Kanban Board Diagrams in Confluence with Mermaid (Copy-Paste)
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The sprint board on the wall shows 40 items in "In Progress" and the rulebook says "we limit WIP" and nobody agrees on what the limit is. The board is honest; the documentation is aspirational. A Kanban diagram in the wiki is the board as a spec — columns, limits, and the rework paths drawn so the workflow is a claim the team can argue with.
Quick answer: document the team's board in Confluence as a Mermaid kanban, rendered by Mermaid Plus for Confluence. Columns as headings, work items as indented cards; the workflow rules (who may move what, when, including rework) as a stateDiagram on the same page. This post gives you three copy-paste examples.