**Example 1: To describe a contact plan** The following ``get-contact`` example describes a contact. :: aws ssm-contacts get-contact \ --contact-id "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact/akuam" Output:: { "ContactArn": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact/akuam", "Alias": "akuam", "DisplayName": "Akua Mansa", "Type": "PERSONAL", "Plan": { "Stages": [ { "DurationInMinutes": 5, "Targets": [ { "ChannelTargetInfo": { "ContactChannelId": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact-channel/akuam/beb25840-5ac8-4644-95cc-7a8de390fa65", "RetryIntervalInMinutes": 1 } } ] }, { "DurationInMinutes": 5, "Targets": [ { "ChannelTargetInfo": { "ContactChannelId": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact-channel/akuam/49f3c24d-5f9f-4638-ae25-3f49e04229ad", "RetryIntervalInMinutes": 1 } } ] }, { "DurationInMinutes": 5, "Targets": [ { "ChannelTargetInfo": { "ContactChannelId": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact-channel/akuam/77d4f447-f619-4954-afff-85551e369c2a", "RetryIntervalInMinutes": 1 } } ] } ] } } **Example 2: To describe an escalation plan** The following ``get-contact`` example describes an escalation plan. :: aws ssm-contacts get-contact \ --contact-id "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact/example_escalation" Output:: { "ContactArn": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact/example_escalation", "Alias": "example_escalation", "DisplayName": "Example Escalation", "Type": "ESCALATION", "Plan": { "Stages": [ { "DurationInMinutes": 5, "Targets": [ { "ContactTargetInfo": { "ContactId": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact/akuam", "IsEssential": true } } ] }, { "DurationInMinutes": 5, "Targets": [ { "ContactTargetInfo": { "ContactId": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact/alejr", "IsEssential": false } } ] }, { "DurationInMinutes": 0, "Targets": [ { "ContactTargetInfo": { "ContactId": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-2:111122223333:contact/anasi", "IsEssential": false } } ] } ] } } For more information, see `Contacts <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/incident-manager/latest/userguide/contacts.html>`__ in the *Incident Manager User Guide*.