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The AI deleted his Confluence draft and cost him two hours of work

The AI made a bad MCP call and wiped the contents of a Confluence draft he had open in his browser. He lost two hours of work.

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How it works

  1. The AI makes an MCP call on the open Confluence draft
  2. The call goes wrong
  3. The draft's contents are deleted
  4. Two hours of work are lost

Why it’s worth knowing

One wrong MCP call emptied a draft he had open in the browser, and two hours of work were gone.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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