AI Assistance

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AI Assistance

Traditional BIM software puts the interface first: buttons, forms, panels, menus. Learning the tool becomes a prerequisite to doing the actual work. dotBEP takes the opposite approach. There is no editor, no creation wizard, no form to fill out. Instead, you describe what your project needs in plain language and the AI handles the rest. You are the BIM execution expert. The AI is the platform expert. That division of roles is what makes dotBEP so powerful.

How does it work?

BIM Execution Plan authoring in dotBEP is AI-assisted through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that allows AI assistants to connect to external tools and services. Instead of copying and pasting information manually, the assistant can read and write directly into your BEP as you have a conversation with it.

This documentation uses Claude Desktop as the reference AI client, but since MCP is an open protocol, the dotBEP connector works with any compatible client. Some of the most widely used:

If you already completed Getting Started, the connector is configured and ready to use in Claude Desktop.

Do I need AI to work with dotBEP?

Within the platform, AI is and will be the primary authoring tool. That said, the .bep format itself is fully open. Its specification and the core library used to create and manipulate BEP files are publicly available in this GitHub repository, free to use for anyone, even outside the dotBEP platform. dotBEP simply builds on top of that same library to offer AI-assisted authoring through a dedicated MCP connector.

What can your AI client do with the dotBEP connector?

Once your preferred MCP-compatible AI client is configured, it can:

  • List your BEPs: see all projects in your account
  • Open a BEP: load a specific BEP for editing
  • Read sections: inspect teams, workflows, deliverables, and more
  • Edit content: add or update any part of the BEP
  • Save changes: persist edits back to dotBEP

Live preview

When Claude has a BEP open, the dotBEP platform detects it automatically. Open the same BEP in app.dotbep.com and you’ll see a Local toggle. Switch to it to see your edits in real time as Claude works.