diff --git a/.aliases b/.aliases
index cfd7c284..eb60c71d 100644
--- a/.aliases
+++ b/.aliases
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ alias gw-spotless='./gradlew spotlessApply -x pitest -x test -x :processResource
 alias gw-test='. .aliases; ./gradlew test'
 alias gw-check='. .aliases; gw test check -x pitest'
 
-alias cas-curl='bin/cas-curl'
+alias howto=bin/howto
+alias cas-curl=bin/cas-curl
 
 # etc/docker-compose.yml limits CPUs+MEM and includes a PostgreSQL config for analysing slow queries
 alias gw-importOfficeData-in-docker-compose='
@@ -108,3 +109,4 @@ source .environment
 
 alias scenario-reports-upload='./gradlew scenarioTests convertMarkdownToHtml && ssh hsh03-hsngdev@h50.hostsharing.net "rm -f doms/hsngdev.hs-example.de/htdocs-ssl/scenarios/office/*.html" && scp build/doc/scenarios/*.html hsh03-hsngdev@h50.hostsharing.net:doms/hsngdev.hs-example.de/htdocs-ssl/scenarios/office'
 alias scenario-reports-open='open https://hsngdev.hs-example.de/scenarios/office'
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a015f73c..e9f40f79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -617,6 +617,11 @@ Besides the following *How Tos* you can also find several *How Tos* in the sourc
 grep -r HOWTO src
 ```
 
+also try this (assumed you've sourced .aliases):
+```sh
+howto 
+```
+
 ### How to Configure .pgpass for the Default PostgreSQL Database?
 
 To access the default database schema as used during development, add this line to your `.pgpass` file in your users home directory:
diff --git a/bin/howto b/bin/howto
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0a3b6404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/howto
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import os
+import sys
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, quote
+
+def path_to_file_uri(path):
+    """
+    Converts a file path to a file URI.
+    Handles absolute and relative paths.
+    """
+    abs_path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    return urljoin("file://", quote(abs_path))
+
+def is_binary_file(filepath, chunk_size=1024):
+    """
+    Prüft, ob eine Datei binär ist, indem sie den Inhalt der Datei auf nicht-druckbare Zeichen untersucht.
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(filepath, "rb") as file:
+            chunk = file.read(chunk_size)
+            if b"\0" in chunk:  # Nullbyte ist ein typisches Zeichen für Binärdateien
+                return True
+        return False
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Fehler beim Prüfen, ob Datei binär ist: {filepath}: {e}")
+        return True
+
+def search_keywords_in_files(keywords):
+    if not keywords:
+        print("Bitte geben Sie mindestens ein Stichwort an.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Allowed comment symbols
+    comment_symbols = {"//", "#", ";"}
+
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
+        # Ausschließen bestimmter Verzeichnisse
+        dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in {".git", "build"}]
+
+        for file in files:
+            filepath = os.path.join(root, file)
+
+            # Überspringen von Binärdateien
+            if is_binary_file(filepath):
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    lines = f.readlines()
+
+                for line_number, line in enumerate(lines, start=1):
+                    stripped_line = line.lstrip()  # Entfernt führende Leerzeichen
+                    for symbol in comment_symbols:
+                        if stripped_line.startswith(symbol):
+                            # Entfernt das Kommentarzeichen und nachfolgende Leerzeichen
+                            howtoMatch = stripped_line[len(symbol):].lstrip()
+                            if howtoMatch.startswith(("HOWTO ", "HOWTO: ", "How to ")):
+                                if all(keyword in howtoMatch.lower() for keyword in keywords):
+
+                                    # Titelzeile ohne Kommentarzeichen
+                                    print(howtoMatch.rstrip())
+
+                                    # Ausgabe nachfolgender Zeilen mit dem gleichen Kommentar-Präfix
+                                    for subsequent_line in lines[line_number:]:
+                                        subsequent_line = subsequent_line.lstrip()
+                                        if subsequent_line.startswith(symbol):
+                                            # Entfernt Kommentarzeichen aus Folgezeilen
+                                            print("\t" + subsequent_line[len(symbol):].strip())
+                                        else:
+                                            break
+
+                                    # Link mit Zeilennummer
+                                    print(f"--> {path_to_file_uri(filepath)}:{line_number}")
+
+                                    # Abstand zwischen Matches
+                                    print()
+                                    break
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Fehler beim Lesen der Datei {filepath}: {e}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Verwendung: bin/howto <Stichwort1> <Stichwort2> ...")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    search_keywords_in_files([arg.lower() for arg in sys.argv[1:]])
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 984388d9..28fbe7c6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.51.0'
 }
 
+// HOWTO: find out which dependency versions are managed by Spring Boot:
+//  https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/appendix/dependency-versions/coordinates.html
+
 group = 'net.hostsharing'
 version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'