Downloads a specific Confluence attachment and returns its content as a base64-encoded string. This is useful for reading the content of files attached to a page.
AI agents call download_confluence_attachment to retrieve information from Mcp Atlassian without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and reads existing attachment content with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything—it simply fetches data from Confluence. This is a straightforward Read operation with low severity, as misuse would only expose information that already exists in Confluence rather than causing destructive or operational harm.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Downloads a specific Confluence attachment and returns its content as a base64-encoded string.' The verb 'downloads' and 'returns' indicate retrieval without modification.
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Downloads a specific Confluence attachment and returns its content as a base64-encoded string. This is useful for reading the content of files attached to a page. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Atlassian MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Atlassian MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for download_confluence_attachment: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Atlassian. Nothing to install.
download_confluence_attachment is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the download_confluence_attachment rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for download_confluence_attachment. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
download_confluence_attachment is provided by the Mcp Atlassian MCP server (mcp-atlassian). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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