K's Quest

Inspiration

As a beginner stepping into Atlassian Forge, the idea of creating something tangible was exciting. I wanted to explore how apps can enhance productivity in tools like Confluence and Jira. Building a "Hello World" app felt like the perfect first step to understand the fundamentals of Forge, while preparing for more advanced challenges in the future.

What it does

K’s Quest is a simple Hello World app built on the Forge platform that adds a basic user interface component inside Confluence. When the app is triggered, it renders a friendly “Hello World” message using Atlassian’s UI kit. While basic in functionality, it validates successful deployment and integration with the Atlassian cloud ecosystem.

How we built it

Platform: Atlassian Forge
Languages: JavaScript (with Node.js)
Tech Stack: Forge UI Kit, Forge CLI, Atlassian APIs
Tools: VS Code, Forge Tunnel for local development, Atlassian Developer Console

Challenges we ran into

Understanding the structure of a Forge app as it differs from traditional web apps
Learning how permissions and manifests work for Forge
Dealing with CLI authentication errors and deployment delays
UI Kit being limited in customization but it taught the importance of simplicity

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully deployed and ran the first Forge app on Confluence
Understood the lifecycle of a Forge app: from code → deploy → install → run
Became familiar with how Atlassian apps can be embedded in user workflows

What we learned

The concept of Forge hosted vs custom UI and when to use each
Realized how Forge simplifies cloud app hosting with automatic scaling and security
How to set up and use Atlassian Forge CLI & Managing permissions and scopes for Forge apps