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Microsoft's agentic-factory-hack builds a five-agent maintenance workflow

A hands-on workshop that builds anomaly detection, fault diagnosis, repair planning, scheduling and parts-ordering agents for a tire plant example, using Microsoft Foundry and Azure. The repo dates from January and was updated Oct 13, and it runs on services Microsoft sells.

For reliability and maintenance teams: it maps the path from sensor alert to repair plan to parts order, and the scenario fits most plants with machines and a spare parts store.

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GXWorks Agent connects AI assistants to Mitsubishi PLC programming

An MCP server that gives an agent project context, CPU-specific instructions and manual evidence, then saves versioned programs with GX Works2 import files. Ladder candidates come through MCP, and Structured Text generation sits in its optional workbench.

For controls engineers: draft and review Mitsubishi PLC logic with the manual's evidence attached, then import it for a person to check.