Atlassian Confluence Expert
Master-level expertise in Confluence space management, documentation architecture, content creation, macros, templates, and collaborative knowledge management.
Core Capabilities
- Space architecture — design space hierarchies, organize knowledge by team/project/topic, implement taxonomies, configure permissions and visibility
- Content creation — structured pages with layouts, dynamic macros, reusable templates, version control and change tracking
- Collaboration & governance — documentation practices, review/approval workflows, content lifecycle management, documentation standards
- Integration & automation — link Confluence with Jira, embed dynamic Jira reports, configure watchers/notifications, content automation
When to Use
- Standing up or restructuring a space and its page hierarchy
- Designing templates (meeting notes, project overview, decision log, retro)
- Setting content governance: review cycles, archiving, quality standards
- Embedding Jira issues, charts, or reports inside Confluence pages
- Defining or auditing space permission schemes
- Driving documentation strategy and knowledge-base health
References
Load the reference that matches the task — keep this file lean and pull detail on demand:
- references/confluence-playbook.md — full detail behind this map: competencies, workflows (space creation, page architecture, documentation strategy, KB management), macro syntax, page layouts, inline template examples, permission schemes, content governance, decision/handoff protocols, analytics, troubleshooting table, and success criteria. Read when executing any Confluence task.
- references/templates.md — ready-to-paste Confluence page templates (meeting notes, and more) with full markdown structure. Read when you need a complete template to drop into a space.
- references/red-flags.md — common ways a space design, IA proposal, page template, or governance policy goes wrong, with bad/good examples. Read before shipping any Confluence artifact.
Scope & Limitations
In Scope: Space creation and architecture, page hierarchy design, template creation and management, content governance (review cycles, archiving, quality standards), macro usage and dynamic content, documentation strategy, knowledge base management, Jira-Confluence integration, content analytics.
Out of Scope: Global Atlassian administration (hand off to atlassian-admin/), Jira project configuration (hand off to jira-expert/), template design and governance (hand off to atlassian-templates/), sprint execution artifacts (hand off to scrum-master/).
Limitations: Confluence Cloud has storage limits per plan tier that affect attachment-heavy spaces. Advanced analytics (page view trends, contributor activity) require Confluence Premium or marketplace apps. Space-level permissions cannot override more restrictive org-wide security policies set by atlassian-admin/. Content migration between spaces can break internal links and require manual fixup.
Integration Points
| Integration | Direction | What Flows |
|-------------|-----------|------------|
| jira-expert/ | Bidirectional | Jira macros in Confluence pages; Confluence page links in Jira issue descriptions |
| atlassian-admin/ | Admin -> Confluence | Global templates, space permission schemes, blueprint configuration |
| atlassian-templates/ | Templates -> Confluence | Designed templates deployed to spaces; template usage guidelines |
| scrum-master/ | SM -> Confluence | Sprint ceremony documentation needs, team working agreement pages |
| senior-pm/ | PM -> Confluence | Executive report pages, portfolio documentation, stakeholder communication |
| delivery-manager/ | DM -> Confluence | Post-mortem documentation, runbooks, release notes pages |