~bigbes/confluence-md-utilities

#mdcx

Markdown to Confluence XML converter with bidirectional sync for self-hosted Confluence Server/Data Center.

Converts Markdown to Confluence storage format XML and back. Pull pages from Confluence, edit locally as Markdown, push changes back. Template-aware embedding preserves metadata tables, changelogs, inline comment markers, user references, and attachment images through round-trips.

#Install

go install go.bigb.es/confluence-md-utilities/cmd/mdcx@latest

Or build locally with just:

just install

#Commands

#convert

Markdown to Confluence XML.

mdcx convert input.md -o output.xml
cat input.md | mdcx convert > output.xml

#embed

Convert Markdown and insert between marker comments in an existing Confluence document, preserving everything outside the markers (metadata table, TOC, changelog, etc.).

mdcx embed input.md --template template.xml -o output.xml

Template must contain marker comments:

<!-- MD_CONTENT_START -->
<!-- MD_CONTENT_END -->

#extract

Extract content between markers from a Confluence XML document and convert back to Markdown.

mdcx extract input.xml -o output.md
mdcx extract input.xml --raw    # raw Confluence XML, no conversion

#pull

Fetch a page from Confluence and convert to Markdown.

mdcx pull "https://confluence.example.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=12345" -o page.md
mdcx pull "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/Page+Title" -o page.md
mdcx pull "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/Page+Title" --raw -o page.xml

#push

Convert local Markdown and update a Confluence page.

# Replace entire page body
mdcx push "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/Page" page.md

# Template mode: only replace content between markers, keep everything else
mdcx push "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/Page" page.md --template

# With version message
mdcx push "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/Page" page.md -m "Updated intro"

#fmt

Pretty-print Confluence storage XML with syntax highlighting.

mdcx fmt page.xml
mdcx fmt page.xml --color=force     # force colors even when piped
mdcx fmt page.xml --color=disabled  # no colors
mdcx fmt page.xml -o formatted.xml  # write to file (colors auto-disabled)

Colors: tags in blue/magenta/cyan by namespace, attributes in yellow, values in green, CDATA and comments in gray. Enabled by default when output is a terminal.

Block elements get their own lines with indentation. Short <li>, <h1>-<h6>, <th>, <td> stay on one line when content fits. Lines longer than 120 characters are wrapped at word boundaries (UTF-8 aware). CDATA content is preserved as-is.

#Authentication

pull and push require a Personal Access Token:

# Via environment variable
export CONFLUENCE_TOKEN="your-token-here"
mdcx pull "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/RFC-42" -o rfc.md

# Via flag
mdcx pull --token "your-token" "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/RFC-42" -o rfc.md

#Typical workflow

export CONFLUENCE_TOKEN="..."

# Pull
mdcx pull "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/RFC-42" -o rfc.md

# Edit
vim rfc.md

# Push back, preserving template structure
mdcx push "https://confluence.example.com/display/TEAM/RFC-42" rfc.md --template -m "Updated requirements"

#Shell completions

# Bash
source <(mdcx completion bash)

# Zsh (add to your .zshrc)
mdcx completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_mdcx"

# Fish
mdcx completion fish | source

#Supported elements

Markdown	Confluence XML
`# Heading`	`<h1>` ... `<h6>`
`bold`	`<strong>`
`italic`	`<em>`
`~~strike~~`	`<del>`
`code`	`<code>`
Fenced code blocks	`<ac:structured-macro ac:name="code">` with CDATA
`- item` / `1. item`	`<ul>/<ol>` with `<li>`
Nested lists	Nested `<ul>/<ol>` inside `<li>`
`- [x] task`	`<ac:task-list>/<ac:task>`
`[text](url)`	`<a href="...">`
`![alt](url)`	`<ac:image><ri:url .../>`
`> blockquote`	`<ac:structured-macro ac:name="info">` (info panel)
`---`	`<hr/>`
GFM tables	`<table>` with `<th>/<td>` wrapped in `<p>`

#Round-trip preservation

Confluence-specific elements that have no Markdown equivalent are preserved through round-trips using HTML spans:

Confluence element	Markdown representation
`<ac:inline-comment-marker ac:ref="UUID">`	`<span data-inline-comment="UUID">text</span>`
`<ac:link><ri:user ri:userkey="KEY"/></ac:link>`	`<span data-user-key="KEY"/>`
`<ac:image><ri:attachment ri:filename="F"/></ac:image>`	`<span data-attachment="F"/>`

These are converted back to proper Confluence tags on push.

#License

MIT