Enhanced Confluence MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian Confluence with complete asset download capabilities, smart collaborative editing, and perfect Markdown export with embedded images.

✨ Key Features

• 📎 Complete Asset Download: Download all images, documents, and attachments with proper embedding
• 🔧 Smart Collaborative Editing: Patch-based updates with conflict detection
• 📄 Perfect Markdown Export: Clean Markdown files with embedded images
• 🌳 Hierarchical Downloads: Export entire page trees and spaces
• 🛡️ Safe Operations: Read-only by default, intelligent conflict prevention
• 🔍 Advanced Search: Query pages using Confluence Query Language (CQL)

🚀 Quick Setup

1. Install Dependencies

npm install

2. Configure Environment

Copy .env.template to .env and fill in your details:

cp .env.template .env

Edit .env:

CONFLUENCE_URL=https://your-instance.atlassian.net/
ATLASSIAN_USERNAME=your-email@company.com
ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN=your-api-token-here

3. Add to VS Code Settings

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "atlassian-custom-mcp": {
        "command": "node",
        "args": ["/path/to/your/atlassian-custom-mcp/mcp-server-stdio.js"],
        "cwd": "/path/to/your/atlassian-custom-mcp"
      }
    }
  }
}

4. Restart VS Code & Test

@copilot Download page tree with all child pages and attachments from confluence page 123456789 to confluence_content folder. Create Markdown files with embedded images referencing attachments/ folder.

🎯 Perfect Prompts for Complete Export

For Documentation Export:

@copilot Download page tree with all child pages and attachments from confluence page [PAGE_ID] to confluence_content folder. Create Markdown files with embedded images referencing attachments/ folder. Make it a complete self-contained export.

For Single Page with Assets:

@copilot Download confluence page [PAGE_ID] with all attachments and save as Markdown with embedded images to confluence_content folder

🔑 Get Your API Token

1. Visit: https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens
2. Create new token with label "VS Code Confluence MCP"
3. Copy token immediately (shown only once)
4. Add to .env file
5. Keep secure - never commit to version control

🧪 Verify Installation

npm test

Safe test with mocked API calls - no real Confluence requests.

📚 Complete Documentation

➡️ USAGE_GUIDE.md - Complete usage guide with all features and prompts

➡️ ASSET_DOWNLOAD_GUIDE.md - Perfect asset download and export strategies

➡️ USAGE_EXAMPLES.md - Real-world examples and workflows

➡️ PATCH_UPDATE_GUIDE.md - Safe collaborative editing strategies

💡 What Makes This Special

🖼️ Perfect Image Embedding

• Downloads actual binary image data (not just metadata)
• Converts Confluence image markup to proper Markdown syntax
• Creates ![image.png](attachments/image.png) references
• Self-contained documentation that works offline

🌳 Intelligent Content Discovery

• Finds complete page hierarchies automatically
• Searches for child pages and related content
• Handles both folder structures and space-wide exports
• Avoids duplicates and manages large spaces gracefully

📄 Clean Markdown Output

• Converts Confluence storage format to readable Markdown
• Preserves formatting (headings, bold, italic, code)
• Includes complete metadata (page IDs, versions, dates)
• Creates navigable file structure with meaningful names

🔒 Zero Risk Operations

• READ-ONLY: Never modifies your Confluence instance
• Smart conflict detection for collaborative editing
• Comprehensive input validation and XSS protection
• Extensive testing with mocked API calls

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✨ Ready! See the usage guide for all features and examples.