# External Participants In addition to the smart contract infrastructure itself, the midas platform relies on certain external actors to maintain operations efficiently. Keepers are external actors who take advantage of the economic incentives presented by the midas platform. Oracles are external actors that contribute to the accuracy of the prices of NFT assets on which the emission of MDS is based. --- # 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.hadeswap.com/midas/external-participants.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.