# Confluence Admin

> Confluence administration including users, groups, space settings, and permission diagnostics. Use when managing user access, group membership, viewing space configuration, or checking permissions.

- Skill: `grandcamel/confluence-admin` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add grandcamel/confluence-admin`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/grandcamel/confluence-admin/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: grandcamel (https://skillmd.com/u/grandcamel)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/grandcamel/confluence-admin

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# Confluence Admin Skill

Administration tools for Confluence Cloud covering user management, group management, space settings, and permission diagnostics.

---

## PRIMARY USE CASE

**This skill handles Confluence administration tasks.** Use for:
- User search and information
- Group management and membership
- Space settings and configuration
- Permission diagnostics

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## When to Use / When NOT to Use

| Use This Skill | Use Instead |
|----------------|-------------|
| Space settings/configuration | - |
| User/group management | - |
| Permission diagnostics | - |
| View templates | - |
| Page content CRUD | `confluence-page` |
| Single page permissions | `confluence-permission` |
| Search content | `confluence-search` |
| Create pages from templates | `confluence-template` |

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## Risk Levels

| Operation | Risk | Notes |
|-----------|------|-------|
| List users/groups | - | Read-only |
| View settings | - | Read-only |
| View templates | - | Read-only |
| Check permissions | - | Read-only |
| Update space settings | ⚠️ | Affects space behavior |
| Create groups | ⚠️ | Can be deleted |
| Modify group membership | ⚠️⚠️ | Affects access |
| Delete groups | ⚠️⚠️ | Affects access |

---

## What This Skill Does

**4 Major Administration Areas:**

| Area | Commands | Key Operations |
|------|----------|----------------|
| **User Management** | 3 | Search, view details, list groups |
| **Group Management** | 7 | Create, delete, manage membership |
| **Space Administration** | 3 | View settings, update, permissions |
| **Templates & Permissions** | 3 | List templates, check permissions |

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## When to Use This Skill

Reach for this skill when you need to:

**User Management:**
- Search for users by name or email
- View user details
- Check user's group memberships

**Group Management:**
- Create and delete groups
- Add/remove users from groups
- View group membership

**Space Administration:**
- View space settings
- Update space description
- View space permissions

**Permission Diagnostics:**
- Check what permissions you have on a space
- Diagnose access issues

---

## Quick Start

```bash
# List all groups
confluence-as admin group list

# Search for users
confluence-as admin user search "john"

# View space settings
confluence-as admin space settings DOCS

# List templates in a space
confluence-as admin template list --space DOCS
```

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## Available Commands

All commands support `--help` for full documentation.

### User Management

```bash
# Search users
confluence-as admin user search "name or email"
confluence-as admin user search "john" --include-groups
confluence-as admin user search "john" --limit 50

# Get user details
confluence-as admin user get ACCOUNT_ID

# List user's groups
confluence-as admin user groups ACCOUNT_ID
```

**Options for `user search`:**
- `--include-groups` - Include group membership in results
- `--limit, -l` - Maximum results (default: 25)
- `--output, -o` - Output format: text or json

### Group Management

```bash
# List all groups
confluence-as admin group list
confluence-as admin group list --limit 100

# Get group details
confluence-as admin group get "group-name"

# List group members
confluence-as admin group members "group-name"
confluence-as admin group members "group-name" --limit 100

# Create group
confluence-as admin group create "new-group-name"

# Delete group
confluence-as admin group delete "group-name" --confirm

# Add user to group
confluence-as admin group add-user "group-name" --user "user@email.com"

# Remove user from group
confluence-as admin group remove-user "group-name" --user "user@email.com" --confirm
```

**Options for `group list`:**
- `--limit, -l` - Maximum results (default: 50)
- `--output, -o` - Output format: text or json

**Options for `group members`:**
- `--limit, -l` - Maximum results (default: 50)
- `--output, -o` - Output format: text or json

### Space Administration

```bash
# View space settings
confluence-as admin space settings SPACEKEY

# Update space description
confluence-as admin space update SPACEKEY --description "New description"

# Update space name
confluence-as admin space update SPACEKEY --name "New name"

# View space permissions
confluence-as admin space permissions SPACEKEY
```

### Templates

```bash
# List templates
confluence-as admin template list
confluence-as admin template list --space DOCS
confluence-as admin template list --limit 100

# Get template details
confluence-as admin template get TEMPLATE_ID
```

**Options for `template list`:**
- `--space, -s` - Filter by space key
- `--limit, -l` - Maximum results (default: 50)
- `--output, -o` - Output format: text or json

### Permission Diagnostics

```bash
# Check what permissions you have on a space
confluence-as admin permissions check --space DOCS

# Show only permissions you're missing
confluence-as admin permissions check --space DOCS --only-missing
```

Results are derived from the space's permission grants combined with your identity and group memberships. Each operation reports Yes, No, or Unknown (Unknown when grants cannot be read or a grant's principal type cannot be resolved).

---

## Common Patterns

### JSON Output for Scripting

```bash
confluence-as admin group list --output json
confluence-as admin user search "john" --output json
confluence-as admin template list --output json
```

The global `-o/--output` flag placed before the subcommand sets the default output format for all subcommands (an explicit subcommand flag wins):

```bash
confluence-as -o json admin group list
```

---

## Permission Requirements

| Operation | Required Permission |
|-----------|---------------------|
| View settings | Space View |
| Update space | Space Admin |
| View templates | Space View |
| User/Group (read) | Browse Users |
| User/Group (write) | Site Admin |

---

## Common Errors

| Error | Solution |
|-------|----------|
| 403 Forbidden | Verify you have Space Admin or Site Admin permission |
| 404 Not Found | Check space key, template ID, or user ID |
| 409 Conflict | Resource exists - choose different name |
| 400 Bad Request | Validate input format (see command --help) |

---

## Troubleshooting

### Diagnose Permission Issues

```bash
# Check what permissions you have on a space
confluence-as admin permissions check --space DOCS

# Show only permissions you're missing
confluence-as admin permissions check --space DOCS --only-missing

# See who has access via groups
confluence-as admin space permissions DOCS

# Check your group memberships
confluence-as admin user groups YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID
```

### Verify User Access

```bash
# Find user by email
confluence-as admin user search "user@email.com"

# Check their groups
confluence-as admin user groups ACCOUNT_ID
```

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## Exit Codes

| Code | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| 0 | Success |
| 1 | Any API or validation error (auth, permission, not found, rate limit, conflict, server) |
| 2 | Malformed command line (unknown flag, missing argument) |
| 130 | Cancelled (Ctrl+C) |

All API failures exit 1; the error message on stderr states the specific
cause (authentication, permission, not found, etc.).

---

## Related Skills

| Skill | Use Case |
|-------|----------|
| **confluence-space** | Create/delete spaces |
| **confluence-page** | Page CRUD |
| **confluence-permission** | Single-page permissions |
| **confluence-bulk** | Bulk operations |
| **confluence-template** | Create pages from templates |
| **confluence-ops** | Cache management |

---

## Best Practices

### Group Management Workflow

1. Create role-based groups (viewers, editors, admins)
2. Add users to appropriate groups: `confluence-as admin group add-user ...`
3. Verify membership: `confluence-as admin group members ...`

### Permission Diagnostics Workflow

1. Check your permissions: `confluence-as admin permissions check --space DOCS`
2. Review space permissions: `confluence-as admin space permissions DOCS`
3. Verify group membership: `confluence-as admin user groups ACCOUNT_ID`