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

# Basics

The three StatusPal Next modules, what each one is for, and how they hand off to one another.

StatusPal Next is three modules that share one workspace: Monitoring watches your endpoints, Incident Management coordinates your team's response, and Status Pages tell your customers what is going on.

Each module can be switched on or off for your workspace under **Settings** → **General**, so you can start with one and add the others as you need them. When they are all on, they hand off to one another: a failing check can open a notice on a status page, and an incident your team is working on can publish its updates to the same page.

* [Monitoring](/next/basics/monitoring.md): scheduled health checks against your endpoints, with alerts to your team and optional status page automation.
* [Incident Management](/next/basics/incident-management.md): the internal record of an incident, with commander, responders, severity, and runbooks.
* [Status Pages](/next/basics/status-pages.md): the hosted page your customers and stakeholders check, with services, notices, and subscriptions.

If you haven't set anything up yet, the [Start Guide](/next/start-guide.md) walks through your first status page and which modules to enable.