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Polkassembly

Polkassembly is tracked as a governance source for Polkadot coverage. Governance discussion, proposal, referendum, and vote context for Polkadot and Kusama communities

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Decision guide

Use it when

Polkadot governance monitoring

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RPC endpoint hosting

PubFi status

Provider Profile

The page is an AI/Codex-processed public Provider Profile and does not claim PubFi integration, gateway access, x402 payment, or MCP tooling.

Key facts

Auth
None
Pricing
No public rate card
Agent actionability
Editorial only; runtime status separate
PubFi gateway
Not present in the active Registry
Last verified

Provider-sourced facts

Primary coverage
Governance discussions, proposals, referenda, and vote context for Polkadot and Kusama communities Source
Fixture coverage
Governance coverage for the Polkadot fixture target Source

Best fit and tradeoffs

Best for

  • Polkadot governance monitoring
  • Referendum and proposal context workflows
  • They need governance proposal and referendum context for Polkadot or Kusama communities.
  • They want discussion and voting information alongside governance identifiers.
  • They are building monitoring, research, or alerting workflows centered on governance participation.

Watchouts

  • RPC endpoint hosting
  • Crypto market price aggregation
  • Polkassembly is specialized for governance context and should not be treated as a replacement for broad indexed chain-state APIs.
  • The fixture marks public governance access, but exact high-volume terms and rate limits are not public enough to overstate.
  • Teams still need to verify API shape and coverage against the specific referendum or proposal workflow they plan to support.

Why teams choose it

Polkassembly is a governance workflow source for Polkadot and Kusama community proposals, referenda, discussion, and voting context. Discovery tracks it as a governance category source rather than a generic on-chain-state API.

Its value is editorial and workflow context around governance activity. Teams evaluating Polkassembly should care less about broad chain data breadth and more about whether proposal discussion, referendum status, and vote context are the data needed for their product.

What it can cover

Polkassembly governance coverage

Current
Category
Governance
Public status
Available
Auth requirement
None
Access review
Public No Approval
Coverage
Polkadot
Output contracts
Governance Record

Quick start

GETEndpoint path not listed
Style
REST
Language
HTTP
Method
GET
Path
Not listed
Requires auth
No
Provider docs
Not listed

PubFi gateway

Not present in the active Registry

The active signed Registry generation has no route for this provider. Discovery inclusion and upstream documentation do not make a provider executable through PubFi.

Runtime status
not_present
Active capabilities
0
PubFi auth headers
Authorization: Bearer <PubFi API key> or X-PubFi-Api-Key: <PubFi API key>
Typed contract
Runtime OpenAPI
  • Use the official provider documentation for direct integration.
  • A future collected source becomes executable only after the normal evidence, policy, health, and generation pipeline accepts it.

Reference details

Access

Auth methods
None
Pricing model
No public rate card
Free tier
Polkassembly documents public governance API access, while exact rate limits and high-volume terms are not publicly listed.
Starting price
No public rate card
Free rate limit
No public rate card
Paid rate limit
No public rate card

Data shape

Data types
Proposals, Referenda, Votes, Discussion Threads
Protocols
REST
REST support
Yes
GraphQL support
Not listed
WebSocket support
Not listed
Streaming support
Not listed
Webhook support
Not listed
Feature flags
Not listed
SDKs
Not listed

Public evidence

Documentation
Not listed
Status page
Not listed
Source coverage status
Current
Editorial posture
Provider Profile

Implementation notes

Coverage

High

Treat Polkassembly as governance-specific coverage; do not generalize it to balances, transactions, staking, or market data.

Docs

Medium

Review the target governance data path before implementation because proposal discussion and voting context can differ from raw chain event reads.

Rate limits

Medium

Keep throughput assumptions conservative because public high-volume API terms are not exposed in the fixture.

Use cases

  • Track governance proposals for Polkadot ecosystem research
  • Add referendum context to community or agent workflows

Comparison snapshot

Polkassembly should be compared with Subscan only for governance workflows, not for broad chain-state reads. It is the more focused governance context source, while Subscan covers broader explorer-style indexed data.

PubFi friction relief

Scope Control

Source friction
The fixture maps Polkassembly to governance coverage for the Polkadot target only.
PubFi relief
PubFi Discovery keeps the source in the governance category and avoids turning it into a generic data API claim.

FAQ

What is Polkassembly used for?

Polkassembly is a candidate source for governance proposal, referendum, discussion, and vote context.