Gliffy API
No dedicated Gliffy API. Diagrams live as attachments in Confluence or Jira, so programmatic access rides the Atlassian REST APIs, and Atlassian staff confirm there is no supported way to fetch a rendered diagram. Gliffy's own docs cover end users and admins, not developers.
Frequently asked questions
Gliffy scores F on Supergood's API Report Card. No dedicated Gliffy API. Diagrams live as attachments in Confluence or Jira, so programmatic access rides the Atlassian REST APIs, and Atlassian staff confirm there is no supported way to fetch a rendered diagram. Gliffy's own docs cover end users and admins, not developers.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Gliffy is a browser-based diagramming application that lets technical and business teams build flowcharts, UML diagrams, network/architecture diagrams, BPMN, ERDs, wireframes, mind maps, and freehand sketches.
Horizontal enterprise productivity / visual documentation, with a strong bias toward Atlassian-standardized organizations. Embedding architecture, network, and system diagrams directly inside Confluence pages. Attaching flowcharts and process diagrams to Jira issues for engineering and PM workflows.
Moderate within the Atlassian ecosystem; low outside it.
Diagram files (XML/JSON representations of shapes, edges, text, layers) stored as Confluence/Jira attachments. Diagram-to-page / diagram-to-issue linkage metadata inside Confluence and Jira. Versions and revision history of each diagram.
Founded 2005; one of the older Atlassian-ecosystem ISVs. The product was rewritten off Flash years ago and runs as a modern HTML5/canvas web app inside Confluence/Jira.
Supergood's grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? Supergood checks six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and rolls them into a letter grade. Supergood re-verifies grades, and they only move on evidence.
Not that we could find. As of August 2026 there is no official Gliffy MCP server in any public registry, and no maintained community server we're aware of. We re-verify this periodically — report an inaccuracy below if we missed one.
Not natively. Gliffy doesn't publish an MCP server, so MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex have nothing to connect to out of the box. If that changes, this page will reflect it.