# About Mycroft AI

- [Why use Mycroft AI?](https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/about-mycroft-ai/why-use-mycroft.md): Why would you choose to use Mycroft over alternatives such as Amazon™ Alexa™, Google Assistant™, Microsoft Cortana™ or Apple's Siri™?
- [Glossary of terms](https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/about-mycroft-ai/glossary.md): Use our Glossary to learn more about the specialist terms that we use in natural language processing generally, and more specifically with Mycroft software and hardware.
- [Contributing](https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/about-mycroft-ai/contributing.md): We value and recognise your contributions. Mycroft is artificial intelligence for \_everyone\_ and we warmly welcome both non-technical and technical contributions.
- [FAQ](https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/about-mycroft-ai/faq.md): Questions that we frequently receive about Mycroft and our technologies.


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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://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/about-mycroft-ai.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.