Confluence Integration

BuildBetter’s Confluence integration allows you to export meeting transcripts, summaries, and documents directly to Atlassian Confluence, creating a seamless knowledge management system that preserves context from your conversations.

Features

  • Document Export: Export BuildBetter documents to Confluence pages
  • Meeting Documentation: Create structured Confluence pages from meeting recordings
  • Transcript Integration: Include searchable transcripts in Confluence documentation
  • Action Item Management: Convert meeting action items to Confluence tasks
  • Rich Content Structure: Preserve formatting, headings, and structure in exports

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

  • An active BuildBetter account
  • Atlassian Confluence instance (Cloud or Server)
  • Admin access to relevant Confluence spaces
  • Atlassian API token

Connecting Confluence

  1. Navigate to Settings → Integrations in your BuildBetter dashboard
  2. Select Confluence from the documentation integrations
  3. Enter your Atlassian instance URL (e.g., https://yourcompany.atlassian.net)
  4. Provide your Atlassian API token
  5. Complete the authorization process
  6. Configure default spaces and access permissions

Configuring Export Settings

After connecting:

  1. Go to Settings → Integrations → Confluence → Export Settings
  2. Configure your preferences:
    • Default Confluence space
    • Page hierarchies and structure
    • Content formatting options
    • Default labels and metadata
    • Template selections
  3. Save your configuration

Usage

Exporting to Confluence

Export content from BuildBetter to Confluence:

  1. Open any document, transcript, or summary in BuildBetter
  2. Click the Export button
  3. Select Confluence as the destination
  4. Configure export options:
    • Target space and parent page
    • Page title and structure
    • Labels and permissions
  5. Click Export to create the Confluence page

Creating Meeting Documentation

Generate meeting documentation in Confluence:

  1. After a recorded meeting, click Export to Confluence
  2. Choose a documentation template:
    • Standard meeting minutes
    • Decision document
    • Project update
    • Customer interview
  3. Customize the page structure and content sections
  4. Click Create to generate the Confluence page

Action Item Tracking

Convert meeting action items to Confluence tasks:

  1. From any meeting with extracted action items
  2. Click Export → Action Items → Confluence
  3. Choose format options:
    • Create tasks in Confluence
    • Add due dates and assignees
    • Link back to source recording
  4. Export to create the action items in Confluence

Advanced Features

Template Management

Create and use custom Confluence templates:

  1. Go to Settings → Integrations → Confluence → Templates
  2. Create new templates or modify existing ones
  3. Define page structure, macros, and sections
  4. Apply templates when exporting content to Confluence

Page Hierarchy

Create structured documentation hierarchies:

  1. Select multiple related recordings or documents
  2. Click Export to Confluence Hierarchy
  3. Define the page structure relationship
  4. Set parent/child relationships between pages
  5. Export to create an organized documentation structure

Content Synchronization

Keep Confluence pages updated with BuildBetter content:

  1. Enable the Sync option when exporting
  2. Choose which elements should stay synchronized
  3. Set sync frequency (manual or automatic)
  4. Confluence content will update when source content changes

Troubleshooting

Connection Issues

  • Verify your Atlassian credentials are correct
  • Check your API token permissions
  • Ensure you have appropriate Confluence space permissions

Export Problems

  • Check for authentication timeouts
  • Verify size limits for Confluence pages
  • Ensure proper space and page access rights

Content Formatting Issues

  • Review image embedding settings
  • Check for Confluence macro compatibility
  • Verify table formatting and structure

Use Cases

Team Knowledge Base

  • Create comprehensive meeting documentation for team reference
  • Build product documentation incorporating customer conversations
  • Maintain decision logs with context from discussion recordings

Project Documentation

  • Export project kickoff and planning meetings to Confluence
  • Create living documentation that evolves with ongoing discussions
  • Link specifications to relevant customer feedback recordings

Cross-Team Collaboration

  • Share meeting insights across departments
  • Create transparent decision records accessible to stakeholders
  • Maintain consistent documentation across distributed teams

Technical Documentation

  • Convert engineering discussions into technical specifications
  • Document architectural decisions with context
  • Create training resources from recorded demonstrations