diff --git a/agent-team/agent_team/topology.py b/agent-team/agent_team/topology.py
index 58d6fb7..43c39a9 100644
--- a/agent-team/agent_team/topology.py
+++ b/agent-team/agent_team/topology.py
@@ -99,6 +99,31 @@ NODE_META: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {
         "kind": "phase",
         "gated": True,
     },
+    # Confluence-writer lane (opt-in, gated behind AGENT_TEAM_CONFLUENCE_ENABLED):
+    # draft -> human approval gate -> (dry-run) write. Its own "docs" process tree;
+    # reached from intake (Flow A: task_kind=confluence) and from verify (Flow B:
+    # document a shipped change). gated=True so the UI dims it in the default deploy.
+    graph_mod.CONF_DRAFT_NODE: {
+        "label": "Conf Draft",
+        "agent": "Claude (sub)",
+        "tree": "docs",
+        "kind": "phase",
+        "gated": True,
+    },
+    graph_mod.CONF_GATE: {
+        "label": "Conf Gate",
+        "agent": "Owner",
+        "tree": "docs",
+        "kind": "gate",  # human approval interrupt before any write
+        "gated": True,
+    },
+    graph_mod.CONF_WRITE_NODE: {
+        "label": "Conf Write",
+        "agent": "Confluence",
+        "tree": "docs",
+        "kind": "phase",
+        "gated": True,
+    },
 }
 
 # Process trees, in display order. ``root`` flags the tree that owns intake (the
@@ -106,6 +131,7 @@ NODE_META: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {
 TREES: tuple[dict[str, Any], ...] = (
     {"id": "core", "label": "Core", "root": True},
     {"id": "sdlc", "label": "SDLC Pipeline", "root": False},
+    {"id": "docs", "label": "Documentation", "root": False},
 )
 
 # Default tree/meta for a graph node with no NODE_META entry (a newly added
@@ -129,6 +155,9 @@ PHASE_TO_NODE: dict[str, str] = {
     Phase.REVIEW.value: graph_mod.REVIEW,
     Phase.BUILD.value: graph_mod.BUILD_NODE,
     Phase.VERIFY.value: graph_mod.VERIFY_NODE,
+    Phase.CONF_DRAFT.value: graph_mod.CONF_DRAFT_NODE,
+    Phase.CONF_GATE.value: graph_mod.CONF_GATE,
+    Phase.CONF_WRITE.value: graph_mod.CONF_WRITE_NODE,
 }
 
 
@@ -159,6 +188,7 @@ def _maximal_compiled() -> Any:
         route_review=_stub_route,
         build_verify=(_stub_node, _stub_node, _stub_route),
         dispatch_node=_stub_node,
+        confluence=True,  # include the Confluence-writer lane in the drawn shape
     )
 
 
diff --git a/agent-team/tests/test_topology.py b/agent-team/tests/test_topology.py
index 623a090..28f5b0a 100644
--- a/agent-team/tests/test_topology.py
+++ b/agent-team/tests/test_topology.py
@@ -33,14 +33,41 @@ def test_topology_has_expected_nodes_and_trees() -> None:
     assert by_id["build_node"]["gated"] is True
 
 
+def test_confluence_lane_in_topology() -> None:
+    """The Confluence-writer lane renders as its own 'docs' tree (flag-gated)."""
+    topo = build_topology()
+    ids = {n["id"] for n in topo["nodes"]}
+    assert {"conf_draft", "conf_gate", "conf_write"} <= ids
+    tree_ids = {t["id"] for t in topo["trees"]}
+    assert "docs" in tree_ids
+    by_id = {n["id"]: n for n in topo["nodes"]}
+    for nid in ("conf_draft", "conf_gate", "conf_write"):
+        assert by_id[nid]["tree"] == "docs"
+        assert by_id[nid]["gated"] is True  # opt-in / flag-gated -> dimmed
+    assert by_id["conf_gate"]["kind"] == "gate"  # human approval interrupt
+    assert by_id["conf_draft"]["kind"] == "phase"
+    assert by_id["conf_write"]["kind"] == "phase"
+
+
+def test_confluence_phase_to_node_mapping() -> None:
+    assert node_for_phase("conf_draft") == "conf_draft"
+    assert node_for_phase("conf_gate") == "conf_gate"
+    assert node_for_phase("conf_write") == "conf_write"
+
+
 def test_edges_classified_spine_branch_loopback() -> None:
     topo = build_topology()
     kinds = {(e["from"], e["to"]): e["kind"] for e in topo["edges"]}
-    assert kinds[("intake", "clarify")] == "spine"
+    # intake is a conditional branch point once the docs lane exists: it routes a
+    # normal task to clarify and a task_kind=confluence task to conf_draft.
+    assert kinds[("intake", "clarify")] == "branch"
+    assert kinds[("intake", "conf_draft")] == "branch"
     assert kinds[("clarify", "plan")] == "spine"
-    # review -> plan is the revise loop; verify -> build_node is the build loop.
+    # review -> plan is the revise loop; verify -> build_node is the build loop;
+    # conf_gate -> conf_draft is the request-changes redraft loop.
     assert kinds[("review", "plan")] == "loopback"
     assert kinds[("verify_node", "build_node")] == "loopback"
+    assert kinds[("conf_gate", "conf_draft")] == "loopback"
     # No edge references the framework terminals.
     nodes = {n["id"] for n in topo["nodes"]}
     for e in topo["edges"]:
diff --git a/agent-team/web/src/layout.ts b/agent-team/web/src/layout.ts
index 2b039af..33ec83a 100644
--- a/agent-team/web/src/layout.ts
+++ b/agent-team/web/src/layout.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function layout(
         target: e.to,
         animated: true,
         style: { stroke: "#7a5cff", strokeWidth: 2, strokeDasharray: "5 4" },
-        label: e.to === "plan" ? "↺ revised" : "↺ retried",
+        label: e.to === "plan" || e.to === "conf_draft" ? "↺ revised" : "↺ retried",
         labelStyle: { fill: "#9b8bff", fontWeight: 700 },
         type: "smoothstep",
         zIndex: 5,