Capable Blog
Welcome to the Capable Blog, your go-to hub for all things Confluence! Delve into our insights as we share tips, tricks, and innovative ways to maximise your productivity.
Stay updated on the latest features and announcements from Capable, designed to transform your collaboration experience.
Capable are an Atlassian Rising Star
Weβre thrilled to share that Capable has been named an Atlassian Rising Star, with not one, not two - but four of our apps featured on the Atlassian Marketplace Rising Star list!
How Released.so Helped Us Level Up Our Release Notes
Creating engaging and visually appealing release notes can be a daunting task, often involving manual compilation of updates, formatting, and distribution across various platforms. In this article, we'll show you how to generate professional release notes and roadmaps effortlessly.
Capable Publishing: Structured Workflows for Confluence Content Delivery
Drafting in Confluence is easy - but publishing? Thatβs where things get tricky. Until now. Discover how Capable Publishing brings structure and control to your content workflow, from private draft to polished delivery. With seamless approvals, smart publishing spaces, and full visibility, your team can finally publish with confidence - internally or externally.
From Scattered to Searchable - The Search Tool You Need In Confluence
While Confluence excels at storing information, its native search often falls short when itβs time to actually use that knowledge. In this post, we introduce a powerful new search tool built to make navigating Confluence faster, smarter, and more intuitive.
How One Man Won Three Tickets Worth $3,597 to Atlassian Team 2025
We ran a competition, expecting dozens of entries β and got one. But that one person brought their whole heart, their creativity, and their A-game. And honestly? Thatβs the energy we love to see.
Introducing Capable Solutions
We built Capable for Confluence to help teams work better, faster, and smarter within the tools they already use. Thatβs why weβre excited to launch a new set of solution-based pages: deep dives into how different teams use Capable in real-world scenarios to enhance their Confluence workflows.
β Approval Festival 25: A Retrospective
James Bridge recaps the big takeaways from Approval Fest 25 - a lively, fast-paced session that went beyond buttons and workflows to tackle the real challenges behind approvals in Confluence and Jira. From chaotic Slack threads to clear, version-aware decisions, discover how the conversation shifted toward smarter, more scalable solutions.
Confluence Publishing Workflows are coming to Capable!
We're thrilled to announce a game-changing feature coming soon to Capable for Confluence: Publishing Workflows β a seamless extension of our industry-leading approval system. This upcoming feature helps you turn draft content into published, polished knowledge with confidence and structure.
Weβre Finalists in Two Atlassian Partner of the Year Awards
Capable has been named a finalist for the Atlassian Partner of the Year 2024 - 2025 in the Teamwork Foundations Apps category. This recognition highlights its exceptional contributions to Atlassian customers throughout 2024, including efforts in driving innovation, delivering outstanding solutions, and fostering customer success.
Your chance to win a ticket to Atlassian Team '25
Are you ready for the ultimate collaboration experience? Atlassian Team '25 is set to take over Anaheim, California, from April 8-10, 2025, and weβre giving you a chance to attend for FREE! This premier event is a must for professionals who thrive on innovation, teamwork, and cutting-edge technology. As an exclusive opportunity for our LinkedIn community, we are offering tickets worth $1,199 to three lucky winners through an exciting competition.
ποΈ Join Capable at Approval Fest 25
Join James Bridge and a panel of Atlassian experts, developers, and app makers for a high-energy, one-hour session diving deep into the future of approvals in Confluence, Jira, and beyond. This isnβt just process talk - itβs about transforming the way teams make decisions, collaborate, and keep work moving without the chaos.
March 2025: Fresh New Features for Capable
At Capable, we're always listening to our users and refining our products to make Confluence even more powerful. Our latest update brings several highly requested improvements that streamline workflows, enhance usability, and add even more flexibility to your Confluence experience. Letβs dive into the newest features!
Join us at Atlassian Team β25 in Anaheim, CA
We are excited to announce that Capable will be attending Atlassian Team '25, taking place from April 8β10, 2025, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California! This event is one of the biggest gatherings of Atlassian users, partners, and industry professionals, bringing together teams from around the world to explore the future of collaboration and teamwork.
Your Campaigns Organized: Confluence for Marketing Teams
Discover how Confluence can become a game-changing tool for marketing teams! π― From streamlining campaign management and approvals to simplifying asset handling and enhancing collaboration, learn how Confluence, supercharged with Capable, can transform your marketing operations.
