Can Rovo Access and Search Contents of Files Attached to Confluence Pages?

Question

Hello,

I would like to know if Atlassian Rovo can access and search the contents of files (such as PDFs, Word documents, Excel files, etc.) that are attached to Confluence pages.

For example, if a PDF is attached to a page, can Rovo extract and reference the text inside that file when answering questions?

I’ve tried asking Rovo several times, but it always responds that there are no files —even though I’ve confirmed that files are attached to the page.

Thank you in advance for your help!

George Mihailov_zqe15j · Answer

Small correction: scanned PDFs and images are supported now.

George Mihailov_zqe15j · Answer

I've experienced the same, so I ended up building the DocAttaché app to solve this. It's a Confluence Cloud Rovo agent that reads the files attached to the page.

Ask any question and you get the answer out of the document (and page), with that document linked as the source so you can check what it quoted. PDF, Word, PowerPoint (speaker notes included), Excel, EPUB, RTF, CSV. The same skills show up in Rovo Agent Studio if you'd rather add them to an agent of your own.

Everything runs inside your tenant — Runs on Atlassian, no external AI service — and every read executes as the person asking, so your space permissions still apply. Text-based documents only: scanned PDFs and images can't be read.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/2372739426/docattach

Laurie Sciutti · Answer

Hello @Chisato Saito ~ there is some good info here:  can rovo search attachment contents in confluence - Google Search  While it apparently CAN access and search contents of certain types of attachements, it doesn't look like PDF's are supported at this time.  However, there IS a "Summarize Attachment Expert" agent that you can use to extract a Summary that you can then search:  Get Started - AI for Confluence Cloud - Confluence

HTH