What is Ignition (the tool)?

Ignition is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed to empower AI agents to understand and directly interact with Ignition SCADA projects and live gateways, providing the first dedicated AI tooling for the platform.

What capabilities does Ignition offer AI agents?

AI agents can gain structured access to Ignition project components like tags, Perspective views, scripts, UDTs, alarm pipelines, and named queries. It also enables live tag read/write, script execution, and historical data queries on running gateways.

How does Ignition connect to an Ignition SCADA system?

Ignition connects via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It supports both offline interaction with Ignition project export files (.zip) or filesystem-based projects, and live interaction with Ignition gateways through a configured WebDev module.

Is Ignition open-source and compatible with different AI agents?

Yes, Ignition is an open-source tool (MIT licensed) built in Python. It's designed to be agent-agnostic, meaning it works with any AI agent (e.g., Claude, GPT, local LLMs) that utilizes the Model Context Protocol for interaction.

Ignition

Name: Ignition
Author: Nodeblue-AI

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Empowers AI agents to comprehend and directly interact with Ignition SCADA projects and live gateways.

This open-source tool bridges the significant gap in AI tooling for Ignition SCADA, a widely used industrial automation platform. By implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP), it allows AI agents like Claude or GPT to gain structured access to Ignition project components such as tags, Perspective views, scripts, User Defined Types (UDTs), alarm pipelines, and named queries. Furthermore, it enables real-time interaction with live Ignition gateways for reading/writing tags, executing scripts, and querying historical data, thus transforming how developers and AI can build and manage Ignition applications. It supports both project export files and filesystem-based projects, providing a robust, agent-agnostic solution for AI integration.

主な機能

01Structured access to Ignition project components (tags, views, scripts, UDTs, alarms, queries)

02Live tag read/write and script execution on Ignition gateways via WebDev module

03Query historical tag data from the gateway's historian

04Supports both Ignition project export files and filesystem-based projects

05Agent-agnostic and works offline, connecting via Model Context Protocol

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ユースケース

01Enable AI agents to understand and analyze existing Ignition project configurations

02Develop AI-powered copilots for Ignition SCADA engineers to assist with tasks like troubleshooting or system configuration

03Automate data retrieval and manipulation on live Ignition gateways through AI agents