Copy Confluence Page on a Schedule

What

We use a single Confluence page for our weekly review and our approach is intentionally simple:

  • Keep one live page that is updated ahead of each session
  • Focus on outcomes, not activities
    Don’t describe what you did — describe what the product can do now
  • After the session, create a read-only snapshot of the page (e.g. weekly, with a date in the title)

That’s it.

You end up with:

  • A single source of truth for the current state
  • A clean, chronological history of progress over time

Confluence Automation

You can automate the snapshot step using Confluence Automation:

  1. Create a new automation rule (ask an admin if needed)
  2. Trigger: Scheduled (e.g. weekly after your session)
  3. CQL query: Select the live page
    Example: space = <YOUR_SPACE> AND id = <YOUR_PAGE_ID>
  4. Condition (optional): Only run if recently updated
    Example: lastmodified >= now("-7d")
  5. Action: Copy the page
    Add a date to the title (e.g. {{now().jiraDate()}} Weekly Review)

Activate the rule — and you’re done.