confluence-mcp

MCP server for Confluence (Server / Data Center). Provides read access to pages, sections, tables, and search via the Confluence REST API v1.

Confluence Server / Data Center only. Uses Personal Access Token (PAT) for authentication.

Tools

Key features

• No silent truncation — truncated: true/false + available_headings list so the agent can suggest get_page_section() as a follow-up

• include_tables: false — hides wide tables from Markdown (they remain in tables JSON field)

• include_attachments: false — skips the attachment list entirely, saving 5-10K tokens

• Section extraction stops at the next heading of same or higher level

Related MCP server: Atlassian MCP Server

Setup

1. Install dependencies

Requires Python 3.11+.

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Generate a Personal Access Token (PAT)

In Confluence: your avatar → Settings → Personal Access Tokens → Create token.

Copy the token — it's shown only once.

3. Configure environment variables

macOS Keychain alternative — store the token once, no env var needed:

security add-generic-password -a $USER -s confluence_pat -w <your_token>

4. Add to MCP client config

With Keychain (recommended on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "confluence": {
      "command": "/path/to/confluence-mcp/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/confluence-mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "CONFLUENCE_BASE_URL": "https://confluence.example.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or with env var token:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "confluence": {
      "command": "/path/to/confluence-mcp/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/confluence-mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "CONFLUENCE_BASE_URL": "https://confluence.example.com",
        "CONFLUENCE_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes

• Works with Confluence Server / Data Center (REST API v1). Not tested with Confluence Cloud.

• Content is converted from Confluence Storage Format (XML) to Markdown. Supports code blocks, info panels, expand macros, tables, and lists.

• Token is never logged or written to disk — retrieved from macOS Keychain at runtime via security find-generic-password.