diff --git a/packages/taco/src/conditions/base/contract.ts b/packages/taco/src/conditions/base/contract.ts
index b170849ab..4291aea11 100644
--- a/packages/taco/src/conditions/base/contract.ts
+++ b/packages/taco/src/conditions/base/contract.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@ const EthBaseTypes: [string, ...string[]] = [
   'string',
   'address',
   'address payable',
-  ...Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_v, i) => `bytes${i + 1}`), // bytes1 through bytes32
+  ...Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_v, i) => `bytes${i + 1}`),
   'bytes',
-  ...Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_v, i) => `uint${8 * (i + 1)}`), // uint8 through uint256
-  ...Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_v, i) => `int${8 * (i + 1)}`), // int8 through int256
+  ...Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_v, i) => `uint${8 * (i + 1)}`),
+  ...Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_v, i) => `int${8 * (i + 1)}`),
 ];
 
+type AbiVariable = {
+  name: string;
+  type: string;
+  internalType: string;
+};
+
 const functionAbiVariableSchema = z
   .object({
     name: z.string(),
@@ -29,6 +35,23 @@ const functionAbiVariableSchema = z
   })
   .strict();
 
+export const humanReadableAbiSchema = z
+  .string()
+  .refine(
+    (abi) => {
+      try {
+        toJsonAbiFormat(abi);
+        return true;
+      } catch (e) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      message: 'Invalid Human-Readable ABI format',
+    },
+  )
+  .transform(toJsonAbiFormat);
+
 const functionAbiSchema = z
   .object({
     name: z.string(),
@@ -42,7 +65,6 @@ const functionAbiSchema = z
     (functionAbi) => {
       let asInterface;
       try {
-        // `stringify` here because ethers.utils.Interface doesn't accept a Zod schema
         asInterface = new ethers.utils.Interface(JSON.stringify([functionAbi]));
       } catch (e) {
         return false;
@@ -70,6 +92,33 @@ const functionAbiSchema = z
     },
   );
 
+function toJsonAbiFormat(humanReadableAbi: string) {
+  const abiWithoutFunctionKeyword = humanReadableAbi.replace(
+    /^function\s+/,
+    '',
+  );
+  const fragment = ethers.utils.FunctionFragment.from(
+    abiWithoutFunctionKeyword,
+  );
+  const jsonAbi = JSON.parse(fragment.format(ethers.utils.FormatTypes.json));
+
+  const filteredJsonAbi = {
+    name: jsonAbi.name,
+    type: jsonAbi.type,
+    stateMutability: jsonAbi.stateMutability,
+    inputs: jsonAbi.inputs.map((input: AbiVariable) => ({
+      ...input,
+      internalType: input.type,
+    })),
+    outputs: jsonAbi.outputs.map((output: AbiVariable) => ({
+      ...output,
+      internalType: output.type,
+    })),
+  };
+
+  return filteredJsonAbi;
+}
+
 export type FunctionAbiProps = z.infer<typeof functionAbiSchema>;
 
 export const ContractConditionType = 'contract';
@@ -82,7 +131,9 @@ export const contractConditionSchema = rpcConditionSchema
     contractAddress: z.string().regex(ETH_ADDRESS_REGEXP).length(42),
     standardContractType: z.enum(['ERC20', 'ERC721']).optional(),
     method: z.string(),
-    functionAbi: functionAbiSchema.optional(),
+    functionAbi: z
+      .union([functionAbiSchema, humanReadableAbiSchema])
+      .optional(),
     parameters: z.array(paramOrContextParamSchema),
   })
   // Adding this custom logic causes the return type to be ZodEffects instead of ZodObject
@@ -97,10 +148,17 @@ export const contractConditionSchema = rpcConditionSchema
     },
   );
 
