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该技能指导开发者通过Rube MCP(Composio)自动化Confluence操作,包括页面创建与更新、基于CQL的内容搜索、空间管理、标签标注以及页面层级导航。使用场景涵盖:自动生成和更新项目文档页面、批量管理Confluence空间中的文档结构、通过CQL查询语言精准定位特定内容、为文档自动添加分类标签、以及通过页面层级关系进行导航和组织。前置条件要求Rube MCP已连接且RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS可用,同时需要通过RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS建立Confluence的活跃连接。核心特点在于始终通过RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS获取当前工具模式的实时模式——这是因为Confluence API可能随版本更新而变化,动态获取模式确保调用的准确性。具体操作能力包括:页面管理(创建新页面、更新页面内容、移动或删除页面)、内容搜索(使用CQL语法构建复杂查询、按空间/标签/作者/日期等维度过滤)、空间管理(列出现有空间、创建新空间、配置空间权限)、标签管理(为页面添加和移除标签、按标签组织内容)、层级导航(获取页面树结构、查找父子页面关系)。核心原则是’先查工具、再执行操作’——每次会话开始都先调用RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS获取最新模式,避免因API变更导致操作失败。该技能特别适合需要大规模文档管理的团队,可以将重复性的文档操作自动化,保持Confluence内容的有序和更新。


Confluence Automation via Rube MCP

Automate Confluence operations including page creation and updates, content search with CQL, space management, label tagging, and page hierarchy navigation through Composio’s Confluence toolkit.

Prerequisites

  • Rube MCP must be connected (RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS available)
  • Active Confluence connection via RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS with toolkit confluence
  • Always call RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS first to get current tool schemas

Setup

Get Rube MCP: Add https://rube.app/mcp as an MCP server in your client configuration. No API keys needed — just add the endpoint and it works.

  1. Verify Rube MCP is available by confirming RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS responds
  2. Call RUBE_MANAGE_CONNECTIONS with toolkit confluence
  3. If connection is not ACTIVE, follow the returned auth link to complete Confluence OAuth
  4. Confirm connection status shows ACTIVE before running any workflows

Core Workflows

1. Create and Update Pages

When to use: User wants to create new documentation or update existing Confluence pages

Tool sequence:

  1. CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACES - List spaces to find the target space ID [Prerequisite]
  2. CONFLUENCE_SEARCH_CONTENT - Find existing page to avoid duplicates or locate parent [Optional]
  3. CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGE_BY_ID - Get current page content and version number before updating [Prerequisite for updates]
  4. CONFLUENCE_CREATE_PAGE - Create a new page in a space [Required for creation]
  5. CONFLUENCE_UPDATE_PAGE - Update an existing page with new content and incremented version [Required for updates]
  6. CONFLUENCE_ADD_CONTENT_LABEL - Tag the page with labels after creation [Optional]

Key parameters:

  • spaceId: Space ID or key (e.g., "DOCS", "12345678") – space keys are auto-converted to IDs
  • title: Page title (must be unique within a space)
  • parentId: Parent page ID for creating child pages; omit to place under space homepage
  • body.storage.value: HTML/XHTML content in Confluence storage format
  • body.storage.representation: Must be "storage" for create operations
  • version.number: For updates, must be current version + 1
  • version.message: Optional change description

Pitfalls:

  • Confluence enforces unique page titles per space; creating a page with a duplicate title will fail
  • UPDATE_PAGE requires version.number set to current version + 1; always fetch current version first with GET_PAGE_BY_ID
  • Content must be in Confluence storage format (XHTML), not plain text or Markdown
  • CREATE_PAGE uses body.storage.value while UPDATE_PAGE uses body.value with body.representation
  • GET_PAGE_BY_ID requires a numeric long ID, not a UUID or string

2. Search Content

When to use: User wants to find pages, blog posts, or content across Confluence

Tool sequence:

