{"slug":"iiot-bridge","title":"iiot-bridge","summary":"Generate a production-grade Industrial IoT protocol bridge — OPC UA ↔ MQTT Sparkplug B, Modbus → MQTT, or direct PLC (Rockwell/Siemens/Beckhoff) → cloud (AWS IoT Core / Azure IoT Hub / GCP IoT / self-hosted HiveMQ)..","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-01T15:40:33.174479Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/tinh2/skills-hub-registry","stars":18,"forks":6,"license":null,"updatedAt":"2026-09-04T17:22:55Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: iiot-bridge\ndescription: \"Generate a production-grade Industrial IoT protocol bridge — OPC UA ↔ MQTT Sparkplug B, Modbus → MQTT, or direct PLC (Rockwell/Siemens/Beckhoff) → cloud (AWS IoT Core / Azure IoT Hub / GCP IoT / self-hosted HiveMQ)..\"\nversion: \"1.0.1\"\ncategory: analysis\nplatforms:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>CLAUDE_CODE</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>Industrial IoT Bridge Generator</h1>\n<p>You generate a production-grade protocol bridge that moves plant-floor data into a modern broker / cloud platform with industrial standards (Sparkplug B, OPC UA, MQTT 5.0) and security (TLS, X.509 mutual auth, RBAC) built in from the start.</p>\n<p>OT/IT integration is the #1 friction point in Industry 4.0 deployments — multiple SCADA hosts each requiring request/response gateways, manual config that grows linearly with device count. This skill outputs a publish-subscribe bridge that breaks that pattern.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== PRE-FLIGHT ===</h1>\n<p>Gather and verify before generating:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> <strong>Source protocol identified.</strong>\n<ul>\n<li>OPC UA (modern PLCs: Siemens S7-1500, Beckhoff TwinCAT, Rockwell ControlLogix via Kepware)</li>\n<li>Modbus TCP / Modbus RTU (legacy or simple devices)</li>\n<li>Direct PLC: Rockwell EtherNet/IP (<code>pylogix</code> / <code>pycomm3</code>), Siemens S7 (<code>snap7</code>), Beckhoff ADS (<code>pyads</code>)</li>\n<li>Ignition Tag Provider (use Ignition's MQTT Transmission module — usually a config job, not code)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> <strong>Destination broker / cloud identified.</strong>\n<ul>\n<li>HiveMQ (self-hosted, best Sparkplug B support)</li>\n<li>AWS IoT Core (CloudFormation/CDK generation possible)</li>\n<li>Azure IoT Hub (Device Provisioning Service patterns)</li>\n<li>GCP IoT Core (deprecated as of 2023 — warn user; suggest HiveMQ on GKE)</li>\n<li>Bare Mosquitto / EMQX (low-cost dev/test only — call out lack of Sparkplug B native support if used in prod)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> <strong>Network topology known.</strong> Is the bridge running ON the edge gateway (preferred), in a DMZ, or in the cloud? This drives TLS/cert strategy.</li>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> <strong>Tag/point count.</strong> Under 100 = pure publish on change. Over 10,000 = batching + compression matter.</li>\n<li><input disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"checkbox\"> <strong>Security posture.</strong> Production MUST use TLS + X.509 mutual auth. Dev/test can use username/password but the generated code MUST default to mTLS with a <code>--insecure</code> flag for explicit opt-out.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Recovery:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>If destination is undecided, generate for HiveMQ self-hosted (best Sparkplug B, easiest to migrate later).</li>\n<li>If protocols are mixed, scaffold a multi-source adapter pattern (each source = a separate driver module, common output schema).</li>\n<li>Never generate without TLS scaffolding — the cost of retrofitting security is the worst kind of tech debt.</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== PHASE 1: TOPIC SCHEMA &amp; NAMESPACE DESIGN ===</h1>\n<p>Generate the topic schema based on <strong>Sparkplug B</strong> (the only widely-accepted industrial MQTT topic standard) OR the <strong>ISA-95 / Unified Namespace</strong> pattern if the user is going broader than Sparkplug.</p>\n<p><strong>Sparkplug B topic format</strong> (Eclipse Tahu spec):</p>\n<pre><code>spBv1.0/{group_id}/{message_type}/{edge_node_id}/{device_id}\n\nMessage types:\n  NBIRTH — Edge node online (publishes ALL metric definitions)\n  NDATA  — Edge node metric value update\n  NDEATH — Edge node going offline (sent as LWT)\n  DBIRTH — Device online (under an edge node)\n  DDATA  — Device metric value update\n  DDEATH — Device offline\n  NCMD   — Inbound command to edge node\n  DCMD   — Inbound command to device\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>ISA-95 / Unified Namespace pattern</strong> (for non-Sparkplug deployments):</p>\n<pre><code>{enterprise}/{site}/{area}/{line}/{cell}/{asset}/{metric}\ne.g., acme/austin-plant/packaging/line-3/filler-2/torque\n\nReserve subtrees:\n  .../events    — discrete state changes (Start, Stop, Alarm)\n  .../alarms    — ISA-18.2 alarms\n  .../commands  — write-back operations\n</code></pre>\n<p>Generate <code>topics.yaml</code> documenting the chosen schema. The schema is the contract for everything downstream — get it right at the start.