# profile

**Profile**

Look up who someone is on Bonzai — their profile card, how many homes they've built, and where they are right now. Use when the user asks "who is <name>?". Give a name or @handle.

- **Category:** Session & identity
- **Access:** read-only (safe to call anytime)
- **Renders a UI card:** yes
- **Returns:** Another person's public Bonzai profile card.

## Parameters

- `query` (string, required) — Who to look up — a name or @handle, e.g. "Andrew" or "andy". Prefixes and small typos are fine.
- `userId` (string, optional) — The exact user id, to look up directly or disambiguate after multiple matches (from find_people / nearby).

## Connection

This is a tool on the Bonzai MCP server (`https://mcp.bonzai.me`). Connect any MCP
client and your agent calls it on your behalf. See https://bonzai.me/connect to connect, and
https://bonzai.me/docs for the full picture.

## Related recipes

- [The Backstory](https://bonzai.me/cookbook/the-backstory)

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