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Outline

Syncs your team knowledge base with external tools, automates documentation updates from project changes, and manages workspace permissions based on user roles.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Outline integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Outline calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Outline data, across all 101 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Outline access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Outline, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Outline is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Outline.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Outline action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Outline, and when to use it.

Create document
Use this when you need to create a new page with a title and content in a specific collection.
Get document info
Pull the full content, metadata, and access policies for a specific document by its ID.
Create collection
Use this to organize documents by creating a new folder with specific permissions and icons.
Archive document
Move a document out of sight while keeping it searchable for future restoration.
Add user to collection
Grant a specific user access to a collection with defined read or write permissions.
Add user to group
Assign a user to a group to manage their access across multiple collections at once.
Create comment
Add a text comment or a reply to an existing Outline document for collaboration.
Create share
Generate a public URL that allows people without workspace membership to view a document.
Duplicate document
Create a copy of a document and its child pages to use as a starting point.
Get collection documents
Pull the full tree structure of navigation nodes within a specific collection.
Create template
Save a document structure as a reusable template for the whole workspace.
Export document
Pull a document in Markdown, HTML, or PDF format for external use.
Activate User
Tool to activate a previously suspended user in Outline. Activating a user allows them to sign in again and will cause billing totals to be re calculated in the hosted version. Use when you need to restore access for a suspended user.
Add Group to Collection
Tool to add a group to a collection in Outline. Use when you need to grant all members of a group access to a specific collection with read or write permissions.
Add Document User
Tool to add a user membership to a document. Use when you need to grant a user access to a specific document.
Add Group to Document
Tool to give all members in a group access to a document. Use when you need to grant document level access permissions to an entire group at once, rather than adding individual users one by one.
Create Attachment
Tool to create an attachment in Outline. This creates a database record and returns the inputs needed to generate a signed URL and upload the file from the client to cloud storage. Use when you need to prepare an attachment for upload to as
Create Group
Tool to create a new group in Outline. Use when you need to organize users into logical groups for easier permission management across collections.
Create OAuth Client
Tool to create a new OAuth client in Outline. Use when you need to create an OAuth client application that can be used to authenticate users and access the API on their behalf.
Create Star
Tool to create a star for a document or collection in Outline. Use when you need to star (favorite) a document or collection so it appears in the user's sidebar. One of either documentId or collectionId must be provided.
Create View
Tool to create a view for a document. Use when you need to record that a document has been viewed. Note: It is recommended that views are not created from outside of the Outline UI.
Delete Attachment
Tool to delete an attachment from Outline. Deleting an attachment is permanent. It will not delete references or links to the attachment that may exist in your documents.
Delete Collection
Tool to delete a collection and all of its documents from Outline. Use when you need to permanently remove a collection. This action cannot be undone, so use with caution.
Delete Comment
Tool to delete a comment in Outline. Use when you need to remove a comment from a document. If the comment is a top level comment, all its children will be deleted as well.
Delete Document
Tool to delete a document in Outline. Deleting a document moves it to the trash by default. If not restored within 30 days it is permanently deleted. Use permanent=true to destroy the document immediately with no way to recover.
Delete File Operation
Tool to delete a file operation and its associated files from Outline. Use when you need to clean up completed or failed import/export operations.
Delete Group
Tool to delete a group from Outline. Deleting a group will cause all of its members to lose access to any collections the group has previously been added to. This action cannot be undone, so use with caution.
Delete OAuth Authentication
Tool to delete an OAuth authentication in Outline. Use when you need to revoke a third party application's access to a user's account. This action removes the OAuth authentication connection between Outline and the third party application.
Delete OAuth Client
Tool to delete an OAuth client from Outline. Permanently delete an OAuth client and revoke all associated access tokens. This action cannot be undone, so use with caution.
Delete Star
Tool to delete a star from a document in Outline. Use when you need to remove a star from a user's starred documents list.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven operates using the permissions assigned to the API key or OAuth token used during connection. If the connected account has administrative rights, the agent can create collections and manage user groups. If it has restricted access, it can only modify documents it already has permission to edit. This ensures that your internal security model remains intact. You can restrict what the agent does by creating a dedicated service account in Outline with a specific set of permissions and connecting Ceven through that account instead of a personal admin profile.
Yes. You can build a workflow where a trigger from your HR software tells Ceven to create a user in Outline, add them to a general company group, and grant them access to specific collections like the employee handbook or department guides. This removes the need for an office manager to manually invite every new hire and remember which folders they need access to. The agent can also create a personalized onboarding document from a template and share it with the new hire on their first day.
When the agent calls the archive tool, the document is removed from the main navigation and collection lists but is not deleted. It remains in the system database and can still be found via the search bar. This is the safest way to handle outdated information because it prevents team members from following old processes while ensuring that historical context is not permanently lost. If you need to fully remove a document, the agent can use the delete tool, though we recommend archiving first.
Ceven can iterate through a list of documents in a collection and update them one by one. For example, if you change a product name, the agent can search for all documents containing the old name and replace it with the new one. However, Outline has internal rate limits on API requests to prevent server abuse. If you are updating hundreds of documents at once, Ceven automatically adds a small delay between calls to ensure the workflow does not get throttled or blocked by the Outline API.
Yes. The agent can use the create share tool to generate a public URL for any document it has access to. This is useful for automating the creation of public help center articles or sharing project updates with external clients without inviting them into your private workspace. You can build a workflow that takes a finalized internal doc and automatically publishes it to a public link, then posts that link into a Slack channel or sends it via email to your customer base.
Ceven can both create new templates and use existing ones to spawn documents. You can tell the agent to look for a template named Client Kickoff and use it to create a new document every time a deal is marked as won in your CRM. The agent can then populate specific sections of that document with data from the CRM, such as the client name and project scope, before notifying the account manager that the document is ready for their final review.
Yes, the agent can trigger a bulk export of all collections. This process creates a file operation in Outline that bundles your documents and attachments into a downloadable format. Because bulk exports can take several minutes for large workspaces, Ceven monitors the file operation status and notifies you once the export is complete and the download link is ready. This is a great way to maintain an off site backup of your knowledge base on a weekly or monthly basis.
While Outline supports very long documents, extremely large payloads can sometimes cause timeouts during the API request. For documents that are tens of thousands of words long, we recommend that the agent creates the document shell first and then appends content in chunks or uses the duplicate tool to copy a large existing structure and then modifies the specific sections needed. This approach ensures stability and prevents the workflow from failing due to network timeouts or payload size limits imposed by the API.

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