confluence-ai-assistant

name	confluence-ai-assistant
description	Advise on Confluence Cloud AI — Atlassian Intelligence, Rovo Chat, Rovo Chat macro, plan tier detection, and space-level AI scoping.
version	1.0.0
tags	["confluence","atlassian","rovo","ai","rag","knowledge-management"]
tool_agnostic	true
authors	["Anders Hybertz"]

Confluence AI Assistant — Advisory Skill

Trigger conditions

• User asks about adding AI chat to Confluence
• User asks about RAG over a Confluence space
• User asks about Atlassian Intelligence or Rovo
• User asks how to scope AI answers to a specific space

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Landscape (as of May 2025)

Atlassian Intelligence

Built into Confluence Cloud Premium and Enterprise. Gives an "Ask AI" sidebar. Zero setup if already on that tier. Check: Site Settings > Atlassian Intelligence. If the menu item is absent, the org is on Free or Standard.

Rovo

Atlassian's broader AI product — Rovo Chat, Rovo Search, Rovo Agents. Available on Premium/Enterprise and as an add-on. Presence of a "Rovo" entry in the Confluence nav/sidebar is a reliable signal the org has it enabled.

Rovo Chat is available as a sidebar panel on all Confluence pages (GA). It can be scoped to the current page or space during a conversation via soft-prompting: "Answer only from the [Space Name] space."

Rovo Chat macro (/rovochat) — Beta

An embeddable chat widget that drops onto a Confluence page via /rovochat in the editor.

• Scoped to: space, label, or ancestor page
• Status: limited private beta as of May 2025; gradual rollout, no firm GA date
• Source: Atlassian Community thread + Atlassian team member confirmation (see references/)
• To test: type /rovo in the Confluence editor — if the macro appears, the instance is in the rollout

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Detecting plan tier without admin rights

Non-admins cannot see billing directly. Indirect signals in order of reliability:

1. Look for a Rovo icon or "Rovo" menu entry anywhere in the UI — presence = Premium or Enterprise
2. Look for an AI sparkle icon in the editor toolbar or page actions
3. Try https://admin.atlassian.com — if you can see billing, you have org admin rights
4. Settings gear > Billing — usually blocked for non-admins, but worth checking

Fastest: ask the IT contact or Atlassian admin directly.

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Scoping strategy

Goal	Approach
Hard scope (only one space, no leakage)	Custom RAG build — only option that guarantees it
Soft scope (usability, not confidentiality)	Rovo Chat sidebar + prompt: "Only from [Space Name]"
Embedded page chat	Wait for Rovo Chat macro GA, or try /rovochat if beta available

For usability-only scoping: the soft-prompt approach is pragmatic. Validate empirically — run representative questions and check for cross-space noise before building anything.

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Custom RAG path (if needed)

Source of truth already in two places:

• Markdown in git (clean, cheap to embed)
• Confluence via REST API

Stack outline:

1. Chunk markdown files
2. Embed (OpenAI, local model)
3. Store in vector DB (Qdrant, Chroma, pgvector)
4. Wrap a retrieval + generation API
5. Surface in Confluence via Forge app or iframe macro

Realistic effort: 1-2 focused weeks. Only warranted if hard scoping or data sovereignty is required.

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References

• references/rovo-chat-macro-beta.md — Atlassian Community thread excerpts and team member confirmation of Rovo Chat macro beta status