# Guardians Guardians are wallets that have the ability to pause the protocol. Guardians monitor protocol state and initiate a pause if they detect potential exploits, allowing the protocol to minimize damage. Following a pause, the protocol must be unpaused by governance. --- # 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.granite.world/protocol-information/guardians.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.