How to integrate Confluence MCP with DeepSeek Harness

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Introduction

DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an open-source agent runtime from DeepSeek AI, and every part of it is a plugin, so you can swap out the model adapter, the tool registry, or the agent loop. It runs on the Cordis framework and comes with a local Web UI, a headless CLI runner, and a Python SDK. You can point it at DeepSeek V4-Pro and V4-Flash, or at Anthropic, OpenAI, and other OpenAI-compatible providers. It is MIT licensed and still in developer preview.

This guide shows how to connect your Confluence account to DeepSeek Harness, and you can do it with either the Composio Connect CLI or the Composio Connect MCP. The dsh-base bundle gives shell execution as a first-class tool, so the CLI is the easiest path for personal use. It is quick to set up and needs no server config, and the MCP path works well too, since the harness comes with a built-in MCP client.

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What is Composio Connect?

Composio Connect lets anyone plug 1,000+ applications directly into their agent harness, including DeepSeek Harness, through a single hosted MCP endpoint. Each task runs as a session, a scoped runtime that ties together the user, the available toolkits, authentication, and execution state. It can:

  • Discover and load tools on-demand. A small set of meta tools lets the agent search for the right tool at runtime, so you never load hundreds of tool definitions into context.
  • Chain tools in a sandboxed remote workbench. Multi-step workflows run server-side, passing outputs between tools and working with files in the session's sandbox, so long chains finish without a lot of back-and-forth with the LLM.
  • Manage authentication end-to-end. Managed OAuth, per-user connected accounts, and account isolation are all handled for you, so you never wire up auth yourself.

Connect Confluence to DeepSeek Harness with Composio

Prerequisites: Install DeepSeek Harness

DeepSeek Harness needs Node.js (20 or 22) and pnpm. Build it from source. This is also what the MCP path in Option 2 requires, since the built-in MCP client resolves its dependencies from the checkout:

bash
git clone https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.git
cd deepseek-harness
pnpm install
pnpm run build
pnpm dsh web

The Web UI listens on http://127.0.0.1:3080 by default. Open that address to confirm it is up.

Then configure your model route. In the Web UI, open Settings → Models: the built-in DeepSeek card accepts a DeepSeek API key, and the same page supports Anthropic, OpenAI, and custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Full first-run details are in the DeepSeek Harness docs.

Option 1: Composio CLI (recommended)

DeepSeek Harness runs shell commands as a first-class tool through its dsh-base bundle, so the Composio Universal CLI fits well. There is no MCP server to configure, and multi-step tool chaining is reliable. Install and authenticate:

bash
# Install the Composio CLI
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash

# Log in to Composio
composio login

Connect to Confluence

Ask DeepSeek Harness to connect to Confluence, or just request any Confluence-related task. Under the hood the agent calls Composio commands like any other shell tool:

bash
composio search "what can I do with Confluence?"
composio link confluence

On the first Confluence call, composio link confluence opens an OAuth prompt so you can authorize access. After that, every Confluence command works with your stored credentials automatically, so you just talk to the agent and it will search, execute, and chain Confluence tools as needed.

Option 2: Composio MCP

DeepSeek Harness bridges MCP through its built-in @deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client plugin. You register one server as a plugin row, and its tools appear under server-qualified names (mcp__<serverName>__<rawName>), the same shape Claude Code and Codex use.

MCP requires the source build. The built-in client depends on the harness's own internal packages (cordis, dsh-llm, dsh-tools, dsh-invariants, dsh-subprocess), which resolve from the git checkout you built in the prerequisites. Run everything below from that checkout with pnpm dsh. For a route that avoids editing config files, see the community plugin at the end of this section.

Auth note: The built-in client passes static headers only and has no OAuth flow, so authenticate to Composio Connect with the x-consumer-api-key header. For Composio's OAuth flow, use the community plugin below.

