Controlling a coiled tubing unit at a well site

A system for controlling a coiled tubing unit at a well site having a wellbore that extends downhole from a surface of the well site, the system comprising:

• a memory comprising computer readable instructions;
• and
• a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
• creating, by the processing device, a coiled tubing simulation for performing a coiled tubing operation;
• receiving, by the processing device, wellbore data, wherein the wellbore data comprises downhole data collected using a downhole sensor downhole in the wellbore, and wherein the downhole data comprises a differential pressure measurement;
• generating, by the processing device, an automated coiled tubing control plan for the coiled tubing unit based at least in part on the wellbore data and the coiled tubing simulation;
• and
• controlling, by the processing device, the coiled tubing unit using the automated coiled tubing control plan to regulate at least one of a rate-of-penetration of the coiled tubing unit or a weight-on-bit of the coiled tubing unit based at least in part on the differential pressure measurement.