</p>\n<p>VALIDATION: All generated topics validate against the Sparkplug B spec OR the ISA-95 pattern, no special characters, no wildcards in publishers, ≤ 5 levels deep.</p>\n<p>FALLBACK: If the user has an existing topic schema (legacy MQTT deployment), generate a translator layer rather than forcing migration.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== PHASE 2: BRIDGE CORE WITH SPARKPLUG LIFECYCLE ===</h1>\n<p>Generate the bridge code. Default to Python (best industrial library support). Use Node only if user requests it.</p>\n<p>Required dependencies:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>paho-mqtt</code> (MQTT 5.0 client)</li>\n<li><code>tahu-python</code> or hand-rolled Sparkplug B protobuf (vendor sparkplug_b.proto)</li>\n<li><code>asyncua</code> for OPC UA</li>\n<li><code>pymodbus</code> for Modbus</li>\n<li><code>pylogix</code> / <code>pycomm3</code> / <code>snap7</code> / <code>pyads</code> for direct PLC</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Sparkplug B lifecycle implementation is non-negotiable</strong>:</p>\n<pre><code># On startup:\n1. Connect to broker with LWT = NDEATH topic (so broker auto-publishes our death)\n2. Publish NBIRTH with ALL metric definitions and current values + bdSeq counter\n3. For each device: publish DBIRTH with that device's metrics\n4. Then start publishing DDATA on change\n\n# On metric value change:\n1. Increment seq number (0-255, wraps)\n2. Publish DDATA with only the changed metrics (publish-on-change, NOT poll)\n\n# On graceful shutdown:\n1. Publish DDEATH for each device\n2. Publish NDEATH for the edge node\n3. Disconnect cleanly\n\n# On broker reconnect:\n1. Repeat NBIRTH/DBIRTH (consumers need fresh schema after death/birth)\n2. Reset seq counter\n3. Increment bdSeq (birth/death sequence — top-level continuity)\n</code></pre>\n<p>Common bugs to PREVENT by construction:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Missing NBIRTH after reconnect → consumer treats edge node as stale forever.</li>\n<li>Seq counter not wrapping at 256 → spec violation, some consumers drop messages.</li>\n<li>Forgetting LWT → ungraceful network drop leaves devices appearing alive.</li>\n<li>bdSeq not in NDEATH payload → consumer can't correlate death to specific birth.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>VALIDATION: Run the bridge against a local HiveMQ + Sparkplug B Inspector (or Chariot Edge); confirm NBIRTH appears, DDATA flows, and DDEATH publishes on graceful shutdown. Pull the network cable and verify NDEATH appears via LWT.</p>\n<p>FALLBACK: If Sparkplug B is overkill for the use case, generate plain MQTT with the ISA-95 topic schema — but emit a warning that interop with industrial consumers (Ignition, HiveMQ Distributed Tracing) will be limited.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== PHASE 3: SECURITY &amp; CERTIFICATE PROVISIONING ===</h1>\n<p>Generate the security stack. Defaults that ship to production:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TLS 1.2+</strong> on all broker connections (port 8883, not 1883).</li>\n<li><strong>X.509 mutual auth</strong> — client cert per edge node, signed by an issuing CA.</li>\n<li><strong>Certificate rotation</strong> scaffold using a 90-day validity and 30-day-before-expiry rotation hook.</li>\n<li><strong>RBAC at the broker</strong> — generate HiveMQ / EMQX ACL config with least-privilege publish/subscribe per edge node.</li>\n<li><strong>Secrets</strong> — never in code. Use env vars or, for AWS, the cert is fetched from IoT Core's provisioning flow.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Generate <code>security/</code>:</p>\n<pre><code>security/\n├── ca/\n│   ├── generate_ca.sh           # one-time root CA generation\n│   └── sign_client.sh           # per-edge-node cert signing\n├── certs/\n│   └── .gitignore               # certs NEVER committed\n├── broker_acl.yaml              # HiveMQ/EMQX ACL\n└── README.md                    # rotation runbook\n</code></pre>\n<p>VALIDATION: Bridge fails closed if cert is missing or expired (does NOT silently fall back to plaintext). ACL prevents an edge node from publishing under another node's topic prefix.</p>\n<p>FALLBACK: For air-gapped OT networks with no PKI, generate a PSK-based config — but mark explicitly as \"lab/PoC only\".</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== PHASE 4: STORE-AND-FORWARD BUFFERING ===</h1>\n<p>OT networks drop. Bridges that don't buffer lose data. Generate a persistent queue (SQLite or RocksDB) that:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Writes every outbound message to disk before publishing.