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Publish a Markdown doc to Confluence without breaking the formatting

About 5 minutes Technical writers, engineers, and anyone whose docs live in a Confluence space.

Confluence does not render Markdown in the page editor, so convert first. Draft in the Markdown editor, generate a table of contents, then convert to Confluence wiki markup or storage-format XHTML and paste that into the page.

The chain

  1. 01

    Draft the page in Markdown

    Write with live preview so you can see the headings, tables, and code blocks land.

    You get: A finished Markdown draft.

    Open Markdown EditorMarkdown table syntax
  2. 02

    Add a table of contents

    Generate anchors from your headings so a long page is navigable.

    You get: A linked table of contents at the top of the draft.

    Open Table of Contents Generator
  3. 03

    Convert to Confluence

    Pick wiki markup for the classic editor, or storage format (XHTML) if you are pasting through the source editor or an API.

    You get: Confluence syntax with code, info, and warning macros preserved.

    Open Markdown to ConfluenceHow to paste Markdown into Confluence
  4. 04

    Keep a portable copy

    Export the same Markdown as a .docx for anyone outside the Confluence space who needs to review it.

    You get: A Word file that matches the wiki page.

    Open Markdown to Word (.docx)Markdown to a Word document

The prompt for the thinking step

Restructure a draft into a Confluence-shaped page

Use before converting, when the draft is a wall of text rather than a document.

Restructure the following draft into a Confluence-ready technical document. Return Markdown only.

<draft>
[PASTE YOUR DRAFT HERE]
</draft>

Structure it as:

1. A one-paragraph summary a reader can stop after and still know what this page is.
2. A "Who this is for" line naming the audience and when they would open this page.
3. The body, broken into H2 sections. Prefer a table over prose whenever the content is a set of parallel items (options, parameters, environments, owners).
4. Any command, config, or code in fenced blocks with the language tagged.
5. A short "Open questions" section at the end for anything the draft leaves unresolved.

Rules:
- Do not add facts that are not in the draft. Where something is missing, say so in Open questions.
- Keep sentences short enough to scan. No introductory throat-clearing.
- Do not use emphasis for whole sentences.

Run it now

Convert Markdown to Confluence wiki markup for runbooks, specs, incident reviews, meeting notes, tables, code blocks, and macros.

Open the Confluence converter

Questions people ask

Does Confluence support Markdown?

Only partially. Confluence Cloud auto-formats some Markdown as you type, but pasting a full document rarely survives — tables, code fences, and nested lists are the usual casualties. Converting first is the reliable path.

Wiki markup or storage format — which do I pick?

Wiki markup for the classic editor and the insert-markup dialog. Storage format (XHTML) when you are pasting via the source editor or pushing through the Confluence REST API.

Is my document uploaded anywhere?

No. The Markdown editor, the table of contents generator, the Confluence converter, and the Word export all run entirely in your browser. Nothing in this workflow is sent to a server.

How do I go the other direction?

Use the Confluence to Markdown converter. It reads both wiki markup and storage-format XHTML and auto-detects which one you pasted.

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