Windchill AI Assistant MCP Server

MCP serverOfficial

Part of PTC's Windchill AI Assistant plugin; answers from help articles and indexed vault documents only. By PTC.

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Works with: Windchill
How it connects: Documentation only; doesn't operate the tool
Access: Read-only
Tool versions: Windchill with the Windchill AI Assistant plugin (version requirements not stated)
Operating systems: Not stated in its documentation
Needs a Windchill licence: Yes
Transport: Remote (HTTP)
AI clients documented: Claude Desktop, VS Code
Licence: proprietary
Language: Not stated in its documentation

What it can do

Answers Windchill how-to and troubleshooting questions from the Windchill Help Center and PTC Technical Support articles.
Answers questions about, searches and summarises documents indexed in the assistant's document vault.
Uses the same authentication as Windchill REST APIs (Basic or SSO), so users see only content they are authorised to read.

Limitations

Does not read or change parts, BOMs or other Windchill PLM data.
Some clients, including Claude Desktop and VS Code, may not complete Windchill SSO directly; PTC suggests an extension, a local reverse proxy or a custom client.
Available tools depend on the plugin configuration and the user's licence.

Install

Add a server to .vscode/mcp.json with the URL https://<windchill-host>/Windchill/WCPlugins/wcaiassistant/mcp, type http, and headers for Basic authorization and an XSRF token (sent as both the X-XSRF-TOKEN header and the XSRF-TOKEN cookie, with identical values).

Source: support.ptc.com/help/windchill/ai_plugin/en/Windchill_Help_Center/document_vault/WCAIAssistAIPluginMCPServer.html

MCP servers and skills run code on your computer. Review the source before installing.

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