# A2S

A2S is the standard Steam query protocol. It's simple and only used for querying your game server for information about the game.

Please refer to its manual for more information: [Steam query protocol website](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_queries)

## Protocol ID

The A2S query protocol uses protocol ID 1 in our platform.

For more information on how to setup the A2S query protocol within our platform, please refer to the [Supported Management Protocols](/game-hosting/game-integration/index.md#supported-management-protocols) chapter.


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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://docs.i3d.net/game-hosting/game-integration/index/a2s.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.