# Proposal Pillar API GovTool's backend services are primarily focussed on reading governance data from Cardano, and showing this to users. Although the APIs for these services are open with a general policy builders are not encouraged to use these, as these are specialised for GovTool and maybe changed without notice. GovTool's Proposal Discussion Pillar is an off-chain forum, to discuss and propose ideas that may become governance actions. This off-chain data is generated by GovTool and cannot be queried by chain indexing. This is why Intersect/GovTool commits to allowing builders/tooling providers to use the Proposal Pillar API. ### Data Access and Use Policy TBD --- # 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.gov.tools/participate-in-development/govtool-apis/proposal-pillar-api.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.