# Developer Tools

- [API](https://docs.scanner.dev/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api.md): Scanner lets you turn your logs in S3 into an API, giving you the ability to execute ad hoc queries, create detection rules, and more.
- [Ad hoc queries](https://docs.scanner.dev/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api/ad-hoc-queries.md): You can execute ad hoc queries with the Scanner API, which allows you to run an arbitrary query over a specified time range.
- [Detection Rules](https://docs.scanner.dev/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api/detection-rules.md): A detection rule is a query that runs continuously on new logs as they arrive in Scanner. You can create create, read, update, and delete detection rules with the Scanner API.
- [Event Sinks](https://docs.scanner.dev/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api/event-sinks.md): Event sinks are event alert destinations. You can create, read, update, and delete event sinks with the Scanner API.
- [GitHub Sync](https://docs.scanner.dev/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api/github-sync.md)
- [Validating YAML files](https://docs.scanner.dev/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api/validating-yaml-files.md)


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.scanner.dev/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools.md?ask=<question>
```

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.