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Search and manage Confluence pages and spaces using CQL, read/create/update pages with Markdown support. Use when working with Confluence documentation.

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Creating and Updating Confluence Content

This guide covers creating and updating Confluence pages using Markdown.

Note: Most users primarily read from Confluence. For basic usage (search, viewing pages, listing spaces), see the main SKILL.md.

Markdown Support

The Confluence skill uses Markdown as the default format for page content, making it easy to create and read pages.

Supported Markdown Features

  • Headers: # through ######
  • Bold: **text** or __text__
  • Italic: *text* or _text_
  • Code: `inline code`
  • Code blocks: ```language ... ```
  • Lists: Unordered (- or *) and ordered (1.)
  • Links: [text](url)

Format Conversion

The skill automatically converts between formats:

  • Cloud instances: Markdown → ADF (Atlassian Document Format)
  • DC/Server instances: Markdown → Storage format (XHTML)
  • Reading: Storage/ADF → Markdown (for display)

You can override the automatic format with --format:

# Use storage format directly
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "Page" \
  --body "<p>HTML content</p>" --format storage

# Use editor format (ADF) directly
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "Page" \
  --body '{"type":"doc","content":[...]}' --format editor

Creating Pages

Basic Page Creation

# Create page with inline Markdown
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "New Page" \
  --body "# Heading\n\nThis is **bold** text."

# Create from Markdown file
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "Documentation" \
  --body-file README.md

# Create with parent page
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "Child Page" \
  --body "Content here" --parent 123456

# Create with labels
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "Tagged Page" \
  --body "Content" --labels "important,draft"

Arguments:

  • --space: Space key (required)
  • --title: Page title (required)
  • --body: Page content (Markdown by default)
  • --body-file: Read content from file (Markdown)
  • --format: Input format - markdown (default), storage, editor
  • --parent: Parent page ID for hierarchy
  • --labels: Comma-separated labels
  • --json: Output as JSON

Example: Creating Rich Content

python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "API Documentation" --body "
# API Documentation

## Overview

This document describes our **REST API**.

## Endpoints

- \`GET /api/users\` - List users
- \`POST /api/users\` - Create user

## Example

\`\`\`python
import requests
response = requests.get('https://api.example.com/users')
\`\`\`

See [official docs](https://docs.example.com) for more.
"

Creating from Markdown Files

# Use existing README as Confluence page
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "Project README" \
  --body-file README.md

Updating Pages

Basic Updates

# Update page content
python confluence.py page update 123456 --body "# Updated\n\nNew content"

# Update from file
python confluence.py page update 123456 --body-file updated.md

# Update title only
python confluence.py page update 123456 --title "New Title"

# Update with specific version (prevents conflicts)
python confluence.py page update 123456 --body "Content" --version 5

# Update using storage format
python confluence.py page update 123456 --body "<p>HTML</p>" --format storage

Arguments:

  • page_id: Page ID to update (required)
  • --title: New title
  • --body: New content (Markdown by default)
  • --body-file: Read content from file (Markdown)
  • --format: Input format - markdown (default), storage, editor
  • --version: Current version number (auto-detected if not provided)
  • --json: Output as JSON

Note: Version is auto-detected, but you can specify it to ensure you're updating the correct version.

Handling Version Conflicts

If you get a version conflict when updating, the page was modified since you last viewed it. Get the latest version:

# Get current version
python confluence.py page get 123456 --no-body

# Update with correct version
python confluence.py page update 123456 --body "Content" --version 5

Or let the tool auto-detect the version:

python confluence.py page update 123456 --body "Content"

Creating Spaces

# Create new space
python confluence.py space create --key PROJ --name "Project Space"

# Create with description
python confluence.py space create --key PROJ --name "Project Space" \
  --description "Documentation for the project"

# JSON output
python confluence.py space create --key PROJ --name "Project" --json

Arguments:

  • --key: Space key (required)
  • --name: Space name (required)
  • --description: Space description
  • --type: Space type (global, personal)
  • --json: Output as JSON

Advanced Examples

Batch Page Creation

#!/bin/bash
# Create multiple pages from a directory

SPACE="DOCS"
PARENT="123456"

for file in docs/*.md; do
    title=$(basename "$file" .md)
    python confluence.py page create \
        --space "$SPACE" \
        --title "$title" \
        --body-file "$file" \
        --parent "$PARENT"
done

Create Documentation from Files

# Create main page
python confluence.py page create --space DOCS --title "Main Documentation" \
  --body-file README.md

# Create sub-pages
python confluence.py page create --space DOCS --title "API Reference" \
  --body-file docs/api.md --parent 123456

python confluence.py page create --space DOCS --title "Installation Guide" \
  --body-file docs/install.md --parent 123456

Update Existing Page

# Update from file
python confluence.py page update 123456 --body-file updated-docs.md

# Update title
python confluence.py page update 123456 --title "Updated Title"

# Update both
python confluence.py page update 123456 --title "New Title" --body-file content.md

Configuration Defaults for Page Creation

Optionally configure space-specific defaults in ~/.config/agent-skills/confluence.yaml:

# Optional space-specific defaults
spaces:
  DEMO:
    default_parent: "123456"  # Parent page ID
    default_labels: ["auto-created"]
  PROD:
    default_parent: "789012"

When creating pages in configured spaces, these defaults are automatically applied:

# Create page uses space defaults
python confluence.py page create --space DEMO --title "New Page" --body "Content"
# Automatically uses default_parent and default_labels from DEMO space defaults

Cloud vs Data Center/Server

The skill automatically detects your Confluence deployment type and adapts:

  • Cloud (atlassian.net): Uses /wiki/rest/api and editor format (ADF)
  • Data Center/Server: Uses /rest/api and storage format (XHTML)

Markdown conversion works seamlessly on both:

  • Your Markdown input → Appropriate format for your deployment
  • API responses → Converted to Markdown for display

You don't need to worry about the internal formats unless you want to use --format storage or --format editor explicitly.

Install with Tessl CLI

npx tessl i odyssey4me/confluence@0.2.2

references

creating-content.md

permissions.md

SKILL.md

tile.json