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Confluence to Markdown conversion skill - Properly handles draw.io diagrams, images, code blocks, and tables

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Confluence to Markdown Skill

This skill provides functionality to convert Confluence pages to Markdown.

1. Overview

Use the bin/confluence-to-md.py script to convert Confluence pages to Markdown files.

1.1. Key Features

Preserve bullet list structure (prevent flattening)
Convert draw.io diagrams and images to full URL
Convert horizontal rules (<hr> -> ---)
Maintain code blocks
Improve table formatting
Output filename: {timestamp}-confluence-{title}.md

2. Environment Setup

2.1. Required Environment Variables

Set the following in project root .env file.

CONFLUENCE_BASE=https://your-confluence-instance.atlassian.net/wiki
CONFLUENCE_EMAIL=your-email@example.com
CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN=your-api-token

2.2. Dependencies

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 html2text python-dotenv

3. Usage

3.1. Command Line Execution

# Specify URL as argument
confluence-to-md.py <confluence_url>

# Interactive mode
confluence-to-md.py

3.2. URL Format

Extract page ID from Confluence page URL.

https://your-confluence.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPACE/pages/123456789/Page+Title

3.3. Output Location

Converted Markdown files are saved to ~/Downloads/.

~/Downloads/20251219-123456-confluence-Page_Title.md

4. Conversion Specifications

4.1. Bullet Lists

Convert HTML <ul>, <ol> while preserving nested structure.

- Item 1
    - Sub-item 1-1
    - Sub-item 1-2
- Item 2

4.2. draw.io Diagrams and Images

Convert ac:image and img tags to full URL Markdown images.

![image](https://confluence.example.com/download/attachments/123456/diagram.png)

4.3. Code Blocks

Convert <pre> tags to Markdown code blocks.

```text
Code content
```

4.4. Tables

Format tables with aligned column widths.

| Column1 | Column2 |
| ------- | ------- |
| Data1   | Data2   |

5. Troubleshooting

5.1. Authentication Error

Error: CONFLUENCE_BASE, CONFLUENCE_EMAIL, CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN must be set
in .env file.

Check .env file settings.

5.2. Page ID Extraction Error

Error: Could not extract page ID from URL.

Verify URL contains /pages/number/ format.