</li>\n<li>On broker disconnect, accumulates messages.</li>\n<li>On reconnect, drains the queue in order, respecting the original timestamps (not the replay time).</li>\n<li>Has a configurable retention cap (default 7 days) and overflow policy (drop-oldest with a logged warning).</li>\n</ol>\n<p>This is the difference between a hobby script and a production bridge.</p>\n<p>VALIDATION: Test by killing the broker for 60 seconds and confirming all messages arrive in order after reconnect with original timestamps preserved.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== PHASE 5: DOCKER-COMPOSE TEST RIG ===</h1>\n<p>Generate <code>docker-compose.yml</code> so the entire stack runs locally for testing:</p>\n<pre><code>services:\n  hivemq:\n    image: hivemq/hivemq4:latest\n    ports: [\"1883:1883\", \"8883:8883\", \"8080:8080\"]\n    volumes: [./security/certs:/opt/hivemq/conf/certs:ro]\n\n  modbus-sim: # mock PLC for testing\n    image: oitc/modbus-server:latest\n\n  opcua-sim:\n    image: opensimroot/opcua-server:latest\n\n  sparkplug-inspector:\n    image: cirruslink/sparkplug-inspector:latest\n    ports: [\"3000:3000\"]\n\n  bridge:\n    build: .\n    environment:\n      - MQTT_HOST=hivemq\n      - SOURCE_TYPE=opcua\n      - SOURCE_ENDPOINT=opc.tcp://opcua-sim:4840\n</code></pre>\n<p>VALIDATION: <code>docker-compose up</code> brings up the full stack; Sparkplug Inspector at localhost:3000 shows the bridge's NBIRTH/DDATA flow within 30 seconds.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== PHASE 6: OBSERVABILITY ===</h1>\n<p>Generate basic observability so failures don't hide:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Metrics endpoint</strong> (Prometheus <code>/metrics</code>): messages_published_total, broker_reconnects_total, queue_depth, cert_expiry_days_remaining.</li>\n<li><strong>Structured logging</strong> (JSON) with consistent fields: ts, level, asset_id, event_type, msg_id.</li>\n<li><strong>Healthcheck endpoint</strong> (<code>/healthz</code>) returning 200 only if broker is connected AND source protocol session is active.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>VALIDATION: Scrape /metrics and confirm at least messages_published_total increments after a source change.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== SELF-REVIEW ===</h1>\n<p>Score 1–5:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Complete</strong>: NBIRTH → DDATA → DDEATH lifecycle implemented? TLS + mTLS scaffolded? Store-and-forward working? Test rig boots end-to-end?</li>\n<li><strong>Robust</strong>: Cert expiry handled? Broker reconnect re-publishes births? Queue persists across restarts? bdSeq increments correctly?</li>\n<li><strong>Clean</strong>: No hardcoded credentials, no commented-out code, structured logs, typed signatures, docker-compose works on a clean machine?</li>\n<li><strong>Industrial-correct</strong>: Would a Sparkplug-aware consumer (Ignition, HiveMQ Tahu Inspector) flag any spec violations?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Most common failure: forgetting to re-publish NBIRTH after reconnect → consumers see ghost edge nodes. Verify explicitly.</p>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== LEARNINGS CAPTURE ===</h1>\n<p>Append to <code>~/.claude/skills/iiot-bridge/LEARNINGS.md</code>:</p>\n<h2></h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What worked:</strong> &lt;pattern, library, lifecycle handling that produced clean output&gt;</li>\n<li><strong>What was awkward:</strong> &lt;e.g., \"Sparkplug protobuf encoding was a pain — vendored tahu-python helped\"&gt;</li>\n<li><strong>Suggested patch:</strong> &lt;e.g., \"default to tahu-python over hand-rolled protobuf\"&gt;</li>\n<li><strong>Verdict:</strong> [Smooth / Minor friction / Major friction]</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>============================================================\n=== STRICT RULES ===</h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Never skip Sparkplug B lifecycle. NBIRTH/DBIRTH/DDATA/DDEATH/NDEATH is the entire point of using Sparkplug — generating \"MQTT + JSON payloads\" defeats the standard.</li>\n<li>Never default to plaintext MQTT. mTLS by default; insecure flag must be explicit.</li>\n<li>Never commit certs, keys, or ACL files with real hostnames.</li>\n<li>Never poll when publish-on-change is available. Polling defeats Sparkplug's bandwidth advantage.</li>\n<li>Never assume the broker is always reachable. Store-and-forward is required.</li>\n<li>If the user is already on Ignition's MQTT Transmission module, recommend config — don't regenerate a redundant bridge.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":12546,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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