Page engineers, configure escalations, and integrate with PagerDuty—all from Slack. All commands start with /page
Pages are sent as Slack DMs with an interactive 'Acknowledge' button. Engineers can respond without leaving Slack.
If configured, pages go through PagerDuty for phone calls and SMS alerts in addition to Slack notifications.
Track who acknowledged via Slack button or PagerDuty webhook. Full visibility into response times.
Background timer checks every 60 seconds and escalates unacknowledged pages to the next person in the chain.
Automatically page the on-call engineer when incidents of configured severity levels are started.
Receives acknowledgment and resolve events from PagerDuty, keeping everything in sync automatically.
Send an urgent page to a specific team member. They'll receive a Slack DM with an interactive 'Acknowledge' button. If PagerDuty is configured, the page also goes through PD for phone/SMS alerts.
/page @user [message]Example
/page @sarah Database is down, need immediate helpAutomatically page whoever is currently on-call. Uses your /oncall configuration to find the right person and sends them an urgent notification.
/page oncall [message]Example
/page oncall Production API is returning 500 errorsAcknowledge an active page in the incident channel. This stops escalation and marks the page as acknowledged. Can also be done via the interactive button in Slack or through PagerDuty.
/page ackExample
/page ackView all pending pages for the current incident. Shows who was paged, when, and whether they've acknowledged.
/page statusExample
/page statusSet up PagerDuty integration by providing your routing key. When configured, pages will be sent through PagerDuty for phone calls and SMS in addition to Slack.
/page config pagerduty <key>Example
/page config pagerduty abc123xyz789Configure how long to wait before escalating an unacknowledged page. Value must be between 1 and 60 minutes. Default is 5 minutes.
/page config timeout <mins>Example
/page config timeout 10Define the escalation chain for when pages go unacknowledged. After the timeout, the next person in the chain is paged, and so on.
/page config escalation @user1 @user2...Example
/page config escalation @lead @manager @directorSet which severity levels should automatically page the on-call engineer when an incident starts. Great for ensuring critical incidents get immediate attention.
/page config autopage <sev1,sev2,...>Example
/page config autopage sev1,sev2Copy and paste these commands to get started.