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

# Introduction

> Periscope is a unified engineering intelligence platform that tracks software delivery performance through DORA metrics, SPACE metrics, and AI-powered analytics.

Periscope gives engineering teams deep visibility into how they ship software. It combines industry-standard frameworks — DORA and SPACE — with AI-powered risk detection to surface the insights that matter.

## What Periscope tracks

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  <Card title="DORA metrics" icon="gauge-high" href="/concepts/dora-metrics">
    The four key metrics from Google's DevOps Research and Assessment program: deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery.
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  <Card title="SPACE metrics" icon="users" href="/concepts/space-metrics">
    Developer productivity metrics based on the SPACE framework: throughput, cycle time, and size vs time — with more coming soon.
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  <Card title="Insights" icon="brain" href="/metrics/contributor-activity">
    Contributor activity, service health, and risk signals to help you understand team dynamics and spot problems early.
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  <Card title="MCP integration" icon="plug" href="/integrations/mcp">
    Query all your metrics from AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf through the Model Context Protocol.
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## How it works

Periscope collects data from two primary sources:

1. **GitHub** — PR merge events are captured automatically through a GitHub App installation. Periscope tracks cycle times, throughput, and contributor activity from your pull request data.

2. **Your CI/CD pipeline** — Deployment events are sent to Periscope via a webhook from any CI/CD system (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.). Periscope links deployments to PRs via commit SHA to calculate lead time and DORA metrics.

Once connected, Periscope computes all metrics automatically and surfaces them through the dashboard, API, and MCP server.

## Get started

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Connect GitHub, send your first deployment, and see your metrics in under 10 minutes.
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  <Card title="Deployment webhook" icon="webhook" href="/integrations/deployment-webhook">
    Set up your CI/CD pipeline to send deployment events to Periscope.
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  <Card title="Join the waitlist" icon="clock" href="https://tally.so/r/MeAqPM">
    Periscope is in private beta. Join the waitlist to get early access.
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