  1. CONFLUENCE_SEARCH_CONTENT - Keyword search with intelligent relevance ranking [Required]
  2. CONFLUENCE_CQL_SEARCH - Advanced search using Confluence Query Language [Alternative]
  3. CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGE_BY_ID - Hydrate full content for selected search results [Optional]
  4. CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGES - Browse pages sorted by date when search relevance is weak [Fallback]

Key parameters for SEARCH_CONTENT:

  • query: Search text matched against page titles with intelligent ranking
  • spaceKey: Limit search to a specific space
  • limit: Max results (default 25, max 250)
  • start: Pagination offset (0-based)

Key parameters for CQL_SEARCH:

  • cql: CQL query string (e.g., text ~ "API docs" AND space = DOCS AND type = page)
  • expand: Comma-separated properties (e.g., content.space, content.body.storage)
  • excerpt: highlight, indexed, or none
  • limit: Max results (max 250; reduced to 25-50 when using body expansions)

CQL operators and fields:

  • Fields: text, title, label, space, type, creator, lastModified, created, ancestor
  • Operators: =, !=, ~ (contains), !~, >, <, >=, <=, IN, NOT IN
  • Functions: currentUser(), now("-7d"), now("-30d")
  • Example: title ~ "meeting" A ND lastModified > now("-7d") ORDER BY lastModified DESC

Pitfalls:

  • CONFLUENCE_SEARCH_CONTENT fetches up to 300 pages and applies client-side filtering – not a true full-text search
  • CONFLUENCE_CQL_SEARCH is the real full-text search; use text ~ "term" for content body search
  • HTTP 429 rate limits can occur; throttle to ~2 requests/second with backoff
  • Using body expansions in CQL_SEARCH may reduce max results to 25-50
  • Search indexing is not immediate; recently created pages may not appear

3. Manage Spaces

When to use: User wants to list, create, or inspect Confluence spaces

Tool sequence:

  1. CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACES - List all spaces with optional filtering [Required]
  2. CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACE_BY_ID - Get detailed metadata for a specific space [Optional]
  3. CONFLUENCE_CREATE_SPACE - Create a new space with key and name [Optional]
  4. CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACE_PROPERTIES - Retrieve custom metadata stored as space properties [Optional]
  5. CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACE_CONTENTS - List pages, blog posts, or attachments in a space [Optional]
  6. CONFLUENCE_GET_LABELS_FOR_SPACE - List labels on a space [Optional]

Key parameters:

  • key: Space key – alphanumeric only, no underscores or hyphens (e.g., DOCS, PROJECT1)
  • name: Human-readable space name
  • type: global or personal
  • status: current (active) or archived
  • spaceKey: For GET_SPACE_CONTENTS, filters by space key
  • id: Numeric space ID for GET_SPACE_BY_ID (NOT the space key)

Pitfalls:

  • Space keys must be alphanumeric only (no underscores, hyphens, or special characters)
  • GET_SPACE_BY_ID requires numeric space ID, not the space key; use GET_SPACES to find numeric IDs
  • Clickable space URLs may need assembly: join _links.webui (relative) with _links.base
  • Default pagination is 25; set limit explicitly (max 200 for spaces)

4. Navigate Page Hierarchy and Labels

When to use: User wants to explore page trees, child pages, ancestors, or manage labels

Tool sequence:

  1. CONFLUENCE_SEARCH_CONTENT - Find the target page ID [Prerequisite]
  2. CONFLUENCE_GET_CHILD_PAGES - List direct children of a parent page [Required]
  3. CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGE_ANCESTORS - Get the full ancestor chain for a page [Optional]
  4. CONFLUENCE_GET_LABELS_FOR_PAGE - List labels on a specific page [Optional]
  5. CONFLUENCE_ADD_CONTENT_LABEL - Add labels to a page [Optional]
  6. CONFLUENCE_GET_LABELS_FOR_SPACE_CONTENT - List labels across all content in a space [Optional]
  7. CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGE_VERSIONS - Audit edit history for a page [Optional]

Key parameters:

