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Building with AI

Stellar provides resources to help AI assistants and Large Language Models (LLMs) understand our documentation, making it easier for you to get accurate answers about Stellar development.

Using llms.txt​

llms.txt is a standardized way to provide documentation context to AI systems. This file contains a structured overview of Stellar's developer documentation optimized for LLM consumption.

When you ask an AI assistant about Stellar, it can reference this file to:

  • Understand the structure of our documentation
  • Find relevant pages for your questions
  • Provide more accurate, up-to-date answers

Using with AI assistants​

ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLMs​

You can paste the contents of llms.txt into your conversation to give the AI context about Stellar:

Please read this documentation overview and help me with Stellar development:
[paste contents of https://developers.stellar.org/llms.txt]

AI-powered coding assistants​

Tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude or Gemini can benefit from having llms.txt in your project context when working on Stellar-related code.

Cursor​

You can provide Cursor with Stellar development context in two ways:

Option 1: Using Cursor Settings

  1. Open Cursor Settings (the gear icon in the sidebar)
  2. Navigate to Rules (under the Features section)
  3. Click Add Rule
  4. Add your Stellar development guidelines and save

Option 2: Using a .cursorrules file

Create a .cursorrules file in your project root:

.cursorrules
When developing on Stellar, refer to the official documentation at https://developers.stellar.org

For comprehensive documentation context, fetch and reference: https://developers.stellar.org/llms.txt

Key resources:
- Smart Contracts: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/build/smart-contracts
- Stellar CLI: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/cli
- SDKs: https://developers.stellar.org/docs/tools/sdks

The Settings approach applies rules globally across all projects, while .cursorrules files are project-specific.

ChatGPT​

ChatGPT offers two ways to provide persistent context:

  • Custom Instructions: Go to Settings → Personalization → Custom Instructions to add information about yourself and how you'd like ChatGPT to respond. You can include that you're a Stellar developer and prefer references to official documentation.

  • Custom GPTs: Create a custom GPT with Stellar documentation context built in. You can configure it to reference llms.txt and provide specialized Stellar development assistance.

Claude​

Claude provides context customization through:

  • Projects: Create a project and add custom instructions along with knowledge files. You can upload relevant documentation or add instructions to always reference the Stellar docs.

  • Memory: Claude can remember details from past conversations. You can ask Claude to remember that you're working on Stellar development, and it will retain this context across sessions.

Gemini​

Google's Gemini offers context customization through:

  • Gems: Create custom Gems (specialized AI assistants) with specific instructions for Stellar development. Go to the Gems section in Gemini and create a new Gem with your Stellar context and guidelines.

  • Saved Info: In Gemini settings, you can add saved information about yourself, including that you're a Stellar developer, which Gemini will reference in future conversations.

Custom AI applications​

If you're building an AI application that answers questions about Stellar, you can fetch and include llms.txt in your prompt context:

const response = await fetch("https://developers.stellar.org/llms.txt");
const stellarContext = await response.text();

// Include stellarContext in your LLM prompt

Stella: Your Stellar AI Assistant​

In addition to llms.txt, Stellar provides Stella, an AI assistant specifically trained on Stellar documentation, code examples, and community knowledge.

Stella can help you with:

  • Smart contract development questions
  • Understanding Stellar concepts
  • Debugging and troubleshooting
  • Finding relevant documentation

You can chat with Stella right here by clicking the yellow icon at the bottom of this page, or join the #stella-help channel in the Stellar Developer Discord.

Additional resources​