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tc_link

MCP tool from TwinCAT XAE MCP by Edge-JB

Link/unlink variables; verify existing links

How to use it

tc_link is exposed by the TwinCAT XAE MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the tc_link tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

FULL TWINCAT XAE MCP LISTING

Other tools in TwinCAT XAE MCP (22)

nc

NC motion tree

plc_download

Deploy the active PLC project 🔒

plc_library

Library refs / placeholders / repos

plc_pou

Author + surgically edit POUs/DUTs/GVLs (offline)

plc_project

PLC project lifecycle

plc_session

Online-session control via UI Automation

tc_cpp

TwinCAT C++ projects/modules

tc_ethercat

Build fully-populated EtherCAT boxes from their ESI

tc_fieldbus

Non-EtherCAT fieldbuses (PROFINET/PROFIBUS/CANopen/DeviceNet/EAP)

tc_license

TwinCAT licensing

tc_mapping

Bulk variable mapping

tc_measurement

Scope + Analytics (TIAN)

tc_module

TcCOM module objects

tc_route

ADS routes

tc_settings

Engineering settings & archives

tc_system

Target & rescan helpers

tc_task

RT tasks / cores / linked tasks

tc_tree

Read/write any tree item (identity, XML params, rename, create, delete)

tc_variant

Project variant management

xae

XAE shell & solution control

xae_build

Compile the active configuration

xae_command

Run a raw DTE command 🔒