# Napier Labs Napier Labs is a core contributor to the Napier protocol. The company researches and develops new protocols to improve Napier. Additionally, it creates various tools to enhance the functionality and capabilities of Napier. For example, the company: * Researches, formalizes, and proves advanced decentralized financial mechanisms. * Develops, tests, and secures the formally described protocols. * Develops the necessary tooling, e.g., to host a front end or to format protocol data. * Holds code being developed for Napier in a private repositories until it is finished. Upon completion, ownership of the code is transferred to the Napier Foundation under BUSL license. * Does not host any front end to the Napier protocol. --- # 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.napier.finance/npr/governance/napier-labs.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.