MCP serverOfficial
Windchill AI Assistant MCP Serverby PTC
Part of PTC's Windchill AI Assistant plugin; answers from help articles and indexed vault documents only.
RemoteNeeds a Windchill licenceRead-only
Windchill MCP servers and AI agent skills
PTC ships an official MCP server inside the Windchill AI Assistant plugin, but it answers questions from help articles and indexed vault documents and does not touch parts, BOMs or change objects. For PLM data you need a community server built on Windchill REST Services: one covers parts, documents, change and workflow on Windchill 13.0.2, and another reads parts and BOMs alongside Creo. All of them sign in as a Windchill user and respect that user's permissions.
- PTC's official server answers documentation questions only.
- 3 MCP servers listed.
PTC3 serversChecked 4 Nov 2026
Integrations for Windchill
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Community and commercial servers
MCP serverCommunity
Windchill MCP Server (Cars-10)by Cars-10
A Docker-ready Windchill 13.0.2 server with 64+ tools for parts, documents, change, workflow and projects.
LocalNeeds a Windchill licenceCan modify models12· updated 9 months ago
MCP serverCommunity
PTC-MCP Integration Serverby rweisssieker-xp
One TypeScript server that reads Windchill parts, BOMs and documents and opens and exports Creo models.
LocalNeeds a Windchill licenceRead-only4· updated 11 months ago
Listings are sorted by origin, then by recent activity. GitHub data is refreshed nightly. Nothing here is ranked.
How AI connects to Windchill
An MCP server or skill can only do what Windchill lets programs do. Windchill exposes 1 automation interface:
- Windchill REST Services (OData) (REST API): Windchill REST Services (WRS) is installed and updated with Windchill and exposes PLM objects through OData-based domains, which PTC documents per release along with a report of API changes between versions. Community MCP servers call these endpoints with a service or user account, so check which domains and write operations your release supports before granting an agent create, check-in or revise rights. Documentation
What PTC offers
PTC's Windchill AI Assistant plugin answers natural-language questions and summarises documents, with a choice of sources: your organisation's vault documents, PTC's help and Technical Support content, or both. The plugin includes an MCP server with six tools for those answers and searches, so Claude Desktop or VS Code can use it. In Windchill SaaS, document indexing and chat consume AI credits.
Checked 4 Nov 2026. Sources: PTC Help, Windchill AI Assistant plugin MCP server, PTC Help, Using the Windchill AI Assistant, PTC Help, AI credits consumption
What you can do with Windchill and AI
- Ask how to configure or troubleshoot a Windchill feature and get an answer drawn from the Help Center and PTC support articles (official server).
- Search indexed vault documents, or summarise a single document by its object identifier (official server).
- Look up a part, read its multi-level BOM and list the documents attached to it.
- Create, check out, check in or revise documents, and raise change requests (community server).
- Open the related Creo model, export STEP or PDF and pull its parameters into the same conversation.
Taken from the listings' own documentation. Check each listing for exactly what it supports.
Installing
The listings here document setup for ChatGPT Desktop, Claude Desktop and VS Code. Install steps, copied from each project's own documentation, are on each listing's page. Most Windchill integrations run on your own computer next to Windchill, so you need Windchill installed and licensed on the same machine unless the listing says otherwise.
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Questions
Is there an official Windchill MCP server?
Yes, as part of the Windchill AI Assistant plugin. Its endpoint is https://<windchill-host>/Windchill/WCPlugins/wcaiassistant/mcp, and its tools answer from help content and vault documents only, so it cannot query or change parts, BOMs or workflows.
Can an AI agent read Windchill BOMs?
Not through PTC's MCP server. Community servers built on Windchill REST Services can search parts and read BOMs; one targets Windchill 13.0.2.x and also writes documents and change requests.
Does Claude Desktop work with Windchill single sign-on?
Not always. PTC notes that some clients, including Claude Desktop and VS Code, cannot complete the Windchill SSO flow directly, and suggests a client extension, a local reverse proxy or a custom client. Basic authentication works where your site allows it.
Can PTC's Windchill MCP server see my company's documents?
Yes, if they are indexed in the AI Assistant's document vault and the signed-in user may read them. Its tools can search that vault, answer questions from it and summarise a document by its object identifier, alongside answers drawn from PTC's help and support content.
AI-generated models, drawings and results must be checked by a qualified engineer before use.
Sources (checked 4 Nov 2026): PTC Help, Windchill AI Assistant plugin MCP server · PTC Help, Windchill REST Services · Cars-10/windchill-mcp-server README · Windchill product page
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