# TiaCommander MCP Server

Siemens TIA Portal MCP server — AI-assisted PLC programming. 19 tools, 230 actions.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/a4webdev/tiacommander-mcp)

**GitHub popularity:** 41 stars on [a4webdev/tiacommander-mcp](a4webdev/tiacommander-mcp), recorded 2026-10-02.

## Status

Pod has not dialled TiaCommander yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `https://github.com/a4webdev/tiacommander-mcp/releases/download/v3.42.0/TiaCommander-v3.42.0.mcpb` on mcpb. Runs locally.

## Reviewed GitHub reports

**22 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review.** This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 2.

### Most discussed

### blocks_read/db ignore blocks inside Program-blocks user groups (subfolders); xref recurses correctly - asymmetric traversal + undercounted compile

Thanks again for the tool. Reporting a second, unrelated issue.

**Environment:** TiaCommander v2.30.3 (portable), TIA Portal V18, S7-1200 project.

**Problem:** `blocks_read` (`list`, `get_details`, `get_interface`) and `db` (`list`, `get_structure`) only see blocks sitting **directly at the Program-blocks root.** Any block moved into a user group (subfolder) becomes invisible: `get_details`/`get_interface` on its exact name returns *"Block not found"* (tried plain name, `Group/Block`, and…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/a4webdev/tiacommander-mcp/issues/10) · 2026-07-16 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Most recent

### [Bug] OB numbers 30–38 (cyclic interrupt) refused by create_block; create_ob silently changes OB number and type; wrong default OB title

## Description

1. `create_block` with `blockType=OB` and `secondaryType=CyclicInterrupt` works, but any `blockNumber` from 2 to 122 is refused as "reserved for system OBs". On S7-1500, OB30–OB38 are the standard numbers for cyclic interrupt OBs (likewise OB10–17 time-of-day, OB20–23 time-delay, OB40–47 hardware interrupt, OB100 startup …). TIA itself accepts OB30 – verified by XML import.
2. `create_ob` has no OB type parameter; `obNumber=30` is silently replaced (here by 124) and the OB is…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/a4webdev/tiacommander-mcp/issues/25) · 2026-10-01 · open · external user · 0 comments

[See all 19 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/tiacommander/issues) — of 22 qualified upstream.

## Firsthand observations

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```json
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  "query": "TiaCommander",
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