T-IA Connect (Siemens TIA Portal)

T-IA Copilot : GenAI Bridge for Siemens PLCs

Submission for the GenAI Zürich Hackathon 2026 — Siemens Challenge

> Tagline: Bridging LLMs and Siemens TIA Portal safely. Generates deterministic PLC logic (SCL/ISA-88) from natural language using Sovereign GenAI models.

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About This Repository

> Note: The core proprietary engine (the deterministic SimaticML XML builder and the TIA Portal Openness API connector) remains private. This open-source repository demonstrates how we successfully connected Sovereign LLMs to our deterministic industrial backend.

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MCP Integration (Claude Desktop & Cursor)

You can easily connect T-IA Connect to your favorite AI Assistant using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tia-connect": {
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\T-IA Connect\\TiaPortalApi.App.exe",
      "args": ["--mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Key MCP Tools Available

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Quick Start — Headless API Blueprint

Prerequisites

1. Launch in Headless Mode

# No GUI, no WPF window — just a REST API ready to receive commands
TiaPortalApi.App.exe --headless
Output:
  T-IA Connect — Headless Mode
  API: http://localhost:9000/
  Swagger: http://localhost:9000/swagger
  Press Ctrl+C to stop.

2. Open a TIA Portal Project (silently)

curl -X POST http://localhost:9000/api/projects/open 
  -H "X-API-Key: your-key" 
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
  -d '{ "projectPath": "C:\\Projects\\WaterPlant.ap20" }'

curl -X POST http://localhost:9000/api/blocks/generate 
  -H "X-API-Key: your-key" 
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
  -d '{
    "deviceName": "PLC_1",
    "blockType": "FB",
    "blockName": "FB_WaterPump",
    "description": "Water pump with Start/Stop, thermal fault (TON 5s), Manual/Auto mode",
    "language": "SCL"
  }'

4. Compile — Done

curl -X POST http://localhost:9000/api/blocks/compile 
  -H "X-API-Key: your-key" 
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" 
  -d '{ "deviceName": "PLC_1", "blockName": "FB_WaterPump" }'

┌─────────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐     ┌───────────────┐
│   AI Agent      │     │  T-IA Connect    │     │  TIA Portal   │
│  (Claude, etc.) │────▶│  REST API        │────▶│  Openness API │
│                 │ MCP │  + Deterministic │     │  (headless)   │
│  "Create a pump │ or  │    XML Engine    │     │               │
│   sequence..."  │ HTTP│                  │     │  ┌─────────┐  │
└─────────────────┘     └──────────────────┘     │  │ FB_Pump │  │        
                                                 │  │ compiled│  │    
                                                 │  └─────────┘  │
                                                 └───────────────┘

1. Sovereign AI Integration (src/OpenAiProvider.cs)

2. MCP Bridge E2E Tests (tests/)

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How It Works (The T-IA Copilot Workflow)

| Step | What happens | Who does it |
|------|-------------|-------------|
| 1. Prompt | "Generate a pump sequence with a thermal fault" | Engineer or AI Agent |
| 2. AI Reasoning | LLM designs the state machine logic (SCL/JSON) | Sovereign LLM (Qwen) |
| 3. Deterministic Compile | C# engine builds strict SimaticML XML (no AI hallucination) | T-IA Connect |
| 4. Deploy | Block imported + compiled headlessly in TIA Portal | Openness API |

Result: Chat prompt → Compiled PLC block in under 30 seconds.

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Skills, Prompts, and Resources

To maximize your efficiency with T-IA Connect, we have included the following:

- Skills (MCP Tools): 120+ specialized tools to interact with TIA Portal (Blocks, Tags, HMI, PLC Simulation, etc.).
- Prompts: A guide to the best natural language prompts to generate industrial-grade PLC code.
- Resources: T-IA Connect provides read-only access to your project structure via specialized resources, allowing the AI to "browse" your project tree without manual intervention.

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Tech Stack

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