# Background - [Overview](https://playbooks.equalexperts.com/advice-process/background/overview.md): When to use the Advice Process - [The principles to get behind](https://playbooks.equalexperts.com/advice-process/background/the-principles-to-get-behind.md): key principles and assumptions that underpin the Advice Process - [AP Benefits](https://playbooks.equalexperts.com/advice-process/background/ap-benefits.md): A quick summary of the benefits we receive when we use the Advice Process - [Adoption Pains](https://playbooks.equalexperts.com/advice-process/background/adoption-pains.md): Some of the problems we've encountered during the transition - [The Advice Process protocol](https://playbooks.equalexperts.com/advice-process/background/the-advice-process-protocol.md): How the Advice Process fits into different decision-making frameworks. - [Pirate or navy?](https://playbooks.equalexperts.com/advice-process/background/pirate-or-navy.md): The empowerment of teams and the decentralisation of decision making --- # 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://playbooks.equalexperts.com/advice-process/background.md?ask= ``` 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.