CLI for Atlassian Jira and Confluence — search, read, create, update issues and pages. Use atl for any request involving Jira or Confluence. Works with both Cloud and Server/Data Center deployments.

2026-04-057

name	atl-confluence
description	Confluence CLI commands — search pages, get page content, create/update pages, add comments, download attachments. Use for any Confluence task.
allowed-tools	Bash(atl:*)

atl — Confluence Commands

Quick start

# Search pages
atl confluence search "deployment guide"

# Read a page
atl confluence get-page --id 12345

# Create a page
atl confluence create-page --space DEV --title "New Guide" --body "# Hello\n\nContent here"

# Update a page
atl confluence update-page --id 12345 --body "# Updated content"

# Add a comment
atl confluence add-comment "Looks good!" --page-id 12345

`atl confluence search <query>`

Search Confluence pages. Accepts plain text (auto-converted to CQL) or raw CQL queries.

atl confluence search "<query>" [--limit N] [--offset N] [--spaces SPACE1,SPACE2] [--json]

Options:

--limit N (default: 10) — max results
--offset N (default: 0) — skip N results
--spaces — comma-separated space keys to filter
--json — force JSON output

Examples:

atl confluence search "deployment guide"
atl confluence search "type = page AND space = DEV AND title ~ 'API'"
atl confluence search "architecture" --spaces DEV,PLATFORM

JSON output:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "12345",
      "title": "Page Title",
      "type": "page",
      "spaceKey": "DEV",
      "spaceName": "Development",
      "lastModified": "2024-01-16T14:20:00.000Z",
      "excerpt": "Matching excerpt...",
      "url": "https://company.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DEV/pages/12345"
    }
  ],
  "total": 15,
  "hasMore": true
}

`atl confluence get-page`

Get full page content, converted to layout-aware markdown. Handles multi-column layouts, code blocks, panels, expand sections, and embedded images.

atl confluence get-page --id <PAGE_ID> [--raw] [--json]
atl confluence get-page --title "<title>" --space <KEY> [--raw] [--json]

Options:

--id — page ID (numeric)
--title — page title (requires --space)
--space — space key (requires --title)
--raw — return raw HTML instead of markdown
--json — force JSON output

Examples:

atl confluence get-page --id 12345
atl confluence get-page --title "API Documentation" --space DEV

JSON output:

{
  "id": "12345",
  "title": "API Documentation",
  "spaceKey": "DEV",
  "spaceName": "Development",
  "body": "# API Documentation\n\nPage content in markdown...",
  "images": [
    {
      "filename": "diagram.png",
      "url": "https://confluence.example.com/download/attachments/12345/diagram.png",
      "mediaType": "image/png",
      "fileSize": 245760
    }
  ],
  "attachments": [
    {
      "id": "att67890",
      "title": "diagram.png",
      "mediaType": "image/png",
      "fileSize": 245760,
      "downloadUrl": "https://confluence.example.com/download/attachments/12345/diagram.png"
    }
  ],
  "version": 5,
  "lastModified": "2024-01-16T14:20:00.000Z",
  "lastModifiedBy": "John Doe",
  "url": "https://company.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DEV/pages/12345"
}

`atl confluence download-attachments`

Download attachments from a Confluence page to a local directory.

atl confluence download-attachments --page-id <ID> [--output-dir <dir>] [--filter <type>] [--json]

Options:

--page-id — (required) page ID
--output-dir — output directory (default: system temp dir)
--filter — images, documents, or all (default: all)

Examples:

atl confluence download-attachments --page-id 12345 --filter images
atl confluence download-attachments --page-id 12345 --output-dir ./assets

JSON output:

{
  "pageId": "12345",
  "outputDir": "/tmp/confluence-attachments/12345",
  "downloaded": [
    {
      "filename": "diagram.png",
      "path": "/tmp/confluence-attachments/12345/diagram.png",
      "mediaType": "application/octet-stream",
      "fileSize": 245760
    }
  ]
}

`atl confluence create-page`

Create a new Confluence page.

atl confluence create-page --space <KEY> --title <title> --body <content> [options] [--json]

Required options:

-s, --space <key> — space key
--title <title> — page title
-b, --body <content> — page body (use - to read from stdin)

Optional:

--parent-id <id> — parent page ID
--format <format> — markdown (default) or storage (raw Confluence XHTML)

Examples:

atl confluence create-page --space DEV --title "API Guide" --body "# API Guide\n\nEndpoints..."
atl confluence create-page -s DEV --title "Sub Page" -b "Content" --parent-id 12345
cat README.md | atl confluence create-page -s DEV --title "README" -b -
atl confluence create-page -s DEV --title "Raw" -b "<h1>Hello</h1><p>World</p>" --format storage

JSON output:

{
  "id": "12346",
  "title": "API Guide",
  "version": 1,
  "url": "https://company.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DEV/pages/12346"
}

`atl confluence update-page`

Update an existing Confluence page. Auto-detects current version if not specified.

atl confluence update-page --id <pageId> --body <content> [options] [--json]

Required options:

--id <pageId> — page ID
-b, --body <content> — new body (use - to read from stdin)

Optional:

--title <title> — new page title
--format <format> — markdown (default) or storage
--version <n> — version number (auto-detected if omitted)

Examples:

atl confluence update-page --id 12345 --body "# Updated\n\nNew content"
atl confluence update-page --id 12345 --title "New Title" --body "Content"
cat doc.md | atl confluence update-page --id 12345 -b -

JSON output:

{
  "id": "12345",
  "title": "Updated Page",
  "version": 6,
  "url": "https://company.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DEV/pages/12345"
}

`atl confluence add-comment <body>`

Add a comment to a Confluence page. Use - as body to read from stdin.

atl confluence add-comment <body> --page-id <id> [--parent-comment-id <id>] [--json]

Options:

--page-id <id> — (required) page ID
--parent-comment-id <id> — parent comment ID (for threaded replies)

Examples:

atl confluence add-comment "Great documentation!" --page-id 12345
atl confluence add-comment "Reply to this" --page-id 12345 --parent-comment-id 67890
echo "Long comment..." | atl confluence add-comment - --page-id 12345

JSON output:

{
  "id": "99001",
  "body": "Great documentation!",
  "author": "John Doe",
  "created": "2024-01-16T14:20:00.000Z"
}

Workflow: Summarizing a page with images

Get the page: atl confluence get-page --id <ID> --json
Check for images: Look at the images array. If empty, summarize from text alone.
Download images: atl confluence download-attachments --page-id <ID> --filter images --json
Analyze images: Read each downloaded image file to understand diagrams, screenshots.
Synthesize: Combine text + image understanding into a comprehensive answer.

Workflow: Create and populate a page

# 1. Create the page
atl confluence create-page -s DEV --title "Sprint 42 Retrospective" --body "# Sprint 42 Retro" --json

# 2. Update with full content
cat retro-notes.md | atl confluence update-page --id <PAGE_ID> -b -

# 3. Add a comment
atl confluence add-comment "Notes from today's meeting" --page-id <PAGE_ID>