TIA-Portal MCP-Server

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A VS Code extension to connect and interact with Siemens TIA Portal projects directly from the editor.

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heilingbrunner
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Setup

Install TIA-Portal MCP-Server in your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and others).

Repository: https://github.com/heilingbrunner/vscode-tiaportal-mcp

Follow the installation instructions in the repository README, then restart your MCP client.

A Visual Studio Code extension to connect to Siemens TIA Portal and interact with TIA Portal projects directly from VS Code with GitHub Copilot.

- Siemens TIA Portal V20installed and running on your machine
- Siemens.Opennessinstalled
- net Framework 4.8installed
- Visual Studio Codeinstalled
- GitHub Copilotin Visual Studio Code installed and configured (check:Chat > Mcp: Enabled)

Do the following steps: - Connect to tia portal and open project from 'D:/Temp/TestProject1.als20' - Export all blocks from plc software 'PC-System_1/Software PLC_1' to 'workspacefolder/Export' - Export all types from plc software 'PC-System_1/Software PLC_1' to 'workspacefolder/Export' - Close the project - Disconnect from tia portal
Do the following steps: - Connect to tia portal and open project from 'D:/Temp/TestProject1.als20' - Give me the structure of the project as markdown with the exact words - Close the project - Disconnect from tia portal
Do the following steps: - Connect to tia portal and open project from 'D:/Temp/TestProject1.als20' - Compile plc software 'PLC_1' - Close the project - Disconnect from tia portal

- Connect to a TIA Portal instance
- Browse and interact with TIA Portal projects
- Perform basic project operations from within VS Code

- .net Framework 4.8installed
- Siemens TIA Portal V20installed and running on your machine
- Check if underEnvironment Variables/User variable for user <name>the variableTiaPortalLocationis set toC:\Program Files\Siemens\Automation\Portal V20. Details onnuget.org - Siemens.Collaboration.Net.TiaPortal.Openness.Resolver
- User must be in Windows User GroupSiemens TIA Openness. Details on
TIA Portal Openness - Adding Users to the Siemens TIA Openness User Group

- After installation restart VS Code.
- Run the commandTIA Portal: Add MCP Server Configurationto add mcp server entry to mcp.json.
- Check
.vscode\mcp.jsonfor the correct TIA Portal path.

- <user>: Your Windows username
-
<version>: The version of the extension you have installed.

{ "servers": { "vscode-tiaportal-mcp": { "command": "c:\\Users\\<user>\\.vscode\\extensions\\jheilingbrunner.vscode-tiaportal-mcp-<version>\\srv\\net48\\TiaMcpServer.exe", "args": [], "env": {} } } }

- Run the commandTIA Portal: Remove MCP Server Configurationto remove mcp server entry frommcp.json.

Create/Edit to add/remove server toC:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "vscode-tiaportal-mcp": { "command": "c:\\Users\\<user>\\.vscode\\extensions\\jheilingbrunner.vscode-tiaportal-mcp-<version>\\srv\\net48\\TiaMcpServer.exe", "args": [], "env": {} } } }`

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