Industrial automation design environment prompt engineering for generative AI

A method, comprising:

• rendering, by an industrial integrated development environment (IDE) system comprising a processor, a chat interface configured to receive an industrial design request formatted as plain language input data;
• inferring, by the industrial IDE system, the industrial design request based on analysis of the plain language input data;
• modifying, by the industrial IDE system, the plain language input data to yield an enhanced prompt configured to prompt a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model to formulate an industrial design output that satisfies the industrial design request, wherein the generative AI model is trained using training data comprising at least one of industrial control code samples, industrial standards data, or industrial protocol data;
• determining, by the industrial IDE system based on generative AI analysis performed by the generative AI model in response to the enhanced prompt, at least one of a type of industrial control application or an industrial vertical for which the industrial design output is being requested;
• and
• generating, by the industrial IDE system, the industrial design output based on the generative AI analysis, wherein
• the industrial design output is at least one of industrial control code or a human machine interface (HMI) application, and
• the generating comprises generating the industrial design output to conform to one or more industrial safety standards or control programming standards determined to be applicable to the type of industrial control application or the industrial vertical.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause an industrial integrated development environment (IDE) system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• rendering a chat interface configured to receive an industrial design request formatted as plain language input data;
• inferring the industrial design request based on analysis of the plain language input data;
• modifying the plain language input data to yield an enhanced prompt configured to prompt a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model to formulate an industrial design output that satisfies the industrial design request, wherein the generative AI model is trained using training data comprising at least one of industrial control code samples, industrial standards data, or industrial protocol data;
• determining, by based on generative AI analysis performed by the generative AI model in response to the enhanced prompt, at least one of a type of industrial control application or an industrial vertical for which the industrial design output is being requested;
• and
• generating the industrial design output based on the generative AI analysis, wherein
• the industrial design output is at least one of industrial control code or a human machine interface (HMI) application, and
• the generating comprises generating the industrial design output to conform to one or more industrial safety standards or control programming standards determined to be applicable to the type of industrial control application or the industrial vertical.