From 6ed00d499b40fffc069b9056becf9be91f90334b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casey Icenhour <cticenho@ncsu.edu>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 22:20:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add peacock to the zapdos getting started instructions (#41)

---
 doc/config.yml                              |  4 ++++
 doc/content/getting_started/using_zapdos.md | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 doc/zapdos_shortcuts.yml                    |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/config.yml b/doc/config.yml
index cbd99ca5f3f..0db3bee572e 100644
--- a/doc/config.yml
+++ b/doc/config.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Content:
     - ${ROOT_DIR}/crane/doc/content
     - ${ROOT_DIR}/squirrel/doc/content
     - ${ROOT_DIR}/doc/doxygen/
+    - moose_files:
+        root_dir: ${MOOSE_DIR}/modules/doc/content
+        content:
+            - application_usage/peacock.md
 Renderer:
     type: MooseDocs.base.MaterializeRenderer
     extra-css:
diff --git a/doc/content/getting_started/using_zapdos.md b/doc/content/getting_started/using_zapdos.md
index 41801bd9042..056425f9055 100644
--- a/doc/content/getting_started/using_zapdos.md
+++ b/doc/content/getting_started/using_zapdos.md
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ console output can be sent to a text file:
 The `--color off` option is to de-clutter the log file from extraneous
 mark-up resulting from the displayed console text colors.
 
-For parallelism, users can use the Message Passing Interface protocol (MPI). The 
-[MPICH](https://www.mpich.org/) implementation of MPI is provided with the MOOSE 
-environment packages. A parallel simulation using 4 processors can be run with the 
-following basic syntax:
+For parallelism, users can use the [!ac](MPI) protocol. The [MPICH] implementation of [!ac](MPI) is
+provided with the [!ac](MOOSE) environment packages. A parallel simulation using 4 processors can be
+run with the following basic syntax:
 
 ```bash
 mpiexec -n 4 ~/projects/zapdos/zapdos-opt -i example_input.i
@@ -37,7 +36,15 @@ mpiexec -n 4 ~/projects/zapdos/zapdos-opt -i example_input.i
 Many test input files also create an output file with the name format
 `example_input_out.e` that contains all the simulation results that have been
 selected for output. These results are best viewed using a visualization tool
-like [Paraview](http://www.paraview.org/download/).
+like [ParaView].
+
+## Using Zapdos with Peacock, the MOOSE Graphical User Interface (GUI)
+
+!style halign=left
+While using Zapdos on the command line is the standard and recommended method for using the code and
+visualizing the results, a GUI is available for use through the [!ac](MOOSE) framework. Peacock is a
+general front end for [!ac](MOOSE) input file syntax, simulation, and visualiztion. General directions
+compatible with all [!ac](MOOSE)-based applications can be found [at this link](application_usage/peacock.md).
 
 ## Zapdos Tutorial and Tests
 
diff --git a/doc/zapdos_shortcuts.yml b/doc/zapdos_shortcuts.yml
index d1983154e95..11d0f5a82e7 100644
--- a/doc/zapdos_shortcuts.yml
+++ b/doc/zapdos_shortcuts.yml
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 Reactions: /syntax/Reactions/index.md
+MPICH: https://www.mpich.org/
+ParaView: https://www.paraview.org/