FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot

Query the help content, release notes, and error code documentation to answer questions about product features, how to complete tasks, and how to troubleshoot errors and warnings. Here are some prompting examples that you can use:

FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot prompts

Query	Ask
Understand what FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot can do.	What can you do?
Learn about the newest features.	What new features are available?
Learn how to use a new feature.	How do I allocate code?
Resolve an error.	How do I resolve error code [error-code]?
Get a simple explanation for a feature.	Explain FactoryTalk Design Studio to a junior engineer.
Get a short explanation of a feature.	Explain FactoryTalk Design Studio in 20 words or less.
Request more information about the previous responses.	Can you explain that in more detail?

Use powerful project search capabilities and code generation tools to develop project insights and generate PLC code more efficiently. This feature is exclusive to Core entitlement users, and it must be enabled. To enable

Project Access

, see Enable Project Access. Here are some prompting examples for building faster:

Search capabilities and code generation tools

Query	Ask
Request an overview of your project.	Summarize my project.
Understand an Add-On Instruction (AOI).	Explain the [AOI-name] AOI .
Find all references to an object in your project.	Where am I using the [AOI-name] AOI .
Create an AOI definition.	Create an AOI named [AOI-name] that [function].
Create an instance of FactoryTalk Design Studio definition.	Create a new instance of the [smart-object-definition-name] smart object named [smart-object-name].
Create a nested standalone FactoryTalk Design Studio .	Create a standalone smart object under [parent-name] named [smart-object-name].
Create a program.	Create a program named [program-name] under [smart-object-name].
Create a routine.	Create a routine named [routine-name] under [smart-object-name].[program-name] that [function].
Continue modifying the routine generated in the previous response.	Update the code to [function].
Update all tag names used in a routine.	Change the tag names in [smart-object-name].[program-name].[routine-name] to have a [prefix] prefix.
Allocate a program to a controller.	Allocate [smart-object-name].[program-name] to the [controller-name] controller .
Schedule a program to a task.	Schedule [smart-object-name].[program-name] to the default task .
Undo an action.	Undo that last change.

Use the shortcut Control-Enter in the chat panel and inline chat to add a new line to a prompt.

Use these locations to prompt

FactoryTalk Design Studio

Copilot to create either ladder diagram or structured text routines by using the proper name, location, and routine types like Ladder Diagram, LD, Structured Text, ST, or STX:

Submit feedback on

FactoryTalk Design Studio

Copilot responses. Use

Send Feedback

at the top right of the response to like or dislike a response and optionally provides details.

Clear the chat history. To clear chat history, select

Clear Chat History

on the top right of

FactoryTalk Design Studio

Copilot, or select

Clear Question and Response

at the top of each response pairing. The chat history is also cleared when you close the project. For Core entitlement users,

FactoryTalk Design Studio

Copilot retains chat history between project sessions.

For users with Core entitlement,

FactoryTalk Design Studio

retains chat panel history when you close a project or browser.

Chat history is not retained for

FactoryTalk Design Studio

Basic entitlement.

You can clear chat prompt-response pairs and entire chat session history.