> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.spike.sh/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.spike.sh/readme.md).

# Introduction

Documentation for Spike's incident management platform — integrations, on-call schedules, escalation policies, Playbooks, and status pages.

Spike is an incident management platform for on-call teams. These docs cover setting up integrations, on-call schedules, escalation policies, Playbooks, and status pages. For questions or feedback, email <support@spike.sh>.

## Spike basics

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