name : create-contact-channel.rst **To create a contact channel** Creates a contact channel of type SMS for the contact Akua Mansa. Contact channels can be created of type SMS, EMAIL, or VOICE. :: aws ssm-contacts create-contact-channel \ --contact-id "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-1:111122223333:contact/akuam" \ --name "akuas sms-test" \ --type SMS \ --delivery-address '{"SimpleAddress": "+15005550199"}' Output:: { "ContactChannelArn": "arn:aws:ssm-contacts:us-east-1:111122223333:contact-channel/akuam/02f506b9-ea5d-4764-af89-2daa793ff024" } For more information, see `Contacts <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/incident-manager/latest/userguide/contacts.html>`__ in the *Incident Manager User Guide*.