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ export const useSecretsContext = () => {
 
   const setSecret = useCallback(
     (input: Record<string, string>) => {
-      setSecrets({ ...secrets, ...input });
+      setSecrets(currentSecrets => ({ ...currentSecrets, ...input }));
     },
-    [secrets, setSecrets],
+    [setSecrets],
   );
 
   return { setSecret };