mastering-confluence

name	mastering-confluence
description	Comprehensive Confluence documentation management. Use when asked to "upload to Confluence", "download Confluence pages", "convert Markdown to Wiki Markup", "sync documentation to Confluence", "search Confluence", "create Confluence page", "update Confluence page", "export Confluence", "publish to Confluence", or "Confluence CQL query". Handles Wiki Markup conversion, Mermaid/PlantUML diagrams, image handling, large document uploads without size limits, and Git-to-Confluence sync with mark CLI.
license	MIT
allowed-tools	["Read","Write","Bash","Glob","Grep","WebFetch","mcp__atlassian"]

Confluence Management Skill

Type: Project | Version: 2.2.0

Manage Confluence documentation: download pages to Markdown, upload with images, convert between formats, integrate diagrams, search with CQL.

Contents

• Critical Constraints
• Quick Start
• Core Capabilities
• Checklists
• Reference Documentation
• Scripts

Critical Constraints

DO NOT USE MCP FOR PAGE UPLOADS - Size limits apply (~10-20KB max)

# Use REST API scripts instead:
python3 scripts/upload_confluence_v2.py document.md --id PAGE_ID

MCP tools are fine for reading pages but fail for uploading large content.

Quick Start

Upload Markdown to Confluence

# Update existing page
python3 scripts/upload_confluence_v2.py document.md --id 780369923

# Create new page
python3 scripts/upload_confluence_v2.py document.md --space DEV --parent-id 123456

# Preview first (recommended)
python3 scripts/upload_confluence_v2.py document.md --id 780369923 --dry-run

Download Confluence to Markdown

# Single page
python3 scripts/download_confluence.py 123456789

# With child pages
python3 scripts/download_confluence.py --download-children 123456789

# Multiple pages
python3 scripts/download_confluence.py 123456 456789 789012

Convert Markdown to Wiki Markup

python3 scripts/convert_markdown_to_wiki.py input.md output.wiki

Search Confluence (via MCP)

mcp__atlassian__confluence_search({
  query: 'space = "DEV" AND text ~ "API" AND created >= startOfYear()'
})

Core Capabilities

Capability	Tool/Script	Reference
Upload pages with images	upload_confluence_v2.py	upload_guide
Download pages to Markdown	download_confluence.py	download_guide
Convert Markdown ↔ Wiki	convert_markdown_to_wiki.py	conversion_guide
Search pages (CQL)	MCP confluence_search	cql_reference
Wiki Markup syntax	-	wiki_markup_guide
Render Mermaid diagrams	render_mermaid.py	image_handling
Git-to-Confluence sync	mark CLI	mark_tool_guide
Troubleshooting	-	troubleshooting_guide

Checklists

Upload Checklist

Copy and track progress:

Upload Progress:
- [ ] Diagrams converted to PNG/SVG (if Mermaid/PlantUML present)
- [ ] All images use markdown syntax: ![alt](path)
- [ ] No raw Confluence XML in markdown
- [ ] All image files verified to exist
- [ ] Dry-run tested: `--dry-run`
- [ ] Upload executed with v2 script (not MCP)
- [ ] Page URL verified accessible

Download Checklist

Download Progress:
- [ ] Page ID obtained from Confluence URL
- [ ] Credentials configured in .env file
- [ ] Output directory specified
- [ ] --download-children flag set (if hierarchy needed)
- [ ] Download completed successfully
- [ ] Attachments downloaded to {Page}_attachments/
- [ ] Frontmatter contains correct metadata

Image Handling

Standard Workflow:

1. Convert diagrams (if Mermaid/PlantUML):

   # Mermaid
   mmdc -i diagram.mmd -o diagram.png -b transparent
   
   # PlantUML
   plantuml diagram.puml -tpng
   

2. Reference in markdown (always use markdown syntax):

   ![Architecture Diagram](./diagrams/architecture.png)
   

3. Upload (script handles attachments):

   python3 scripts/upload_confluence_v2.py document.md --id PAGE_ID
   

Common Mistakes:

• Using raw XML: <ac:image>... - Gets HTML-escaped, appears as text
• Using MCP for uploads - Size limits cause failures
• Forgetting to convert diagrams - Code blocks don't render

Reference Documentation

Document	Purpose
upload_guide.md	Complete upload workflow
download_guide.md	Complete download workflow
wiki_markup_guide.md	Wiki Markup syntax reference
conversion_guide.md	Markdown ↔ Wiki Markup rules
image_handling_best_practices.md	Diagrams and images
troubleshooting_guide.md	Common errors and fixes
mark_tool_guide.md	Git-to-Confluence sync
confluence_storage_format.md	API storage format
cql_reference.md	CQL query syntax
atlassian_mcp_tools.md	MCP tool reference

Scripts

Script	Purpose
upload_confluence_v2.py	Upload Markdown with images (no size limits)
download_confluence.py	Download pages to Markdown with attachments
convert_markdown_to_wiki.py	Convert Markdown to Wiki Markup
render_mermaid.py	Render Mermaid diagrams to PNG/SVG
generate_mark_metadata.py	Generate mark CLI metadata headers
confluence_auth.py	Shared authentication utilities

Dependencies

pip install atlassian-python-api md2cf python-dotenv PyYAML mistune \
            requests markdownify beautifulsoup4

Prerequisites

Required

• Atlassian MCP Server (mcp__atlassian) with Confluence credentials

Optional

• mark CLI: Git-to-Confluence sync

  brew install kovetskiy/mark/mark
  

• Mermaid CLI: Diagram rendering

  npm install -g @mermaid-js/mermaid-cli
  

When Not to Use

• Simple page reads → Use MCP directly
• No images/diagrams, small content → MCP may work
• Jira issues → Use Jira-specific tools

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Version: 2.2.0 | Last Updated: 2025-12-28