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Confluence MCP comments tools - don't return comment author

Kamil Gałuszka
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March 24, 2026

The getConfluencePageInlineComments and  getConfluencePageFooterComments tools return comment body, status, resolution status, and properties — but do not include the comment author (display name or account ID).

Current Behavior

Response for both tools includes:

  • id, status, body, resolutionStatus, properties

But not authorId, displayName, or any author information.

Expected Behavior

Each comment should include author information. The underlying Confluence v2 API already returns this in version.authorId and version.createdAt:

{
  "id": "5439520822",
  "version": {
    "authorId": "712020:ea57db02-e241-4238-a423-783b9b030abe",
    "createdAt": "2025-08-15T13:07:22.447Z"
  },
  "body": { ... }
}

Ideally the MCP tools would surface at minimum:

  • authorId (Atlassian account ID)
  • authorDisplayName (resolved display name)
  • createdAt (comment timestamp)

Use Case

When reviewing documents in Confluence, knowing who wrote each comment is essential for understanding context and deciding how to respond. Without author information, the comment data is significantly less useful — you can see what was said but not by whom.

Workaround

Currently calling the Confluence REST API v2 directly and resolving version.authorId via the user lookup endpoint.

1 answer

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Marc -Devoteam-
Community Champion
March 24, 2026

Hi @Kamil Gałuszka 

Welcome to the community.

I'm not sure, but you could ask Atlassian Support, but I think this is intentionally blocked.

As with an MCP you could connected with other applications an AI models and then GPDR related information could be executed and used in other tooling outside Atlassian.

This could then lead to a major data issue.

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