SpecBridge Overview
The SpecBridge Chrome Extension lets you capture content from Atlassian pages — Confluence documents, JIRA Epics, and JIRA Stories — and send them directly to your SpecBridge dashboard as spec drafts.
Permissions
The extension needs these permissions to work:
| Permission | Why It Is Needed |
|---|---|
storage |
Save your session and preferences |
activeTab |
Read the content of the Atlassian page you are viewing |
It activates automatically on Atlassian pages and communicates with your SpecBridge server to submit drafts.
What You Can Capture
| Page Type | What Gets Captured |
|---|---|
| Confluence | Full page content, including text, tables, images, and metadata |
| JIRA Epic | Epic details and child issues |
| JIRA Story | Story details, sprint info, epic link, and test cases |
How It Works
sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant Extension as Chrome Extension
participant Atlassian as Atlassian.net
participant Server as SpecBridge Server
participant Dashboard as SpecBridge Dashboard
User->>Atlassian: Browse a page
Extension->>Atlassian: Reads page content
User->>Extension: Click "Send to Dashboard"
Extension->>Server: Submits content as a draft
Extension->>Dashboard: Opens the dashboard
User->>Dashboard: Creates a spec from the draft
- Browse any Confluence page, JIRA Epic, or JIRA Story
- Click the SpecBridge button to see a preview of the extracted content
- Choose Create New Spec to start fresh, or Add to Existing to attach to a spec you already have
- The content arrives in your dashboard as a draft, ready to review and publish
Installation
The extension is a standard Chrome extension (Manifest V3).
- Build the extension
- Load it in Chrome at
chrome://extensions - Enable Developer mode and click Load unpacked
- Select the build output directory
Authentication
- Log in once through the extension popup — your session is saved
- The extension automatically refreshes your session if it expires
- You can switch between tenants from the extension settings