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PLCs.ai

AI for PLC programming and troubleshooting: ingests Studio 5000, TIA Portal and CODESYS projects and checks live tag values.

Visit official website ↗Tool + MCPConnect to Claude or ChatGPTLast checked: 2026-11-12

PLCs.ai · Industrial controls

What it helps with

  • PLC project analysis
  • Live tag troubleshooting
  • Documentation

Best for

Controls and automation engineers.

Sector fit

Electrical & instrumentation engineering, Manufacturing

Task and sector fit are editorial suggestions, not vendor certifications.

Paid

Pricing & access

Priced per PLC project per month, billed annually with unlimited users: Starter $128, Growth (11-30 projects) $120, Plant (31-80) $112. Enterprise (80+) is quoted.

Free access

No free plan. A free trial is offered.

Check official pricing ↗

Prices reflect the reviewed source and billing basis. Taxes, regional pricing, seats, licenses, and consumption may affect the total.

Works with your setup?

Platforms

Not verified

Published integrations

Not verified in this snapshot

Data considerations

Review vendor data retention and training terms before uploading sensitive information, especially unreleased designs and IP.

This is a review prompt, not an independent privacy or compliance certification.

Limitations to consider

  • Capabilities come from the vendor's MCP Registry entry and have not been independently tested.

Evidence & verification

Official site reached on 2026-11-12. Pricing read from the vendor's own page on 2026-11-12. Integrations and platforms have not been reviewed.

Official website ↗ · Product existence · 2026-11-12MCP Registry entry ↗ · Description and MCP server address · 2026-11-12Official pricing page ↗ · Pricing · 2026-11-12

Connect PLCs.ai to your AI assistant

An MCP server lets assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT use PLCs.ai directly. You connect straight to the vendor's server; ToolGrail never sees your account.

Remote server · sign in with your account

Server addresshttps://mcp.plcs.ai/mcp

What it can do
Query Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLC projects, live tag values, and analyses in plain English.
Sign-in
Required. You sign in with your own account when you connect, using OAuth.
Cost
Not verified. What you can do through it may depend on your PLCs.ai plan, so check that your plan includes MCP or API access.
How we know it's official
Published in the official MCP Registry as ai.plcs/plcs-ai, under the vendor's verified namespace. Checked 2026-11-12. Vendor's MCP guide ↗
Claude

Go to Customize › Connectors, select + Add, then Add custom connector. Enter a name, paste the server address and select Continue. When asked, choose to sign in and log in to your PLCs.ai account. Turn it on in a chat from the + menu under Connectors. Free plans can add one custom connector; on Team and Enterprise an owner adds it for the organisation.

Claude help ↗
ChatGPT

Custom MCP servers are available on ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and Edu, on the web. An admin or owner, or an authorised member on Enterprise and Edu, goes to Plugins, selects + then Add custom MCP server, pastes the server address, sets up authentication and accepts the risk notice.

OpenAI help ↗
Other assistants and editors

Add a remote MCP server using this address. Clients that support Streamable HTTP, the current MCP transport, accept it directly. Menu names vary by client.

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