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Bentley Copilot

Bentley Copilot is the AI assistant in Bentley Systems' engineering applications. In OpenRoads Designer it is a technology preview that gives step-by-step guidance in plain language. Bentley says Copilot uses its MCP server as its main way to work with Bentley application APIs, the same server outside AI agents can connect to.

Status as Bentley Systems states it: technology preview in OpenRoads Designer; status not stated in OpenRail Designer and STAAD.Pro; limited availability in OpenSite+.

Bentley SystemsChecked 10 Nov 2026

Status in each product

Labels are copied from Bentley Systems's own pages. "Not stated" means we found no label for that product on the vendor's pages.

  • OpenRoads Designertechnology preview

    Step-by-step guidance in plain language inside the application, such as how to set up superelevation.

    Bentley Systems: “Bentley Copilot, currently in technology preview, gives users contextual guidance directly inside OpenRoads Designer”

    Source

  • OpenRail DesignerNot stated

    Bentley said in October 2025 that Copilot would be integrated into OpenRoads Designer and OpenRail Designer in early 2026.

    Source

  • OpenSite+limited availability

    Status as announced in October 2025; we found no later status on Bentley's pages.

    Bentley Systems: “OpenSite+, the first engineering application leveraging generative AI for civil site design, is now in limited availability.”

    Source

  • STAAD.ProNot stated

    Bentley's MCP page says engineers can use Bentley Copilot or their own LLM to automate load applications and model revisions.

    Source

What it does

Help and guidance

  • Gives step-by-step guidance in plain language inside OpenRoads Designer. Source

Carrying out tasks

  • In Bentley's new applications, guides users through workflows, surfaces relevant documents and can make changes to models. Source

What it can do differs by product and release; check Bentley Systems's page for your product.

How it relates to MCP servers

Uses the vendor's own MCP server. Bentley says Copilot, its in-application assistant, uses the MCP server as its primary interface to Bentley application APIs; you can use Copilot inside the application or connect your own AI agent. Source

  • The MicroStation MCP Server is in early access, released to a restricted set of users. Source

Bentley Systems's MCP servers and skills on Tresca

MCP serverOfficial · Early access

MicroStation MCP Serverby Bentley Systems

Bentley's early-access server that gives an AI client MicroStation's Python API to read, create and modify elements in the open DGN.

Can modify models
MCP serverOfficial

OpenSTAAD MCP Serverby Bentley Systems

Bentley's open-source server that runs sandboxed OpenSTAAD Python against the STAAD.Pro model you have open, with eleven bundled STAAD skills.

LocalWindowsCan modify models57· updated 12 days ago
SkillOfficial

STAAD.Pro skills (openstaad-mcp)by Bentley Systems

Eleven SKILL.md files bundled with Bentley's OpenSTAAD server that teach an agent STAAD.Pro modelling, loading, analysis, results and steel design.

Windows57· updated 12 days ago

Bentley Copilot or an MCP server with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Bentley Copilot works inside Bentley Systems's own products, with the abilities Bentley Systems builds into it. An MCP server takes the other route: it lets a general AI assistant that you choose, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, call the software's functions, and each project decides which functions to expose.

For OpenRoads / OpenBridge and STAAD.Pro, Tresca lists 2 MCP servers and 1 agent skill; between them, their documentation covers Any MCP client, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Google Antigravity and VS Code. See each tool page: OpenRoads / OpenBridge, STAAD.Pro.

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Cost and licence

Bentley Systems doesn't state the price on the pages we checked.

Dates

  • 15 October 2025, Bentley announces Copilot in its new applications and plans for OpenRoads and OpenRail Designer in early 2026. Source
  • 3 July 2026, Bentley describes Copilot in OpenRoads Designer 2026 as a technology preview. Source

AI-generated models, drawings and results must be checked by a qualified engineer before use.

Sources

Checked 10 Nov 2026. Only Bentley Systems's own pages count as sources here.

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