# Introduction ## What is Pods? Pods is a decentralized non-custodial options protocol where users can participate as sellers or buyers of either puts or calls. Our options are continuous time instruments as they are American options and they are set to work with physical settlement, leaving no exposure to price oracles and liquidation systems. The following documentation describes how options contracts work, how options work within our code and how to interact with it. ### Resources * [Website](https://pods.finance/) * [Github](https://github.com/pods-finance) * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PodsFinance) * [Discord](https://discord.gg/Qf7utym) * [Email](mailto:contact@pods.finance) Please join the #development room in the [Pods community Discord server](https://discord.gg/yfgcHg); our team and members of the community look forward to helping you build on top of Pods. --- # 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://pods-finance.gitbook.io/documentation/master.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.