> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ilert.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ilert.com/developer-docs/rest-api/api-reference/incident-postmortem-links.md).
# Incident Postmortem Links
## POST /incidents/{id}/postmortem-links
> Link an externally hosted postmortem document to an incident.
```json
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```
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