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+// libs
+import { ethers } from 'hardhat';
+import { AbiCoder } from 'ethers';
+import { ERC725 } from '@erc725/erc725.js';
+
+// LSPs artifacts
+import LSP23FactoryArtifact from '@lukso/lsp-smart-contracts/artifacts/LSP23LinkedContractsFactory.json';
+import UniversalProfileInitArtifact from '@lukso/lsp-smart-contracts/artifacts/UniversalProfileInit.json';
+
+// ERC725.js schemas
+import LSP1UniversalReceiverDelegateSchemas from '@erc725/erc725.js/schemas/LSP1UniversalReceiverDelegate.json';
+import LSP3ProfileMetadataSchemas from '@erc725/erc725.js/schemas/LSP3ProfileMetadata.json';
+import LSP6KeyManagerSchemas from '@erc725/erc725.js/schemas/LSP6KeyManager.json';
+
+const LSP23_FACTORY_ADDRESS = '0x2300000A84D25dF63081feAa37ba6b62C4c89a30';
+const LSP23_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MODULE = '0x000000000066093407b6704B89793beFfD0D8F00';
+const UNIVERSAL_PROFILE_IMPLEMENTATION_ADDRESS = '0x3024D38EA2434BA6635003Dc1BDC0daB5882ED4F';
+const LSP6_KEY_MANAGER_IMPLEMENTATION_ADDRESS = '0x2Fe3AeD98684E7351aD2D408A43cE09a738BF8a4';
+const UNIVERSAL_RECEIVER_ADDRESS = '0x7870C5B8BC9572A8001C3f96f7ff59961B23500D'; // this will be needed later so we can set the Universal Receiver to the Universal Profile (see https://docs.lukso.tech/standards/generic-standards/lsp1-universal-receiver)
+const MAIN_CONTROLLER = '0x3303Ce3b8644D566271DD2Eb54292d32F1458968';
+const SALT = '0x5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed5eed';
+
+async function main() {
+  // Interacting with the LSP23Factory contract
+  const lsp23FactoryContract = await ethers.getContractAtFromArtifact(
+    LSP23FactoryArtifact,
+    LSP23_FACTORY_ADDRESS,
+  );
+
+  // Interacting with the UniversalProfileImplementation contract
+  const universalProfileImplementationContract = await ethers.getContractAtFromArtifact(
+    UniversalProfileInitArtifact,
+    UNIVERSAL_PROFILE_IMPLEMENTATION_ADDRESS,
+  );
+
+  // create the init structs
+  const universalProfileInitStruct = {
+    salt: SALT,
+    fundingAmount: 0,
+    implementationContract: UNIVERSAL_PROFILE_IMPLEMENTATION_ADDRESS,
+    initializationCalldata: universalProfileImplementationContract.interface.encodeFunctionData(
+      'initialize',
+      [LSP23_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MODULE],
+    ), // this will call the `initialize(...)` function of the Universal Profile and the the LSP23_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MODULE as owner
+  };
+
+  const keyManagerInitStruct = {
+    fundingAmount: 0,
+    implementationContract: LSP6_KEY_MANAGER_IMPLEMENTATION_ADDRESS,
+    addPrimaryContractAddress: true, // this will append the primary contract address to the init calldata
+    initializationCalldata: '0xc4d66de8', // `initialize(...)` function selector
+    extraInitializationParams: '0x',
+  };
+
+  // instantiate the erc725 class
+  const erc725 = new ERC725([
+    ...LSP6KeyManagerSchemas,
+    ...LSP3ProfileMetadataSchemas,
+    ...LSP1UniversalReceiverDelegateSchemas,
+  ]);
+
+  // create the LSP3Metadata data value
+  const lsp3DataValue = {
+    verification: {
+      method: 'keccak256(utf8)',
+      data: '0x6d6d08aafb0ee059e3e4b6b3528a5be37308a5d4f4d19657d26dd8a5ae799de0',
+    },
+    url: 'ipfs://QmPRoJsaYcNqQiUrQxE7ajTRaXwHyAU29tHqYNctBmK64w',
+  };
+
+  // create the permissions data keys
+  const setDataKeysAndValues = erc725.encodeData([
+    { keyName: 'LSP3Profile', value: lsp3DataValue }, // LSP3Metadata data key and value
+    {
+      keyName: 'LSP1UniversalReceiverDelegate',
+      value: UNIVERSAL_RECEIVER_ADDRESS,
+    }, // Universal Receiver data key and value
+    {
+      keyName: 'AddressPermissions:Permissions:<address>',
+      dynamicKeyParts: [UNIVERSAL_RECEIVER_ADDRESS],
+      value: erc725.encodePermissions({
+        REENTRANCY: true,
+        SUPER_SETDATA: true,
+      }),
+    }, // Universal Receiver Delegate permissions data key and value
+    {
+      keyName: 'AddressPermissions:Permissions:<address>',
+      dynamicKeyParts: [MAIN_CONTROLLER],
+      value: erc725.encodePermissions({
+        CHANGEOWNER: true,
+        ADDCONTROLLER: true,
+        EDITPERMISSIONS: true,
+        ADDEXTENSIONS: true,
+        CHANGEEXTENSIONS: true,
+        ADDUNIVERSALRECEIVERDELEGATE: true,
+        CHANGEUNIVERSALRECEIVERDELEGATE: true,
+        REENTRANCY: false,
+        SUPER_TRANSFERVALUE: true,
+        TRANSFERVALUE: true,
+        SUPER_CALL: true,
+        CALL: true,
+        SUPER_STATICCALL: true,
+        STATICCALL: true,
+        SUPER_DELEGATECALL: false,
+        DELEGATECALL: false,
+        DEPLOY: true,
+        SUPER_SETDATA: true,
+        SETDATA: true,
+        ENCRYPT: true,
+        DECRYPT: true,
+        SIGN: true,
+        EXECUTE_RELAY_CALL: true,
+      }), // Main Controller permissions data key and value
+    },
+    // length of the Address Permissions array and their respective indexed keys and values
+    {
+      keyName: 'AddressPermissions[]',
+      value: [UNIVERSAL_RECEIVER_ADDRESS, MAIN_CONTROLLER],
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  const abiCoder = new AbiCoder();
+  const types = ['bytes32[]', 'bytes[]']; // types of the parameters
+
+  const initializeEncodedBytes = abiCoder.encode(types, [
+    setDataKeysAndValues.keys,
+    setDataKeysAndValues.values,
+  ]);
+
+  // deploy the Universal Profile and its Key Manager
+  const [upAddress, keyManagerAddress] = await lsp23FactoryContract.deployERC1167Proxies.staticCall(
+    universalProfileInitStruct,
+    keyManagerInitStruct,
+    LSP23_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MODULE,
+    initializeEncodedBytes,
+  );
+  console.log('Universal Profile address:', upAddress);
+  console.log('Key Manager address:', keyManagerAddress);
+
+  const tx = await lsp23FactoryContract.deployERC1167Proxies(
+    universalProfileInitStruct,
+    keyManagerInitStruct,
+    LSP23_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MODULE,
+    initializeEncodedBytes,
+  );
+  await tx.wait();
+}
+
+main();