What’s New in Atlassian AI & Rovo: September 2025 Highlights

September’s updates across Atlassian’s AI capabilities and Rovo platform reveal Atlassian’s continuing focus on seamless collaboration, intelligent automation, and powerful search. From enhanced Rovo discovery to AI-powered workflows, the latest features are squarely aimed at reducing context switching and driving productivity across all teams.

Here’s a look at what’s new.

Compass Joins the Atlassian MCP Server

What’s new
Compass is now integrated into the Atlassian MCP Server, giving engineering teams a more intuitive way to manage services and components using natural language and AI agents.

Why it matters
This dramatically simplifies infrastructure operations. Platform and DevOps teams can automate bulk component creation or query service dependencies with simple language prompts. It’s a big win for onboarding too; new team members can explore system architecture without digging through layers of documentation.

Keep in mind
Teams unfamiliar with Compass or the MCP Server may face a learning curve. And like all AI-powered features, organisations in tightly regulated sectors may need to review external LLM dependencies.

Smarter Search with Rovo

What’s new
Rovo’s search engine just got a major boost. The updated ranking model now uses pairwise loss training, which significantly improves the relevance of results. It also adds personalised prompt suggestions and “space filters” to help users quickly narrow results to their most-used spaces.

Why it matters
For cross-functional projects and knowledge-heavy teams, this is a game-changer. Developers can surface the right documentation faster. Teams working across Confluence, Jira, and connected tools can reduce noise and uncover critical context with less effort.

Watch for
As with any personalised system, there’s a risk of “filter bubbles”, so users should still explore beyond the suggested paths when needed.

Expanded Connector Ecosystem

What’s new
Rovo now automatically searches content from 8 new Smart Link connectors; SharePoint, Slack, Lucid, Dropbox, DocuSign, GitLab, Notion, and Azure DevOps, plus PDF content across platforms like Google Drive and Box. Calendar events in Google and Outlook are also now searchable.

Why it matters
This is a major upgrade for teams managing documents, events, and assets across platforms. Whether you’re chasing down a contract in DocuSign, design notes in Lucid, or meeting details from Outlook, Rovo brings it all into one unified search experience.

AI-Powered Jira Descriptions from Confluence and Loom

What’s new
Paste a Confluence or Loom link into Jira, and Atlassian’s AI will auto-generate a structured description or even create a new Jira work item.

Why it matters
This closes a critical gap in context-sharing. Product managers can turn customer feedback videos into backlog items. Developers can convert documentation into Jira tasks. QA teams can transform bug report videos into clear tickets, with almost no manual work.

Heads-up
The quality of the output depends on the quality of the source content. Well-structured pages and clear videos will get the best results.

Atlassian Home Dashboard Insights

What’s new
The beta version of Home Dashboard Insights now supports natural language queries. Teams can ask questions directly to dashboards with no custom reporting required.

Why it matters
This gives leaders and analysts quick access to project health metrics, performance data, and more, all through a conversational interface.

Beta status note
Functionality may be limited for complex data sets or more advanced metrics. Still, it’s a promising step forward in making dashboards more interactive and accessible.

Centralised AI Agent Management in Rovo Studio

What’s new
The new “Agents” view lets teams manage their AI agents from one central location.

Why it matters
With AI capabilities scaling across teams and use cases, visibility and control are essential. This update gives AI ops teams (or even individual creators) a streamlined way to update, review, or retire agents as needs evolve.

New Automation Smart Buttons in Confluence

What’s new
Confluence Smart Buttons have been redesigned, with an improved UI and simplified automation builder—directly on the page.

Why it matters
Triggering actions like generating PRDs, applying templates, or publishing structured content now takes one click. It’s a lightweight way to automate repetitive work while keeping documentation consistent.

Pro tip
Make sure to include clear labels and text around buttons so users know exactly what the automation will do.

Browser Shortcut for Rovo Search

What’s new
A new browser shortcut (rovo + space) launches a Rovo search from anywhere, no need to open Atlassian tools first.

Why it matters
It’s a small update with a big productivity impact. Whether you’re mid-call, reviewing a doc, or jumping between tools, Rovo now follows you across your browser for quick reference and lookup.

Getting Started: Tips for Teams

Adopting new AI capabilities can feel like a big lift, but here’s how to make it manageable:

• Start with high-impact features: Prioritise use cases like automated documentation or improved search that deliver immediate wins.
• Roll out gradually: Introduce new capabilities in phases to give teams time to adjust.
• Set governance early: Define standards for automation, AI agents, and connector use to ensure consistency.
• Track value: Measure adoption, performance, and satisfaction to inform your rollout strategy.
• Keep the human in the loop: Use AI for augmentation, not full automation. Oversight is key.

Final Thoughts

This month’s updates continue to build toward a more connected, intelligent Atlassian ecosystem, one where AI helps teams work smarter, not harder. From reduced context switching to more actionable data and smarter search, September’s releases are packed with practical improvements.

We’re looking forward to seeing what’s next at Team ’25 Europe in just a few weeks. And remember, if you can’t make it to Barcelona, Elegance Group are hosting a Team ‘25 Europe Wrap event in Sydney on 23rd October.