confluence-hierarchy

Confluence Hierarchy Skill

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⚠️ PRIMARY USE CASE

This skill navigates page relationships. Use for:

• Finding parent/ancestor pages
• Listing child/descendant pages
• Viewing page tree structure
• Reordering child pages

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When to Use / When NOT to Use

Use This Skill	Use Instead
Get parent/ancestors	-
List children	-
View page tree	-
Move pages	confluence-page
Create pages	confluence-page
Search pages	confluence-search

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Risk Levels

Operation	Risk	Notes
Get ancestors/children	-	Read-only
View tree	-	Read-only
Reorder pages	⚠️	Changes sort order

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Overview

This skill provides operations for navigating and managing page hierarchies in Confluence, including getting ancestors, children, descendants, and full page trees.

CLI Commands

confluence hierarchy ancestors

Get all ancestor pages for a given page (parent, grandparent, etc.).

Usage:

confluence hierarchy ancestors <page_id>
confluence hierarchy ancestors <page_id> --breadcrumb
confluence hierarchy ancestors <page_id> --output json

Options:

• --breadcrumb - Display as breadcrumb path (Root > Parent > Current)
• --output - Output format: text (default) or json

Examples:

• Get ancestors: confluence hierarchy ancestors 12345
• Show breadcrumb: confluence hierarchy ancestors 12345 --breadcrumb

confluence hierarchy children

Get direct child pages of a parent page (one level down only).

Usage:

confluence hierarchy children <page_id>
confluence hierarchy children <page_id> --limit 50
confluence hierarchy children <page_id> --sort title

Options:

• --limit - Maximum number of children to retrieve (default: 25, max: 250)
• --sort - Sort by: title, id, or created
• --output - Output format: text (default) or json

Examples:

• Get children: confluence hierarchy children 12345
• Sort by title: confluence hierarchy children 12345 --sort title

confluence hierarchy descendants

Get all descendant pages recursively (children, grandchildren, etc.).

Usage:

confluence hierarchy descendants <page_id>
confluence hierarchy descendants <page_id> --max-depth 2
confluence hierarchy descendants <page_id> --limit 200
confluence hierarchy descendants <page_id> --output json

Options:

• --max-depth - Maximum depth to traverse (default: unlimited)
• --limit - Maximum number of descendants to retrieve (default: 100, max: 500)
• --output - Output format: text (default) or json

Examples:

• Get all descendants: confluence hierarchy descendants 12345
• Limit depth: confluence hierarchy descendants 12345 --max-depth 2

confluence hierarchy tree

Get full hierarchical tree structure with nested children.

Usage:

confluence hierarchy tree <page_id>
confluence hierarchy tree <page_id> --max-depth 3
confluence hierarchy tree <page_id> --stats

Options:

• --max-depth - Maximum depth to traverse (default: unlimited)
• --stats - Show tree statistics (total pages, max depth, leaf pages)
• --output - Output format: text (default) or json

Examples:

• Get page tree: confluence hierarchy tree 12345
• With statistics: confluence hierarchy tree 12345 --stats

confluence hierarchy reorder

Calculate and display proposed child page order. This command helps plan reordering operations.

Usage:

confluence hierarchy reorder <parent_id>
confluence hierarchy reorder <parent_id> "id1,id2,id3"
confluence hierarchy reorder <parent_id> --reverse

Arguments:

• order - (Optional) Comma-separated child page IDs in desired order (must be quoted)

Options:

• --reverse - Reverse current order

Examples:

• Sort alphabetically: confluence hierarchy reorder 12345
• Specify custom order: confluence hierarchy reorder 12345 "200,201,202"
• Reverse order: confluence hierarchy reorder 12345 --reverse

IMPORTANT: This command only CALCULATES and DISPLAYS the proposed new order - it does NOT apply changes to Confluence. To actually reorder pages, you must use the Confluence UI (drag and drop in the page tree).

Natural Language Examples

These phrases will trigger this skill:

• "Show me the ancestors of page 12345"
• "Get the breadcrumb path for page 12345"
• "List all children of page 12345"
• "Get all descendants of page 12345 up to depth 3"
• "Show me the page tree for 12345"
• "Reorder the children of page 12345"
• "What is the hierarchy for page 12345?"
• "Show the navigation path to page 12345"

API Endpoints Used

• GET /api/v2/pages/{id}/ancestors - Get page ancestors
• GET /api/v2/pages/{id}/children - Get direct children
• GET /api/v2/pages/{id} - Get page information

Common Patterns

Building Breadcrumbs

confluence hierarchy ancestors 12345 --breadcrumb
# Output: Space Root > Section > Subsection > Current Page

Visualizing Page Structure

confluence hierarchy tree 12345 --stats
# Shows hierarchical tree with statistics

Finding All Pages Below

confluence hierarchy descendants 12345 --output json > descendants.json
# Export all descendants to JSON

Limiting Traversal Depth

confluence hierarchy descendants 12345 --max-depth 2
# Only get children and grandchildren

Notes

• All commands prevent infinite loops by tracking visited pages
• Depth is tracked starting from 1 for direct children
• Tree operations can be resource-intensive for large hierarchies
• Use --max-depth to limit traversal when needed
• Reordering may require API updates to fully function