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# Bare Companions

A bare companion is an onchain companion reserved before its full identity is configured.

## When to use it

* You want to reserve/mint first and design the character later.
* A companion was minted from another supported BonzAI interface.
* You need to complete portrait, personality, voice, or metadata after minting.

## Finish setup

1. Open My Companions.
2. Select the companion marked **Needs Setup**.
3. Add name, adult age, biography, and personality.
4. Define appearance and generate/upload a portrait.
5. Review the spending profile and agent-wallet settings.
6. Confirm the public metadata updates shown by the wallet.

The current default mint price is `0.30 ETH`; always use the amount displayed by the deployed contract. Where the v4 token factory is wired, token/liquidity creation is part of minting rather than a later manual launch.