Embed a whiteboard diagram into a Confluence page

[Anwesha Pan]

I would like to embed a whiteboard diagram into a Confluence page and I want it to stay updated with any changes. Is there a way to achieve it?

[Elvar Böðvarsson]

Just paste the URL into the confluence page.

Or click an item on the whiteboard and click on the copy link button to paste to the page. This way shows the area where the object is located.

[Anwesha Pan]

Thank you much @Elvar Böðvarsson for the quick response 🙂

It was pretty easy to follow your instructions!

[G subramanyam]

Hi @Anwesha Pan welcome to the Atlassian community.

@Elvar Böðvarsson is spot with the reply.

Yes, Confluence's native whiteboard tool is fully integrated and designed for live updates. 

1. Create your diagram or brainstorm on a Confluence whiteboard.
2. copy the URL of the whiteboard. You can either copy the main whiteboard URL or, for a more focused view, you can right-click on a specific section or object and select "Copy link to object".
3. In the Confluence page editor, paste the whiteboard URL.

Confluence will automatically recognize the link and transform it into an embedded view of your whiteboard.

[Anwesha Pan]

Thanks @G subramanyam 🙂

[Rajat Pratap Singh]

Hi @Anwesha Pan 

I created a new page in Confluence and embedded a whiteboard by typing /whiteboard.
This opened the whiteboard editor and linked the board directly to the Confluence page.

Now, any updates I make to the whiteboard are reflected live in the embedded view on the Confluence page.

Hope this helps!

Regards
Rajat

[Anwesha Pan]

Awesome! Thanks a lot @Rajat Pratap Singh 🙂

[Anwesha Pan]

I appreciate your responses @Elvar Böðvarsson @G subramanyam & @Rajat Pratap Singh 🙂

Thanks,
Anwesha

[AppGenesis]

Hi @Anwesha Pan,

The answers above cover the native approach well — pasting the whiteboard URL into a Confluence page creates a live-updating embed, which works great when the diagram originates in a Confluence whiteboard.

But there's a related scenario that comes up often: the diagram starts on a physical whiteboard, a napkin sketch, or in a tool like Microsoft Whiteboard. In those cases, you end up with a photo, and embedding that photo is static — just an image, not something you can edit.

For that scenario, you can type /Sketch2Diagram on any Confluence page, upload the photo, and the AI converts it into a fully editable diagram embedded right on the page — with draggable nodes, editable labels, and reconnectable arrows. The diagram lives natively on the Confluence page as a macro, so it stays part of your documentation.

Full disclosure: I'm the developer at AppGenesis who built Sketch2Diagram. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

[Anwesha Pan]

Thanks @AppGenesis I will definitely look into it.