Jira Spaces Skill

Manage Confluence spaces through the Confluence Cloud REST API. Spaces are the top-level containers for organizing project documentation, wikis, and knowledge bases.

When to Use

• Setting up documentation structure for a new project
• Creating spaces for different teams or initiatives
• Listing available spaces to find documentation
• Archiving or deleting obsolete spaces

Prerequisites

• Confluence Cloud instance (same Atlassian account as Jira)
• API token with Confluence access
• Environment variables configured in .env

API Reference

Base URL

Confluence Cloud uses the same base URL as Jira Cloud but different API path:

https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api

Authentication

Same as Jira – Basic Auth with email:token.

Key Endpoints

Space Types

Creating a Space

Request

const response = await fetch(`${CONFLUENCE_URL}/wiki/rest/api/space`, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Basic ${auth}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    key: 'PROJ',           // Unique space key (uppercase)
    name: 'Project Docs',   // Display name
    type: 'global',         // 'global' or 'personal'
    description: {
      plain: {
        value: 'Documentation for the project',
        representation: 'plain'
      }
    }
  })
});

Response

{
  "id": 12345,
  "key": "PROJ",
  "name": "Project Docs",
  "type": "global",
  "status": "current",
  "_links": {
    "webui": "/spaces/PROJ",
    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/PROJ"
  }
}

Listing Spaces

Request

const response = await fetch(`${CONFLUENCE_URL}/wiki/rest/api/space?limit=25&type=global`, {
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Basic ${auth}`,
    'Accept': 'application/json'
  }
});

Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 12345,
      "key": "PROJ",
      "name": "Project Docs",
      "type": "global",
      "status": "current"
    }
  ],
  "start": 0,
  "limit": 25,
  "size": 1,
  "_links": {}
}

Deleting a Space

WARNING: Deleting a space removes all pages and content permanently!

Request

const response = await fetch(`${CONFLUENCE_URL}/wiki/rest/api/space/PROJ`, {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Basic ${auth}`
  }
});

Returns 202 Accepted (deletion is async) or 204 No Content.

Space Keys

Space keys must:

• Be unique across the Confluence instance
• Use only uppercase letters and numbers
• Be 1-255 characters
• Not start with a number

Conventions:

• PROJ – Project-specific
• TEAM – Team-specific
• DOC – Documentation
• KB – Knowledge base

Common Patterns

Create Project Documentation Space

// Create space with home page
await createSpace({
  key: 'TUSTLE',
  name: 'Tustle Project Documentation',
  description: 'Technical documentation and guides for Tustle MVP'
});

// Add standard pages
await createPage('TUSTLE', 'Getting Started', 'Overview and setup instructions...');
await createPage('TUSTLE', 'Architecture', 'System architecture documentation...');
await createPage('TUSTLE', 'API Reference', 'API endpoint documentation...');

List Team Spaces

const spaces = await listSpaces({ type: 'global', limit: 50 });
const teamSpaces = spaces.filter(s => s.name.includes('Team'));

Error Handling

Scripts

Usage Examples

# List all spaces
node run.js list-spaces

# Create a new space
node run.js create-space DOCS "Documentation Space"

# Delete a space (interactive confirmation)
node run.js delete-space DOCS

# Force delete without confirmation
node run.js delete-space DOCS --confirm

Related Skills

• jira-projects – Jira project management
• jira-issues – Issue creation for documentation tasks