Soulcodex Agentic Sync Confluence

Sync Confluence Skill

This skill syncs Markdown documentation from docs/engineering/ to Confluence Cloud using the mark tool. It operates in two distinct modes.

Mode A — Scaffold (run once, locally)

Triggered when docs/engineering/ does not exist. Run this once before any CI sync.

Step A1 — Verify prerequisites

Ensure mark is installed:

mark --version

If not installed: brew install mark or go install github.com/kovetskiy/mark@latest.

Step A2 — Create directory structure

Creates the full tree with INDEX.md stubs:

docs/engineering/
├── INDEX.md
├── adr/
│   └── INDEX.md
├── rfc/
│   └── INDEX.md
└── architecture/
    ├── INDEX.md
    └── resources/

Step A3 — Add sample documents

Creates one example ADR and one example RFC using the templates so engineers have a concrete reference to copy from.

Step A4 — Output instructions

After scaffolding, output:

Scaffold complete. Next steps:

1. Review and commit the new directory structure
2. Add mark metadata headers to your documents
3. Configure CONFLUENCE_* secrets in your CI environment
4. Push to main — CI sync will run automatically

Do NOT push to Confluence in scaffold mode.

Mode B — CI Sync (run on every push to main)

Triggered in CI. No interactive prompts. Fails fast on any error.

Step B1 — Verify environment

Check required env vars are set:

: "${CONFLUENCE_URL:?missing}"
: "${CONFLUENCE_USER:?missing}"
: "${CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN:?missing}"

Exit 1 if any are missing.

Step B2 — Verify scaffold exists

test -d docs/engineering || exit 1

Exit 1 if docs/engineering/ does not exist (scaffold was not run).

Step B3 — Scan for eligible documents

Scan for files with mark headers:

find docs/engineering/adr docs/engineering/rfc docs/engineering/architecture \
  -name '*.md' -exec grep -l '<!-- Space:' {} \;

Step B4 — Diagram enforcement

Mermaid: Supported natively by mark. No action needed.

PlantUML: MUST be pre-rendered before committing. If any file contains a fenced ```plantuml ``` block, exit 1 with:

ERROR: PlantUML block found in . Pre-render to PNG before committing.

PNG: Warn (but continue) for any .png reference:

WARN: PNG reference found in . Prefer SVG or Mermaid.

Step B5 — Sync to Confluence

Run mark with --changes-only:

mark \
  --base-url "$CONFLUENCE_URL" \
  --username "$CONFLUENCE_USER" \
  --password "$CONFLUENCE_API_TOKEN" \
  --changes-only \
  --files docs/engineering/adr docs/engineering/rfc docs/engineering/architecture

Report: pages created / updated / skipped.

Diagram Enforcement Hierarchy

Enforce this preference order in all documents:

1. Mermaid — preferred, text-based, diffable, auto-rendered
2. PlantUML — acceptable only when Mermaid cannot express the diagram; must pre-render
3. SVG — acceptable for design-tool exports, vector, diffable
4. PNG — last resort; warn in CI

Mark Metadata Headers

Every document must include:

<!-- Space: YOUR_SPACE_KEY -->
<!-- Title: Your Page Title -->
<!-- Parent: Parent Page Name -->
<!-- Label: label1 -->

• Space (required): Confluence space key
• Title (required): Page title
• Parent (recommended): Parent page (defaults to space root)
• Label (optional): One or more labels

Known Limitations

• One-way sync: Edits in Confluence are overwritten on next push
• PlantUML: Must pre-render to PNG before committing (not handled in CI)
• Bidirectional sync: Out of scope
• Opt-in: Only files with mark headers are synced

Source: soulcodex/agentic — distributed by TomeVault.