# Integration with Capable Approval

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Capable Publishing and Capable Approval are designed to work seamlessly together, giving your team a structured, traceable, and flexible way to manage how content goes from draft to published.

**Publish only what’s been reviewed - and know who approved it, when, and why**

With this integration, you can ensure **every page that’s published has gone through the proper review process**, without manual handoffs or disconnected workflows.

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## [#](#how-it-works)How It Works

Once approval is configured in your space, the approval system becomes part of the publishing workflow:

1. **A page is created or updated** in a draft space.
2. Capable automatically (or manually) triggers an **approval request**.
3. Assigned approvers receive notifications via **Slack or email**.
4. Once the approval meets the defined criteria (e.g., 2 of 3 approvals), the page is:

  * Automatically published to the target space **if auto-publish is enabled**, or
  * Available for manual publishing if you prefer more control.
5. The published page includes an audit of who approved it and when.

![Integration with Capable Approval for Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/images/984be3e4-dc9e-453d-8743-e536980eeca1.webp)

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## [#](#setup-overview)Setup Overview

To connect approvals with publishing:

1. Go to **Space Settings → Capable → Approval Settings**.
2. Enable **Automatic Approvals** (optional).
3. Add **Default Approvers** for the space.
4. Set your **Minimum Approvers** and **Minimum Rejections** thresholds.
5. (Optional) Set **Approval Expiry** rules.
6. Toggle **Publish on Approval** to auto-publish once approved.

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## [#](#why-it-matters)Why It Matters

Integrating Capable Approval with Publishing ensures your team’s content is:

* **Reviewed before it goes live**
* **Compliant with internal or external guidelines**
* **Traceable** with a full audit trail
* **Free of copy-paste or manual errors**
* **Scalable** for teams managing many contributors and approvers

Whether you're running a help center, SOP library, or public product docs, this keeps your publishing process tight, reliable, and stress-free.

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## [#](#approvals-are-logged-on-published-pages)Approvals Are Logged on Published Pages

Every published page includes:

* The **approval status**
* The **approver(s)** who signed off
* The **timestamp** of when it was published

This makes audits easy, and gives stakeholders confidence in the quality and accuracy of published documentation.

![Confluence Publishing Byline Panel](https://help.gocapable.com/images/f8f78810-5681-4d78-b4c8-d2719a76bcf4.webp)

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## [#](#flexible-for-all-teams)Flexible for All Teams

* Product teams can set up fast approvals from PMs or designers.
* IT teams can enforce multi-level reviews from security and compliance.
* Marketing teams can route content through brand and legal before pushing live.

Set different rules per space to meet each team’s needs.

![Confluence Approval Settings](https://help.gocapable.com/images/e667b88a-3f00-4bbf-8371-78e0a889fdcd.webp)

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## [#](#summary)Summary

With Capable Approval integrated into Capable Publishing, you can:

* Automate reviews for every page update
* Control what gets published (and when)
* Keep a clean approval trail for every published doc
* Scale your content process without sacrificing quality

> **Pro Tip**: Combine multi-stage publishing with space-level approval settings for even more control - like legal reviews before marketing launches or compliance checks for IT policy updates.