asckye/tia_portal_openness_mcp/openness-overview
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Overview and index of all TIA Portal Openness skills in this plugin. Use when unsure which specific Openness skill applies, when asked what Openness skills/capabilities exist, for a general map of what the Openness Development plugin can do, or for meta-questions like "what are the skills for", "which skill should I use for X", "wofür sind die skills da". Not for actual implementation tasks — those should activate the specific skill listed below instead.
Install
npx vskill@latest install asckye/tia_portal_openness_mcp/openness-overviewSKILL.md
Openness Skills Overview
Overview
This skill answers discovery/meta questions about the TIA Portal Openness plugin itself — "what can it do", "which skill covers X", "wofür sind die skills da" — rather than performing an Openness development task. It is intentionally standalone: it must never pull in every other skill's full content just to answer an overview question. Once the right skill is identified, let that skill activate normally (or point the user to it, e.g. "use the blocks skill for that").
How to answer
- Explain that skills are contextual prompt extensions: each one is loaded in full only when its
descriptionmatches the current task; onlyname+descriptionare loaded upfront for all skills. - List the relevant skill(s) below with their one-line purpose.
- If the user's underlying request is actually a concrete task (not just "what exists"), say which skill applies and let it take over — don't try to do the task from this overview skill.
Skill Index
General / Foundational
| Skill | Use when | |
|---|---|---|
openness-overview | Discovering which Openness skills exist and routing a concrete task to the appropriate specialist skill | |
openness-base | Always alongside any other Openness skill — SDK DLL discovery via registry, .csproj setup, TypeIdentifier requirements, core prerequisites | |
session-and-project | Starting/attaching TIA Portal sessions, opening/saving/archiving/closing projects, retrieving from .zap | |
engineering-objects | Exclusive access, transactions, attribute read/write, GetService<T> patterns, hardware catalog search, object tree navigation, CustomIdentityProvider | |
object-tree-walking | Schema-free tree traversal via GetServiceInfos/GetService/GetAttributeInfos/GetAttribute, matching by Name+TypeIdentifier, cycle prevention, COM proxy dedup | |
performance-and-caching | App feels slow, deep object chains in loops, deciding whether/what to cache, batch attribute reads/writes | |
threading-and-concurrency | Multi-threaded/background Openness apps, MCP-style servers with concurrent calls, cross-thread exceptions | |
licensing-and-firewall | App denied access to TIA Portal, LicenseNotFoundException, explaining required Openness rights/licenses | |
change-detection | Detecting what changed in a project over time, deciding on re-download/re-compile, tracking library type versions | |
crash-diagnosis | Diagnosing hard TIA Portal process crashes during Openness API call sequences, breadcrumb-based localization | |
openness-testing | Building or running live TIA Portal integration tests, including net48 bootstrap, firewall-dialog boundaries, and dedicated CI runners | |
tia-addin-scaffold | Creating a brand-new Openness project/add-in from scratch (interview-driven) |
Devices, Hardware & Network
| Skill | Use when | |
|---|---|---|
devices-and-hardware | Creating devices, finding CPUs, PROFINET subnets, I/O systems, and network interfaces | |
hardware-and-modules | Plugging hardware, changing module types, hardware catalog search, motor/encoder projecting, master copies (drives) | |
networks-and-drivecliq | Connecting/disconnecting DriveCliq ports, PROFINET interfaces, discovering I/O system topology | |
online-and-download | Connecting to CPUs via OnlineProvider, downloading PLC software, connection modes, passwords |
PLC Program
| Skill | Use when | |
|---|---|---|
blocks | Importing/compiling/exporting/protecting PLC blocks, InstanceDB/GlobalDB interface members, cross-references | |
software-hierarchy | Orienting within PlcSoftware root and SW-Unit group scopes, and routing imports to the correct specialist API | |
tags-and-tagtables | Creating/renaming PLC tags, exporting/importing tag tables as XML | |
plc-data-types | UDT/PlcType navigation and search, UDT XML export structure, member attribute formats | |
sw-units | SW-Unit isolated group hierarchies, PLC-wide search across root and SW-Units, element creation inside SW-Units | |
simatic-sd | SIMATIC SD block document format (.s7dcl/.s7res), export/import, network insertion, LAD/FBD/SCL detection | |
plc-safety-administration | Fail-safe PLC config via SafetyAdministration, AssignmentOfBlockNumbers, RuntimeGroup | |
technology-objects | Creating/finding/configuring Technology Objects (axes) for motion control | |
global-library | GlobalLibrary traversal, MasterCopy/type placement, library file (.zap/.zal) handling, post-placement rename | |
libraries-and-alarms | Global libraries, master copies, alarm text lists, safety administration, runtime groups, unit providers | |
security | UMAC custom roles, project users, device function rights, master passwords, CPU protection/access level |
Drives (SINAMICS / Startdrive)
| Skill | Use when | |
|---|---|---|
drive-objects | Locating DriveObjects, telegrams, writing drive parameters, Double-MoMo drives, refreshing drive state | |
parameters | Reading/writing drive parameters, BiCo wiring, parameter access by index/name, parameter bit manipulation | |
telegrams | Main/safety telegram configuration, changing telegram numbers, resizing telegram I/O, PROFIsafe telegrams | |
safety-commissioning | PROFIsafe functions (STO/SImO), safety checksums, safety axis type, acceptance tests | |
drive-control-charts | Creating/importing/exporting DCC charts, blocks, pins, parameters, graphical drive functions |
Notes
- Descriptions above are summaries; always defer to the linked skill's own
descriptionfrontmatter andSKILL.mdcontent as the source of truth — this index is a map, not a replacement. - When a new Openness skill is added to the plugin, add it to the relevant table above and to the plugin README.
Security
- Security scanPassed, 90 of 100Pattern checks on the skill's files.
- Model reviewPassed
Quality evaluation
- Task evaluationNot runNo evaluation yet. Run one in Skill Studio.
Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingreference/siemens-openness/skills/openness-overview/SKILL.md
Popularity
- Repository stars
- 3
- 7-day trend score
- 0
Stars and forks are for the whole GitHub repository, not this skill alone. Not refreshed yet.
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