Documentation Agent — Communication skill for Claude Code

Documentation Agent

Converts Slack incident threads and Q&A chains into structured Confluence KB articles via a one-click Slack shortcut.


Localhost flow

Slack shortcut → ngrok → FastAPI → Claude API (structured extraction) → Confluence page + Slack Block Kit response


AWS flow

Slack shortcut → API Gateway → Rust Lambda (HMAC + SQS) → Python worker Lambda → Claude API → DynamoDB + Confluence + Slack response


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Version history

Version	Description
v0.3.1	Detect existing KB duplicates and preserve user edits (localhost only). Gated by UPDATE_NOT_DUPLICATE=true.
v0.2.2	AWS deployment: Rust API Lambda + Python worker Lambda + SQS + DynamoDB + CDK IaC
v0.1.0	Localhost deployment: FastAPI + ngrok + Claude API (tool use) + Confluence REST API

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Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• ngrok (for local development — exposes FastAPI to Slack webhooks)
• Slack workspace with admin access
• Confluence free tier (personal workspace)
• Anthropic API key
• (AWS deployment only) AWS account, Rust toolchain, cargo-lambda, AWS CDK CLI

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Setup

1. Python environment

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[test]"

2. Environment variables

cp .env.example .env

Fill in all values in `.env`. See [Slack app setup](#slack-app-setup) and [Confluence setup](#confluence-setup) below for where to find each credential.

3. Slack app setup

Create a new Slack app at [api.slack.com/apps](https://api.slack.com/apps).

**OAuth scopes** (Bot Token Scopes under OAuth & Permissions):

Scope	Purpose
channels:manage	Create demo channels
channels:read	List channels
channels:join	Join channels to post
chat:write	Post me