1. Register the Composio server

The web profile's user patch layer is $DSH_HOME/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml ($DSH_HOME defaults to ~/.dsh). This is a patch file, so a new plugin goes under an insert: entry. A bare - id: row instead targets an existing entry and fails to boot with patch: entry "…" not found. Add:

bash
- insert:
    - id: mcp-composio
      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client'
      config:
        serverName: composio
        transport: streamable-http
        url: https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
        headers:
          x-consumer-api-key: !!js process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY

2. Set the API key and launch

The header value must resolve to a string at load time. Export your Composio consumer API key (ck_...), which is on the Connect → Settings → Sessions page of the Composio dashboard, in the shell you launch from. If it is unset, process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY is undefined and the config fails validation:

bash
export COMPOSIO_API_KEY=ck_your_key
pnpm dsh web

3. Done!

Open http://127.0.0.1:3080 and start a session on Standard or Code mode. (Minimal mode exposes only bash and str_replace_editor, so it hides MCP tools.) Composio's tools register as mcp__composio__*. Ask DeepSeek Harness to connect to Confluence or request any Confluence-related task, and Composio authorizes Confluence on demand on the first call.

The dsh-mcp-client config schema (transport, serverName, url, headers, plus reconnect.* and toolCallTimeoutMs) is the current developer-preview interface and may change between releases.

Alternative: OAuth via the community plugin

To use Composio Connect's OAuth flow instead of a static key, or to skip editing cordis.patch.yml by hand, use the community dsh-mcp-manager plugin. It installs as a self-contained external plugin, ships a bundle patch so it auto-mounts, and adds a Settings → MCP page plus OAuth (authorization code + PKCE, RFC 7591 dynamic client registration, and refresh-token rotation). It needs the web profile and Node.js ^22.19 or >=24, with pnpm on your PATH.

Install it from your source checkout, then restart pnpm dsh web and refresh:

bash
pnpm dsh plugin --profile web add github:hyqhyq3/dsh-mcp-manager

Open Settings → MCP → + Add MCP server, choose HTTP, set the name to composio, the URL to https://connect.composio.dev/mcp, and the auth mode to OAuth. Click Authenticate, and Composio's login and consent screen opens in the browser, then redirects back and registers the tools as mcp__composio__*. The row should read connected (N tools).

The plugin catches the OAuth code on a loopback redirect (http://127.0.0.1:<port>/mcp-manager/callback/<id>), so Composio's OAuth provider must allow that loopback URL. Server configs and tokens persist at ~/.dsh/mcp-manager.json, so treat that file as a secret. Being a community plugin on a preview harness, its commands may change, so check the plugin repo if a step drifts.

What is the Confluence MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Confluence MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Confluence account. It provides structured and secure access to your Confluence spaces, pages, and content, so your agent can perform actions like creating pages, publishing blog posts, organizing spaces, and managing metadata on your behalf.

  • Automated page and space creation: Instantly create new Confluence pages or entire spaces, empowering your agent to generate project documentation, wikis, or knowledge bases as needed.
  • Effortless blog post publishing: Let your agent draft and publish new blog posts within specified Confluence spaces to keep your team up-to-date and share knowledge seamlessly.
  • Content labeling and metadata management: Have your agent add labels and custom properties to pages, blog posts, or spaces, making it easy to organize, tag, and categorize information for better discoverability.
  • Private space setup and management: Direct your agent to create private, isolated workspaces for sensitive projects or teams, ensuring only authorized collaborators have access.
  • Custom content property automation: Empower your agent to attach or update custom metadata on pages, blog posts, spaces, or whiteboards, streamlining your internal documentation workflows.

Way Forward

With Confluence connected, DeepSeek Harness can now act on your behalf whenever you ask it to.

From here, you can extend the harness further:

  • Connect more apps: Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear, and hundreds of others are available through the same Composio Connect setup, and each new integration adds to what your agent can do for you.
  • Build workflows across tools: Once multiple apps are connected, DeepSeek Harness can chain actions together, so it can turn an email into a calendar invite, a Slack message into a Linear ticket, or a meeting note into a follow-up draft.
  • Use the plugin system: Wrap common Confluence flows as dsh plugins or prompt templates so recurring tasks become one-line commands, and bundle your most-used Confluence tools into a named profile you can boot on demand.

If you run into trouble or want to share what you've built, join the community or check out the Docs for more configuration options.

TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

Every Confluence action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Content Label

Tool to add labels to a piece of content.

CQL Search

Searches for content in Confluence using Confluence Query Language (CQL).

Create Blogpost

Tool to create a new Confluence blog post.

Create Blogpost Property

Tool to create a property on a specified blog post.

Create Whiteboard Property

Tool to create a new content property on a whiteboard.

