B&R Automation Studio Help MCP

What it does

This MCP server provides high-performance access to B&R Automation Studio help documentation. It allows AI agents to query technical manuals using a combination of full-text search (FTS) and semantic vector search, ensuring precise retrieval of technical specifications, function blocks, and hardware identifiers.

Tools

• search_help: Performs a hybrid search across documentation with RRF ranking and category filtering.
• get_categories: Retrieves a list of top-level help categories for structured browsing.
• browse_section: Allows hierarchical navigation through the help tree.
• get_page_by_id: Fetches the full content of a specific help page by its ID.
• get_page_by_help_id: Retrieves a page using its numeric HelpID.
• get_breadcrumb: Returns the navigation path for a specific page.
• get_help_statistics: Provides metadata and indexing stats about the help content.

Installation

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "as-help": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\as-help-server.exe",
      "args": [
        "--help-root", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\BRAutomation\\AS6\\Help-en\\Data",
        "--db-path", "C:\\path\\to\\data\\.ashelp_lance",
        "--metadata-dir", "C:\\path\\to\\data\\.ashelp_metadata",
        "--as-version", "6"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

• VS Code Copilot