# Interacting with Souls ## Creating a Soul Explain how developers can create Souls within their applications. This will include instructions on creating a smart contract using Helios programming language, including how to attach a user's staking credential to the smart contract's validator hash. ## Identifying a Soul Describe the process of identifying a Soul. This includes how to extract the payment credential from a smart contract wallet address and how to match the staking credential to identify the user. ## Integrating Soul ID Explain how to integrate Soul IDs into the application, including how to create them, the customization options available, and how to associate them with a user's Soul. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cryptoraggies.gitbook.io/welcome/soul-and-soulbound-token-sbt/developers-protocol-souls-and-soulbound-tokens/interacting-with-souls.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.