Create Footer Comment

Tool to create a footer comment on a Confluence page, blog post, attachment, or custom content.

Create Page

Tool to create a new Confluence page in a specified space.

Create Page Property

Tool to create a property on a Confluence page.

Create Private Space

Tool to create a private Confluence space.

Create Space

Tool to create a new Confluence space.

Create Space Property

Tool to create a new property on a Confluence space.

Create Whiteboard

Tool to create a new Confluence whiteboard.

Delete Blogpost Property

Tool to delete a blog post property.

Delete Page Content Property

Tool to delete a content property from a page by property ID.

Delete Whiteboard Content Property

Tool to delete a content property from a whiteboard by property ID.

Delete Page

Tool to delete a Confluence page.

Delete Space

Tool to delete a Confluence space by its key.

Delete Space Property

Tool to delete a space property.

Download Attachment

Downloads an attachment from a Confluence page and returns a publicly accessible S3 URL.

Get Attachment Labels

Tool to list labels on an attachment.

Get Attachments

Tool to retrieve attachments of a Confluence page.

Get Audit Logs

Tool to retrieve Confluence audit records.

Get Blogpost by ID

Tool to retrieve a specific Confluence blog post by its ID.

Get Blogpost Labels

Tool to retrieve labels of a specific Confluence blog post by ID.

Get Blogpost Like Count

Tool to get like count for a Confluence blog post.

Get Blogpost Operations

Tool to retrieve permitted operations for a Confluence blog post.

Get Blog Posts

Tool to retrieve a list of blog posts.

Get Blog Posts For Label

Tool to list all blog posts under a specific label.

Get Blogpost Version Details

Tool to retrieve details for a specific version of a blog post.

Get Blogpost Versions

Tool to retrieve all versions of a specific blog post.

Get Child Pages

Tool to list all direct child pages of a given Confluence page.

Get Blog Post Content Properties

Tool to retrieve all content properties on a blog post.

Get Page Content Properties

Tool to retrieve all content properties on a page.

Get Content Restrictions

Tool to retrieve restrictions on a Confluence content item.

Get Current User

Tool to get information about the currently authenticated user — always scoped to the account tied to the configured connection, not arbitrary users.

Get Inline Comments for Blog Post

Tool to retrieve inline comments for a Confluence blog post.

Get Labels

Tool to retrieve all labels in a Confluence site; use for label discovery when you need to list or page through labels.

Get Page Labels

Tool to retrieve labels of a specific Confluence page by ID.

Get Labels for Space

Tool to list labels on a space.

Get Labels for Space Content

Tool to list labels on all content in a space.

Get Page Ancestors

Tool to retrieve all ancestors for a given Confluence page by its ID.

Get Page by ID

Tool to retrieve a Confluence page by its ID.

Get Page Footer Comments

Tool to retrieve footer (non-inline) comments for a Confluence page.

Get Page Inline Comments

Tool to retrieve inline comments for a Confluence page.

Get Page Like Count

Tool to get like count for a Confluence page.

Get Pages

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of Confluence pages.

Get Page Versions

Tool to retrieve all versions of a specific Confluence page.

Get Space by ID

Tool to retrieve a Confluence space by its ID.

Get Space Contents

Tool to retrieve content in a Confluence space.

Get Space Properties

Tool to get properties of a Confluence space.

Get Spaces

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of Confluence spaces with optional filtering.

Get Tasks

Tool to list Confluence tasks (action items) with filtering by assignee, creator, space, page, blog post, status, and dates.

Get Anonymous User

Tool to retrieve information about the anonymous user.

Search Content

Searches for content by filtering pages from the Confluence v2 API with intelligent ranking.

Search Users

Searches for users using user-specific queries from the Confluence Query Language (CQL).

Update Blogpost

Tool to update a Confluence blog post's title or content.

Update Blogpost Property

Tool to update a property of a specified blog post.

Update Page Content Property

Tool to update a content property on a Confluence page.

Update Whiteboard Content Property

Tool to update a content property on a whiteboard.

Update Page

Tool to update an existing Confluence page, replacing the entire page content.

Update Space Property

Tool to update a space property.

Update Task

Tool to update a Confluence task status.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Confluence MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Confluence tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Confluence and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. DeepSeek Harness fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Confluence tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Confluence scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Confluence data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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