-export type ContractConditionProps = z.infer<typeof contractConditionSchema>;
-
+export type ContractConditionProps = Omit<
+  z.infer<typeof contractConditionSchema>,
+  'functionAbi'
+> & {
+  functionAbi?: string | z.infer<typeof functionAbiSchema> | undefined;
+};
 export class ContractCondition extends Condition {
   constructor(value: OmitConditionType<ContractConditionProps>) {
+    if (typeof value.functionAbi === 'string') {
+      value.functionAbi = toJsonAbiFormat(value.functionAbi);
+    }
     super(contractConditionSchema, {
       conditionType: ContractConditionType,
       ...value,
diff --git a/packages/taco/test/conditions/base/contract.test.ts b/packages/taco/test/conditions/base/contract.test.ts
index 849ae2b5f..4869695b7 100644
--- a/packages/taco/test/conditions/base/contract.test.ts
+++ b/packages/taco/test/conditions/base/contract.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   contractConditionSchema,
   ContractConditionType,
   FunctionAbiProps,
+  humanReadableAbiSchema,
 } from '../../../src/conditions/base/contract';
 import { ConditionExpression } from '../../../src/conditions/condition-expr';
 import { USER_ADDRESS_PARAMS } from '../../../src/conditions/const';
@@ -226,18 +227,29 @@ describe('supports custom function abi', () => {
         stateMutability: 'pure',
       },
     },
+    {
+      method: 'balanceOf',
+      functionAbi: 'balanceOf(address _owner) view returns (uint256 balance)',
+    },
   ])('accepts well-formed functionAbi', ({ method, functionAbi }) => {
     const result = ContractCondition.validate(contractConditionSchema, {
       ...contractConditionObj,
-      parameters: functionAbi.inputs.map((input) => `fake_parameter_${input}`), //
-      functionAbi: functionAbi as FunctionAbiProps,
+      parameters:
+        typeof functionAbi === 'string'
+          ? ['fake_parameter']
+          : functionAbi.inputs.map((input) => `fake_parameter_${input}`),
+      functionAbi: functionAbi as FunctionAbiProps | string,
       method,
     });
 
     expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
     expect(result.data).toBeDefined();
     expect(result.data?.method).toEqual(method);
-    expect(result.data?.functionAbi).toEqual(functionAbi);
+    if (typeof functionAbi === 'string') {
+      expect(typeof result.data?.functionAbi).toBe('object');
+    } else {
+      expect(result.data?.functionAbi).toEqual(functionAbi);
+    }
   });
 
   it.each([
@@ -327,6 +339,45 @@ describe('supports custom function abi', () => {
     },
   );
 
+  it('rejects malformed human-readable functionAbi', () => {
+    const result = ContractCondition.validate(contractConditionSchema, {
+      ...contractConditionObj,
+      functionAbi: 'invalid human-readable ABI',
+      method: 'invalidMethod',
+    });
+
+    expect(result.error).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.data).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.error?.format()).toMatchObject({
+      functionAbi: {
+        _errors: ['Invalid Human-Readable ABI format'],
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('converts human-readable ABI to JSON ABI format', () => {
+    const humanReadableAbi =
+      'balanceOf(address _owner) view returns (uint256 balance)';
+    const condition = new ContractCondition({
+      ...contractConditionObj,
+      functionAbi: humanReadableAbi,
+      method: 'balanceOf',
+    });
+    const invalidHumanReadableAbi = 'function invalidAbi';
+
+    expect(() => humanReadableAbiSchema.parse(humanReadableAbi)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => humanReadableAbiSchema.parse(invalidHumanReadableAbi)).toThrow(
+      'Invalid Human-Readable ABI format',
+    );
+    expect(condition.value.functionAbi).toEqual({
+      name: 'balanceOf',
+      type: 'function',
+      inputs: [{ name: '_owner', type: 'address', internalType: 'address' }],
+      outputs: [{ name: 'balance', type: 'uint256', internalType: 'uint256' }],
+      stateMutability: 'view',
+    });
+  });
+
   it.each([
     {
       contractAddress: '0x123',