AS Help

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The AS Help server revolutionizes how developers interact with B&R Automation Studio documentation by offering a powerful, localized search solution. It indexes the extensive B&R help files using SQLite FTS5 with advanced BM25 ranking, ensuring relevant search results. Designed for seamless integration, particularly with AI assistants like GitHub Copilot, it facilitates quick information retrieval, category-based filtering, hierarchical browsing, and context-sensitive help lookups, significantly enhancing productivity for B&R developers.

Características Principales

• Full-text search with BM25 ranking across all help pages
• Category filtering and hierarchical browsing of documentation
• Auto-generated links to B&R online help (AS4/AS6)
• HelpID lookup for context-sensitive help integration
• Automatic re-indexing on help directory changes via MD5 hash
• 3 GitHub stars

Casos de Uso

• Providing context-sensitive help within development environments for B&R programming tasks.
• Efficiently searching and navigating B&R Automation Studio documentation for specific topics, hardware, or software components.
• Integrating B&R Automation Studio help documentation into AI assistant platforms like Copilot Chat for enhanced information retrieval.