Xian Network: AI-Assisted Smart Contract Development Guide 2025

In 2025, the barrier to entry for blockchain development is being significantly lowered thanks to platforms like Xian Network and its suite of AI-assisted tools. Whether you're a seasoned developer or new to smart contracts, Xian Network provides resources to simplify the creation and deployment of decentralized applications. This article will guide you through using Xian Network's AI tools to write smart contracts, even if you're not a Python expert.

Navigating Xian Network for Smart Contract Creation

The Xian Network is designed to be accessible, even if you aren't deeply familiar with its specific infrastructure or smart contract language

. The network is built with Python smart contracts and CometBFT Consensus, providing a robust and fast Blockchain experience. For those who are new to the ecosystem, or even new to Python, Xian Network has developed a sophisticated approach to smart contract generation using AI. The key lies in leveraging the available tools and documentation to create and deploy your own decentralized applications. One of the most straightforward paths to generating your own smart contracts is through the power of AI. The team at Xian Network has focused on making it easier to get started with minimal expertise.

Key Features of Xian Network:

• Native Python smart contracts
• CometBFT consensus
• Contract developers can earn transaction fees
• Advanced storage Patterns and contract interactions
• Rich standard library for contract development
• Built-in validators and governance system

Accessing the Xian AI Guides Repository

To start, navigate to the Xian Network’s GitHub repository

. This repository contains numerous projects and resources. The key area for AI-assisted smart contract development is the xian-ai-guides repository. This specific repository contains context knowledge created to guide LLMs for generating code.

Inside this repository, you'll find a crucial file: contracting-guide.txt. This file acts as a comprehensive guide summarizing everything necessary to understand how to create a smart contract on the Xian Network. It encompasses core language rules, contract structure, type system annotations, state management, block context utilities, allowed control flow patterns, assertions, cross-contract calls, optimization rules, key validation checklists, and event logging. However, reading through the contracting guide is not the primary objective.

Instead, the purpose of this guide is to feed this information directly into an AI model for code generation.

Utilizing the Documentation for Deep Understanding

While the contracting guide is structured to get up to speed quickly and feed AI models, the official Xian Network documentation at docs.xian.org offers a more detailed and organized overview

. This documentation delves deeper into aspects like the contracting engine, cheat sheets, context, functions, events, modules, concepts, standards, testing, and examples. If your goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of smart contract development on Xian Network, the official documentation is the better resource. However, for rapid prototyping and generating initial smart contract code, the AI guides are more efficient.

Leveraging AI Models for Code Generation

Now, let’s jump into generating a smart contract with the help of an AI model. The first step is to download the contracting-guide.txt file from the xian-ai-guides GitHub repository

. Next, you’ll want to use this guide to upload it into your AI model of choice. In the video, Claude is used, but you can also use other LLMs such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or any other LLM of choice.

After uploading the file, prompt the AI model to write a smart contract based on the information contained within the document. A simple Prompt like “Write me a multisig contract” is a great starting point

. The AI model will then generate code adhering to the specifications and guidelines outlined in the contracting guide. It is important to note that, while this is a streamlined process, it is critical to review the generated code to ensure that it meets your desired specifications and is free of errors. It is important to understand the following:

1. Contract Initialization: The contract is initiated with a list of initial owners and the number of signatures required to execute a transaction.
2. Key Functions: Allows an owner to propose a new transaction; lets owners confirm a proposed transaction and allows new or existing owners to be added and removed.
3. Security Features: Only registered owners can propose, confirm and execute transactions; Prevents double confirmations; Requires a minimum number of signatures to execute a transaction and uses a nonce to prevent replay attacks.
4. Event Logging: Includes events for transaction proposal, executions and owner management.
5. Compliance with Contract Rules: Uses only allowed built-ins; follows type annotation requirements and avoids forbidden constructs like classes and exception handling.

Deploying the AI Generated Contract with the Xian Wallet

The Xian Wallet offers an integrated development environment (IDE) that simplifies the process of deploying smart contracts

. After generating the code from the AI model, you can paste it directly into the IDE within the Xian Wallet. Before deploying anything, make sure that you are connected to the test network. Every contract needs to begin with con_underscore so it conforms to Xian formatting.

To deploy the contract, you will have to name the contract and, in this case, fill in the initial owners and the required number of signatures. With these steps completed, it is as easy as clicking “Deploy Contract”. Once the process is complete, the Xian Explorer will be visible to confirm that the contract has been successfully deployed.

Important Considerations: Even though the contract is deployed, that does not mean it is free of errors and bugs. Always be sure to double check AI code to make sure it is safe and effective.

Step 1: Access the Xian Network GitHub Repository

Open your web browser and go to the Xian Network's GitHub repository: github.com/xian-network .

Step 2: Navigate to the AI Guides Repository

Within the Xian Network repository, find and enter the xian-ai-guides repository.

Step 3: Download the Contracting Guide

Locate the contracting-guide.txt file and download it to your computer .

Step 4: Upload the Guide to Your AI Model

Open your preferred AI model (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) and upload the contracting-guide.txt file

.

Step 5: Prompt the AI Model for Code Generation

Provide the AI model with a specific prompt. For example: “Write me a multisig contract”. Be as descriptive as you can with what you want .

Step 6: Review the Generated Code

Carefully review the generated smart contract code for correctness and security.

Step 7: Access the Xian Wallet

Open the Xian Wallet in your web browser. Make sure you are connected to the test network.

Step 8: Paste the Code into the IDE

In the Xian Wallet, navigate to the IDE tab and paste the AI-generated smart contract code .

Step 9: Deploy the Smart Contract

Name the contract (starting with con_) and fill out other parameters as needed. Set the stamp/gas limit, and deploy the contract to the Xian testnet

.

Step 10: Verify Deployment

Use the Xian Explorer to verify that the contract was successfully deployed on the testnet .

Understanding Transaction Costs and Gas

While this Tutorial focuses on the free use of AI and the test network for smart contract creation, in a real-world Scenario, deploying and executing smart contracts on a blockchain network does involve costs. On Xian Network, transaction fees are typically represented in stamps or gas, where 1 Xian coin equals 50 stamps. To ensure the deployment process goes through, allocating enough gas is important. Note that even with proper code, the transaction can fail if there are not enough stamps allocated. Make sure you are connected to the testnet as the amount for gas can be significantly higher.