  • id: Page ID for child pages, ancestors, labels, and versions
  • cursor: Opaque pagination cursor for GET_CHILD_PAGES (from _links.next)
  • limit: Items per page (max 250 for child pages)
  • sort: Child page sort options: id, -id, created-date, -created-date, modified-date, -modified-date, child-position, -child-position

Pitfalls:

  • GET_CHILD_PAGES only returns direct children, not nested descendants; recurse for full tree
  • Pagination for GET_CHILD_PAGES uses cursor-based pagination (not start/limit)
  • Verify the correct page ID from search before using as parent; search can return similar titles
  • GET_PAGE_VERSIONS requires the page ID, not a version number

Common Patterns

ID Resolution

Always resolve human-readable names to IDs before operations:

  • Space key -> Space ID: CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACES with spaceKey filter, or CREATE_PAGE accepts space keys directly
  • Page title -> Page ID: CONFLUENCE_SEARCH_CONTENT with query param, then extract page ID
  • Space ID from URL: Extract numeric ID from Confluence URLs or use GET_SPACES

Pagination

Confluence uses two pagination styles:

  • Offset-based (most endpoints): start (0-based offset) + limit (page size). Increment start by limit until fewer results than limit are returned.
  • Cursor-based (GET_CHILD_PAGES, GET_PAGES): Use the cursor from _links.next in the response. Continue until no next link is present.

Content F

ormatting

  • Pages use Confluence storage format (XHTML), not Markdown
  • Basic elements: <p>, <h1>-<h6>, <strong>, <em>, <code>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>
  • Tables: <table><tbody><tr><th> / <td> structure
  • Macros: <ac:structured-macro ac:name="code"> for code blocks, etc.
  • Always wrap content in proper XHTML tags

Known Pitfalls

ID Formats

  • Space IDs are numeric (e.g., 557060); space keys are short strings (e.g., DOCS)
  • Page IDs are numeric long values for GET_PAGE_BY_ID; some tools accept UUID format
  • GET_SPACE_BY_ID requires numeric ID, not the space key
  • GET_PAGE_BY_ID takes an integer, not a string

Rate Limits

  • HTTP 429 can occur on search endpoints; honor Retry-After header
  • Throttle to ~2 requests/second with exponential backoff and jitter
  • Body expansion in CQL_SEARCH reduces result limits to 25-50

Content Format

  • Content must be Confluence storage format (XHTML), not Markdown or plain text
  • Invalid XHTML will cause page creation/update to fail
  • CREATE_PAGE nests body under body.storage.value; UPDATE_PAGE uses body.value + body.representation

Version Conflicts

  • Updates require exact next version number (current + 1)
  • Concurrent edits can cause version conflicts; always fetch current version immediately before updating
  • Title changes during update must still be unique within the space

Quick Reference

Task Tool Slug Key Params
List spaces CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACES type, status, limit
Get space by ID CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACE_BY_ID id
Create space CONFLUENCE_CREATE_SPACE key, name, type
Space contents CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACE_CONTENTS spaceKey, type, status
Space properties CONFLUENCE_GET_SPACE_PROPERTIES id, key
Search content CONFLUENCE_SEARCH_CONTENT query, spaceKey, limit
CQL search CONFLUENCE_CQL_SEARCH cql, expand, limit
List pages CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGES spaceId, sort, limit
Get page by ID CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGE_BY_ID id (integer)
Create page CONFLUENCE_CREATE_PAGE title, spaceId, body
Update page CONFLUENCE_UPDATE_PAGE id, title, body, version
Delete page CONFLUENCE_DELETE_PAGE id
Child pages CONFLUENCE_GET_CHILD_PAGES id, limit, sort
Page ancestors CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGE_ANCESTORS id
Page labels CONFLUENCE_GET_LABELS_FOR_PAGE id
Add label CONFLUENCE_ADD_CONTENT_LABEL content ID, label
Page versions CONFLUENCE_GET_PAGE_VERSIONS id
Space labels CONFLUENCE_GET_LABELS_FOR_SPACE space ID

When to Use

This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
  • Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.
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