# Alert Deduplication Rules - [Alert Deduplication Rules](https://support.squadcast.com/services/alert-deduplication-rules/alert-deduplication-rules.md): Reduce alert noise by grouping similar alerts together - [Incident Status Based Deduplication](https://support.squadcast.com/services/alert-deduplication-rules/incident-status-based-deduplication.md): Use Incident Status Based Deduplication to deduplicate all alerts to an existing open incident for a Service - [Service Dependency Based Deduplication](https://support.squadcast.com/services/alert-deduplication-rules/service-dependency-based-deduplication.md): Deduplicate incoming alerts for a Service against the latest open incident of its dependent Service(s) - [Key Based Deduplication](https://support.squadcast.com/services/alert-deduplication-rules/key-based-deduplication.md): Define dedup keys using customizable templates for configured alert sources. Auto-group similar incidents for efficient incident management and grouping of duplicates. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://support.squadcast.com/services/alert-deduplication-rules.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.