> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zonk.fun/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Protocol architecture

> Relationships among launch, trading, settlement, and custody contracts.

```mermaid theme={null}
flowchart TD
  U[Browser wallet] --> F[ZonkFactoryV3]
  F --> T[ZonkTokenV3]
  F --> C[ZonkCurveV3]
  C --> FM[FeeManagerV3]
  FM --> CV[TokenCommunityVaultV3]
  FM --> RV[TraderRewardsVaultV3]
  C --> GM[GraduationManagerV3]
  GM --> EX[GraduationSettlementExecutorV3]
  EX --> NPM[Uniswap V3 NonfungiblePositionManager]
  NPM --> PC[Per-token PermanentLPCustodianV3]
  PC --> PF[PermanentLPFeeVaultV3]
  PF --> CV
  PF --> RV
  PF --> FM
  RV --> RD[TraderRewardsDistributorV3]
```

The factory owns the launch registry and creates internal `TokenDeployerV3` and `CurveDeployerV3` components in its constructor. The manager reserves the token/WETH pool during launch, before curve trading. The curve authenticates the graduation call. The settlement executor mints one full-range NFT directly to a newly deployed custodian.

One-time bootstrap authorities bind the deployed graph and are consumed. Current Base Mainnet deployment evidence records completed Ownable2Step ownership handoff for the owner-controlled fee/community/reward administration contracts.