# toKernelSmartAccount

Creates a KernelAccount instance controlled by a `owners`.  Check out [this guide](/guides/how-to/accounts/use-kernel-account) for a complete tutorial.

## Usage

:::code-group
```ts [example.ts]
import { toKernelSmartAccount } from "permissionless/accounts"
import { entryPoint07Address } from "viem/account-abstraction"
import { publicClient } from "./publicClient"
import { owner } from "./owner"

const kernelAccount = await toKernelSmartAccount({
    client: publicClient,
    entryPoint: {
        address: entryPoint07Address,
        version: "0.7"
    },
    owners: [owner],
    version: "0.3.1"
});
```

```ts [publicClient.ts]
import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem"
import { sepolia } from "viem/chains"

export const publicClient = createPublicClient({
	chain: sepolia,
	transport: http("https://sepolia.rpc.thirdweb.com"),
})
```

```ts [owner.ts]
import { generatePrivateKey, privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts"

const privateKey = generatePrivateKey()

export const owner = privateKeyToAccount(privateKey)
```
:::

## Returns

* **Type:** `SmartAccount<EcdsaKernelSmartAccountImplementation>`

The Kernel smart account instance.

## Parameters

### client

* **Type:** `Client`

A public client as smart account needs access to the Network to query for information about its state (e.g. nonce, address, etc).

### owners

* **Type:** `[LocalAccount | EIP1193Provider | WalletClient]`

The owners that will be used to sign messages and user operations.

### entryPoint (optional)

* **Type:** `{ address: Address, version: "0.6" | "0.7" }`

The address and the version of the EntryPoint contract. If not provided, entryPoint 0.7 will be used.

### index (optional)

* **Type:** `bigint`

The index (which is basically a salt) that will be used to deploy the smart account. If not provided, `0` will be used.

### address (optional)

* **Type:** `Address`

:::warning
If you provide an address, the smart account can not be deployed. This should be used if you want to interact with an existing smart account.
:::

The address of the smart account. If not provided, the deterministic smart account address will be used.

### version (optional)

* **Type:** `"0.2.1" | "0.2.2" | "0.2.3" | "0.2.4" | "0.3.0-beta" | "0.3.1"`

The version of the Kernel contract that will be used. `0.2.x` can only be used with entryPoint 0.6. `0.3.x` can only be used with entryPoint 0.7.

### factoryAddress (optional)

* **Type:** `Address`

The address of the Kernel factory that will be used to deploy the smart account. This is only used if the version is `0.2.x`.

### metaFactoryAddress (optional)

* **Type:** `Address`

The address of the Kernel meta factory that will be used to deploy the smart account. This is only used if the version is `0.3.x`.

### accountLogicAddress (optional)

* **Type:** `Address`

The address of the Kernel account logic that will be used to deploy the smart account.

### validatorAddress (optional)

* **Type:** `Address`

The address of the ECDSA validator that will be used to deploy the smart account.