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How to use Confluence with Cursor

You want Confluence inside Cursor so it can find the right source pages, map a Confluence space, review and update documentation, and publish a new project page — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Confluence gateway

The gateway is the thing Cursor connects to, and it is where you decide which Confluence tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
Create an MCP Gateway and select your Confluence tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Confluence tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a Confluence gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Heads up

Cursor does not refresh MCP OAuth tokens automatically. For a persistent connection, set Authorization to “Arcade Headers” on the gateway in the dashboard.

Open MCP settings

Command Palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P) → Open MCP Settings, then click “New MCP Server”.

Add the gateway to mcpServers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-arcade": {
      "url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>"
    }
  }
}

Try it out

Ask Cursor to use one of your Confluence tools.

Full Cursor guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Get started with these Confluence prompts

Cursor can now act on your Confluence account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Control which spaces an agent can read or change, and require approval before it creates, renames, or edits a page. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so an agent can search documentation without being able to alter it.

How to use Confluence with Cursor

Create your Confluence gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Confluence tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Get started with these Confluence prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?