How To Win Atlassian Codegeist (from the 2024 winners)
Atlassian Codegeist 2024 brought together some of the brightest minds in the ecosystem, challenging developers to build innovative apps that solve real-world problems. We had the incredible opportunity to sit down with this yearβs first-place winners to discuss their projects, the challenges they faced, and their best tips for future participants.
From Chaos to Clarity: Documentation in Confluence
One day, everythingβs neat and structured; the next, youβre knee-deep in outdated pages, duplicate files, and a search bar that delivers more frustration than answers. Sound familiar? That was us not too long ago. But hereβs how we flipped the script and brought clarity to our chaos, all without tearing our hair out.
Our Founder Jack Joins the BYOD Podcast for an Exclusive Talk!
βIf youβre not challenging the status quo, youβre fading into the noise.β Are we using Confluence all wrong? Is AI actually helping Agile teams, or just another distraction? Jack Graves, Founder of Capable, joins BjΓΆrn DΓΆhler from Resolution to challenge everything we think we know about team productivity, distributed work, and scaling a startup in the Atlassian ecosystem.
Codegeist 2024! πβ¨ Winning Big & Applauding Outstanding Participants
Capable Images for Confluence just took First Place in the Teamwork Foundations category at Atlassian Codegeist 2024! Out of an incredible lineup of apps, our vision for seamless image management in Confluence stood out. No more digging through Slack threads or lost Google Drive folders - Capable Images keeps everything in one searchable, organized hub. Curious to see why we built it? Or who else took home the top prizes?
Capable Is On Tour!
π Capable is Hitting the Road β Join Us on Tour! Weβre gearing up for an exciting series of events, and youβre invited! Whether youβre looking to level up your Confluence game, boost team productivity, or gain fresh Agile insights, this is your chance to connect with industry experts - for free! Catch James and Jack live as they share actionable strategies at some of the biggest Atlassian community events. From ACE London and Bristol to Connect: High Velocity, weβll be diving into marketing workflows, AI-powered ITSM, and more.
Cloud Security Participant Badge - Achievement Unlocked!
Weβre excited to announce that all our apps have achieved Atlassianβs Cloud Security Participant badgeβa mark of trust and security in the cloud. This badge isnβt just a recognition; itβs a promise. At Capable, we prioritize security at every level, ensuring that our apps are built on Atlassian Forgeβs secure-by-design framework and continuously tested against potential vulnerabilities.
Posts by month
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July 2024
- 24 Jul 2024 Team Week in Tuscany: Bonding, Brainstorming, and Bronzing 24 Jul 2024
- 31 Jul 2024 Introducing Capable for Confluence: One App, Endless Possibilities! π 31 Jul 2024
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August 2024
- 13 Aug 2024 From Always Late to Always Great, How Capable Helped Me Transform Timekeeping from a Chore to a Joy 13 Aug 2024
- 15 Aug 2024 Effortless Confluence Content Management 15 Aug 2024
- 23 Aug 2024 Captain Capable! Why choose us over other apps? 23 Aug 2024
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September 2024
- 2 Sept 2024 Capable August Update 2 Sept 2024
- 12 Sept 2024 Attached in a Flash: Finding Media Fast with Capable Search 12 Sept 2024
- 19 Sept 2024 Using Page Properties to summarize information in Confluence pages 19 Sept 2024
- 23 Sept 2024 Introducing Our New Visual Editor: Diagrams for Everyone in Confluence! 23 Sept 2024
- 30 Sept 2024 Brewing Up Success: How Graph & Grind Cafe Uses Capable's Diagram Feature 30 Sept 2024
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October 2024
