Urxvt and zsh prompt

Hello!
I would like to run different instances of Urxvt using "-name", each one with a different zsh prompt.
Is there any way to achieve this?
"PROMPT=" works if urxvt is already open, but I can't seem to find a way to run it when it starts.
Thanks.

In bash you can update /home/user/.bashrc . I am not a zsh user but after a quick look at the man page there appears to be a .zshrc file that does the same.
Hope this helps.

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