UML Use Case Diagrams in Confluence (Mermaid, Copy-Paste)
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The use case diagram is the scope picture: actors on the outside, what the system does for them on the inside, and — the reason product and engineering fight — the line between them. In Confluence that picture usually comes from a diagramming tool export that goes stale the moment scope moves.
Mermaid 12 added the syntax to render UML use case diagrams from text — usecase-beta — and Enhanced Markdown for Confluence renders it in the same macro as everything else on the page. This guide gives you the syntax and two copy-paste diagrams.