- 3 Oct 2024 Introducing Diagram Assistant for Atlassian Rovo 3 Oct 2024
- 4 Oct 2024 Atlassian Team 24: Excitement Builds as We Look Forward to the Conference! 4 Oct 2024
- 8 Oct 2024 Our Appβs Journey to the Rising Stars Section of the Atlassian Marketplace πβ¨ 8 Oct 2024
- 15 Oct 2024 Small but Significant Steps! Celebrating 200 LinkedIn Followers 15 Oct 2024
- 17 Oct 2024 Atlassian Team 24 Europe - Highlights from Barcelona 17 Oct 2024
- 18 Oct 2024 Apptoberfest 2024: Our Creative Submissions 18 Oct 2024
- 21 Oct 2024 October Events Summary 21 Oct 2024
- 30 Oct 2024 Capable Takes First Place for Marketing Teams at Apptoberfest 2024! 30 Oct 2024
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November 2024
- 4 Nov 2024 Enhancing Company Efficiency Through Smarter Approval Processes 4 Nov 2024
- 5 Nov 2024 Capable for Confluence is live on Product Hunt! π 5 Nov 2024
- 12 Nov 2024 Introducing Approval for Confluence 12 Nov 2024
- 13 Nov 2024 Introducing Diagram Assistant for ChatGPT 13 Nov 2024
- 15 Nov 2024 Approvals for Confluence (AppFox) VS Capable Approval for Confluence 15 Nov 2024
- 15 Nov 2024 Diagram Git Markdown HTML PlantUML Mermaid LaTeX Swagger UML (Modus Create) VS Capable for Confluence 15 Nov 2024
- 18 Nov 2024 Introducing Diagrams for Confluence 18 Nov 2024
- 19 Nov 2024 Boosting Efficiency in Team Meetings with Capable Diagrams (Part 1) 19 Nov 2024
- 20 Nov 2024 Dogfooding: How We Use Our Own Tools 20 Nov 2024
- 28 Nov 2024 Boosting Efficiency in Team Meetings with Capable Diagrams (Part 2) 28 Nov 2024
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December 2024
- 2 Dec 2024 Introducing Calendars for Confluence: Stay on Track π 2 Dec 2024
- 10 Dec 2024 Introducing Capable Images for Confluence (Codegeist 2024) 10 Dec 2024
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January 2025
- 8 Jan 2025 We're Kickstarting 2025: Exciting New App Updates to Enhance Your Experience 8 Jan 2025
- 20 Jan 2025 Managing Confluence Content at Scale (Introducing Saved Searches) 20 Jan 2025
- 22 Jan 2025 Recognition! Recognition! Recognition! 22 Jan 2025
- 30 Jan 2025 Cloud Security Participant Badge - Achievement Unlocked! 30 Jan 2025
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February 2025
- 5 Feb 2025 Capable Is On Tour! 5 Feb 2025
- 6 Feb 2025 Codegeist 2024! πβ¨ Winning Big & Applauding Outstanding Participants 6 Feb 2025
- 12 Feb 2025 Our Founder Jack Joins the BYOD Podcast for an Exclusive Talk! 12 Feb 2025
- 14 Feb 2025 From Chaos to Clarity: Documentation in Confluence 14 Feb 2025
- 21 Feb 2025 How To Win Atlassian Codegeist (from the 2024 winners) 21 Feb 2025
- 25 Feb 2025 Your Campaigns Organized: Confluence for Marketing Teams 25 Feb 2025
- 26 Feb 2025 Join us at Atlassian Team β25 in Anaheim, CA 26 Feb 2025
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March 2025
- 10 Mar 2025 March 2025: Fresh New Features for Capable 10 Mar 2025
- 13 Mar 2025 ποΈ Join Capable at Approval Fest 25 13 Mar 2025
- 17 Mar 2025 Your chance to win a ticket to Atlassian Team '25 17 Mar 2025
- 18 Mar 2025 Weβre Finalists in Two Atlassian Partner of the Year Awards 18 Mar 2025
- 19 Mar 2025 Confluence Publishing Workflows are coming to Capable! 19 Mar 2025
- 26 Mar 2025 β Approval Festival 25: A Retrospective 26 Mar 2025
- 31 Mar 2025 Introducing Capable Solutions 31 Mar 2025
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April 2025
- 3 Apr 2025 How One Man Won Three Tickets Worth $3,597 to Atlassian Team 2025 3 Apr 2025
- 10 Apr 2025 From Scattered to Searchable - The Search Tool You Need In Confluence 10 Apr 2025
- 17 Apr 2025 Capable Publishing: Structured Workflows for Confluence Content Delivery 17 Apr 2025
- 22 Apr 2025 How Released.so Helped Us Level Up Our Release Notes 22 Apr 2025
- 23 Apr 2025 Capable are an Atlassian Rising Star 23 Apr 2025