# ACARS Guide

## Introduction

Welcome to the world of receiving ACARS Messages. This guide will help you get familiar with the concepts of what ACARS is, why it is cool, and how you can get started receiving ACARS messages.

## Overview

This document is best viewed on GitBook. If you're reading it elsewhere, we humbly suggest going here: <https://gitbook.acarsguide.com/>

This document is intended to be "living". Please feel free to fork the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/sdr-enthusiasts/acars-guide), contribute and submit pull requests! We value your input!

This guide is made available under [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

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

```
GET https://book.acarsguide.com/acarsbook/readme.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.