# Introduction

[Spike](https://spike.sh) is a simple incident management platform for teams of all sizes. Find all the articles in here to get you started. If you have any questions, doubts or suggestions then feel free to email <support@spike.sh>.

The docs cover how to set up Spike, adding integrations, creating on-call schedules, and automating all the actions during a critical or a non-critical incident.

### Spike basics

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Incident Management</td><td>Manage incidents effortlessly and stay ahead</td><td><a href="incidents/what-is-an-incident">what-is-an-incident</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f6bb88bc388dd0e761acca47e1b2b7298901c29d%2Fincident%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">incident card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>On-call schedules</td><td>Set efficient, flexible on-call rotations</td><td><a href="oncall-schedules/introduction-to-on-call-schedules">introduction-to-on-call-schedules</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-165e6c9b6f74fb46e25f9eedd52173d9e38b8204%2Foncall%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">oncall card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Alerts</td><td>Phone calls, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and more</td><td><a href="alerts/phone">phone</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-0ed8050db7b3eb51ad92cd385fcf13825dd5963b%2FAlerts%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">Alerts card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Escalations</td><td>Automatically escalate alerts and never miss an incident</td><td><a href="escalations/introduction-to-escalations">introduction-to-escalations</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-21aa589e71cfc1dd3b3d0917312f1f496cdbc995%2FEscalations%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">Escalations card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Integrations</td><td>Integrate all your monitoring tools and sniff out incidents</td><td><a href="integrations-guideline/create-integration-and-service-on-dashboard">create-integration-and-service-on-dashboard</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-81cbd06184ede9568fbcf40c3c6cc97114294df9%2FIntegrations%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">Integrations card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Automate with Playbooks</td><td>All common response actions, now automated with Playbooks</td><td><a href="playbooks/introduction-to-playbooks">introduction-to-playbooks</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-bbf08bd14f04aba5d45e7d24c9a2c43b889cd1a1%2FAutomation%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">Automation card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Status pages</td><td>Keep your stakeholders up-to-date with beautiful branded status pages</td><td><a href="status-pages/create-status-page">create-status-page</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8c0495c4f7b0be3202632e3c852aaa2f22d35bba%2FStatuspage%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">Statuspage card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Collaboration</td><td>Incident resolution is a team effort with seamless collaboration</td><td><a href="collaboration/task-management-integrations">task-management-integrations</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a734dbbe3e70e7f636fb8e5fdae695637bb2f91a%2FCollaboration%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">Collaboration card cover.png</a></td></tr><tr><td>Administration</td><td>Manage access control across teams and members with granular control</td><td><a href="administration/adding-team-members">adding-team-members</a></td><td><a href="https://1743514643-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Ln3jS1bJTTsE3yoEcOu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f5074c8499604572ede16646956414e6b4fe64d6%2FAdministration%20card%20cover.png?alt=media">Administration card cover.png</a></td></tr></tbody></table>