> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.blinkops.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rootly

> Rootly is an AI-native incident management platform designed to automate the end-to-end incident lifecycle directly within collaboration tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams. It streamlines how engineering and SRE teams detect, triage, resolve, and learn from system outages without context-switching.

## Creating a Rootly connection

### Using API Key

To create the connection you need:

* An API Key

#### Obtaining the credentials

For more information about obtaining the credentials, please refer to [Rootly Documentation](https://docs.rootly.com/api-reference/overview#how-to-generate-an-api-key).

#### Creating your connection

1. In the Blink platform, navigate to the **Connections** page > **Add connection**. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
2. Select the **Rootly** icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appear.
3. (Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
4. Select **API Key** as the method to create the connection.
5. Fill in the parameters:
   * The API Key
6. (Optional) Click **Test Connection** to test it.
7. Click **Create connection**. The new connection appears on the **Connections** page.