# Developer Tools

- [API](/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](/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](/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](/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](/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api/github-sync.md)
- [Validating YAML files](/scanner/using-scanner-complete-feature-reference/developer-tools/api/validating-yaml-files.md)