AI Skill for TwinCAT 3: Debugging and Review in Structured Text

AI Skill for TwinCAT 3: Debugging and Review in Structured Text

This AI Skill is designed to assist in writing, reviewing, and debugging Structured Text for Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 and CODESYS V3 environments. It includes a reviewer to address potential dialect traps and provides support for a range of common programming scenarios in these systems.

What this skill does

• Writes and reviews Structured Text code specifically for Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 and CODESYS V3.
• Includes a reviewer function to identify dialect traps, such as timed processes, level-driven execution, and potential issues with blocking loops and float equality.
• Assists with debugging tasks related to timers, counters, state machines, object-oriented programming constructs, and function blocks.
• Provides guidance on integrating TwinCAT 3 and CODESYS V3 with PackML, PLCopen motion, and ADS protocols.
• Operates within the CODESYS V3 dialect family, specifically verified on TwinCAT 3 (build 4024.x).
• Highlights the necessity for all generated code to be reviewed and validated by a qualified engineer following platform-specific documentation.

Who it is for

• Developers working with TwinCAT 3 and CODESYS V3 in industrial automation.
• Engineering teams looking to streamline code development and review processes for Structured Text.
• Professionals requiring assistance with PLC programming in these environments.

Use cases

• Debugging a non-responsive state machine within a TwinCAT 3 project.
• Reviewing and optimizing Structured Text for PLCopen standards in CODESYS V3.
• Developing and testing object-oriented function blocks in a PLC project.
• Ensuring accurate and efficient implementation of motion control commands using TwinCAT 3.

Technical details

• Leveraging agent-skills compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex for enhanced coding assistance.
• Specialized for the TwinCAT 3 (build 4024.x) verified platform with derivatives from CODESYS V3.
• Does not handle aspects related to Siemens SCL/TIA Portal, Rockwell Studio 5000, OpenPLC/matiec, and other non-CODESYS-based environments.

Reference material only. Not for safety functions. All code you generate must be reviewed and validated by a qualified engineer against the drive and platform documentation before it runs on a machine.

Source & Licence

This package is built on open-source work published by SionVerhoef (SionVerhoef/twincat-st) and distributed under MIT. The original licence text and copyright notice are included in your download.

Personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution are permitted, provided the original copyright and licence notice are retained.

Your purchase covers curation, licence verification, packaging, documentation and instant delivery. It does not grant exclusive rights to the underlying open-source code, which remains available under its original licence.

Delivery & Support

• Delivery: instant — a secure download link is emailed to you as soon as payment is confirmed.
• Format: ZIP archive containing the skill files, documentation and the original licence.
• Support: support@mcpcart.com — we aim to reply within 2 business days.
• Updates: updates are included only where stated on this page.

Refunds

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