# confluence-to-markdown

An internal module that reads a Confluence page and hands back its content as Markdown. It runs as part of /bedrock:learn and /bedrock:sync.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 108
- Author: iurykrieger
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/iurykrieger/claude-bedrock/tree/HEAD/skills/confluence-to-markdown/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/confluence-to-markdown

## What it does

Give the skill a Confluence link and it splits the URL into a base domain and a numeric page ID. From there it tries three routes in order: the Atlassian MCP server when that is installed and authenticated, the Confluence REST API with Basic Auth, and finally DOM scraping through Claude in Chrome.

The API route reads `CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN` and `CONFLUENCE_USER_EMAIL` to build the Basic Auth header. Miss either one and the skill drops to the browser layer. That layer depends on `scripts/extract.js` sitting next to the skill folder, so without the file the last resort is dead.

A 403 or 404 stops the run — page permissions and a wrong ID leave nothing to fall back on. Storage-format XHTML is mapped to Markdown through a rule table covering headings, lists, tables and code blocks. Macros that carry text get unwrapped; images and attachments are skipped. Direct invocation by a user is not the intended path.

## Requirements
- Works with: Confluence, Chrome, Atlassian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iurykrieger/claude-bedrock --skill confluence-to-markdown -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/confluence-to-markdown/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/confluence-to-markdown/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iurykrieger/claude-bedrock --skill confluence-to-markdown -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/confluence-to-markdown/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iurykrieger/claude-bedrock --skill confluence-to-markdown -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/confluence-to-markdown/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install iurykrieger/claude-bedrock confluence-to-markdown
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/confluence-to-markdown/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iurykrieger/claude-bedrock --skill confluence-to-markdown -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/iurykrieger/claude-bedrock --path skills/confluence-to-markdown
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/confluence-to-markdown/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iurykrieger/claude-bedrock --skill confluence-to-markdown -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/iurykrieger/claude-bedrock/tree/HEAD/skills/confluence-to-markdown/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a Confluence page into Markdown
- fetch page content through the Atlassian MCP server
- pull Confluence docs into a project over REST
- read a page in the browser when the API is out
- convert Confluence storage XHTML to Markdown

## Example prompts
- Fetch this Confluence page and give it back as Markdown
- Pull the page content through the Atlassian MCP server
- If MCP fails, retry over the REST API with my token

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: confluence-to-markdown
description: >
  Internal fetcher module for Confluence pages. Fetches content via Atlassian MCP (preferred),
  REST API with Basic Auth (fallback), or browser DOM extraction via Claude in Chrome (last resort)
  and returns Markdown. Used by /bedrock:learn and /bedrock:sync — not intended for direct user invocation.
user_invocable: false
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, WebFetch, ToolSearch, mcp__plugin_atlassian_atlassian__*, mcp__claude-in-chrome__*
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# Confluence Fetcher

Internal module — invoked by `/bedrock:learn` Phase 1 and `/bedrock:sync` Phase 2, not user-invocable.

Fetches a Confluence page and returns its content as Markdown. Three layers in fallback order:
**MCP (preferred) → REST API → Browser DOM extraction.**

**Dependency:** Browser fallback (Layer 3) requires `scripts/extract.js` (relative to this skill directory).

---

## Step 1 — Parse URL

Parse the Confluence URL. Accept these formats:
- `https://<domain>.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/<spaceKey>/pages/<pageId>/<title>`
- `https://<domain>.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/<spaceKey>/pages/<pageId>`
- `https://<domain>.atlassian.net/wiki/x/<shortlink>`
- `https://<domain>.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=<pageId>`

Extract:
- **Base URL**: `https://<domain>.atlassian.net` (everything before `/wiki/...`)
- **Page ID**: the numeric ID from the URL path (segment after `/pages/`) or `pageId` query parameter
- **Full URL**: the original URL as provided (needed for browser fallback)

---

## Step 2 — Layer 1: MCP (Atlassian)

The preferred layer. Uses the `plugin:atlassian:atlassian` MCP server if installed and authenticated.

### 2.1 Check MCP availability

Use ToolSearch to check if Atlassian MCP tools are available:

```
ToolSearch(query: "atlassian confluence page", max_results: 5)
```

Evaluate the result:

- **MCP tools found and functional** (tools other than `authenticate` and `complete_authentication` are available) → proceed to **2.2 Fetch via MCP**
- **Only `authenticate` / `complete_authentication` tools found** (MCP installed but not authenticated) → proceed to **2.3 Guide authentication**
- **No Atlassian MCP tools found** → log and fall through:

> **MCP not available:** No Atlassian MCP server installed.
> Install the Atlassian MCP plugin for Claude Code to enable direct Confluence access.
> Falling back to API (Layer 2).

### 2.2 Fetch via MCP

Use the Atlassian MCP tools to fetch the page content. The specific tool depends on what the MCP exposes after authentication (typically a page read or content retrieval tool).
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