Guided setup and help chat
Ask CIP questions in plain English, or say you’re new and get a guided tour: accounts, roles, policies, facilities, systems, people, then assets, in the right order, each one a click away.
Optional add-on module
CIP Sentry AI Assistant
An optional module that guides your team through each process, imports your asset records on day one and builds reports from plain-English requests. Mock audits and audit response preparation are coming soon. It runs on your own hardware, and your team approves everything it produces.
Optional moduleAdd it to any CIP Sentry license. Administrators can switch it off at any time.
Add it any timeInclude it in your first quote or add it later.
Stays on your networkIt runs on your CIP Sentry server or a machine you choose. Nothing is sent to the internet.
People decideIt suggests and drafts. Your team reviews and approves. It never decides a compliance fact.
What it does
Help where CIP work is slowest.
Getting started, getting your assets in and getting answers from your records, with audit preparation coming soon. The assistant works from your CIP Sentry records, on your server.
Asset import on day one
Start from the documents you already have. The assistant reads spreadsheets, Word files, PDFs, scans and photos into asset records and fills in baseline fields for you to review.
Reports in plain English
Describe the report you need. The assistant builds it from your records, summarizes it and answers follow-up questions about it.
Coming soon
Mock audit
Rehearse before the auditors arrive. Run a practice audit across your program and get a list of gaps and weak or missing evidence to fix first.
Coming soon
Audit response preparation
Draft answers to auditor questions and data requests from your own records and evidence, ready for your subject matter experts to review, edit and approve.
Guided help
A guide for every process, not just a chat box.
A new administrator gets the setup order that makes everything else work, with a button to each page. Anyone can ask what a requirement means, how to complete a task or where something lives in CIP Sentry.
- Step-by-step setup tour for new administrators
- Plain-English answers to CIP questions, citing the requirement
- Links straight to the right page and tab
CIP AdvisorAI Assistant
I’m the new admin. Walk me through setting up CIP Sentry.
Here’s the recommended order. Each step opens the right page:
- Access controlAdd accounts for your teamGo
- Roles & SeatsCIP Senior Manager and each group’s CAOGo
- PoliciesCIP-003 R1, approved by the CIP Senior ManagerGo
- Facilities & perimetersESPs and PSPsGo
- Import assetsUpload the documents you already haveGo
Asset import
Your asset inventory on day one.
Most utilities start with spreadsheets, Word files, vendor spec sheets and photos of nameplates. Upload them and the assistant fills in the asset form, field by field, for you to check before anything is saved.
- Reads PDFs, Word files, scans and photos
- Fills baseline fields such as operating system, firmware and open ports
- Without the module, spreadsheet and CSV import still works
Import a documentLocal AI
asset-sheet_HMI-NSUB-02.pdfRead by the AI on your server
- Asset nameHMI-NSUB-02✓
- OS / firmwareWindows 10 IoT LTSC✓
- Ports & services2 listed✓
- ESPESP-NSUB✓
Reports and answers
Ask your records in plain English.
Describe the report you need or ask a question about your program. The assistant builds the answer from your CIP Sentry records, summarizes it and handles follow-up questions.
- Plain-English report requests, built from your records
- Summaries and follow-up questions on the results
- Coming soon: mock audits and audit response preparation
CIP AdvisorRuns on this server
Which of our medium impact systems still need the Q3 access review?
Two systems have not had their CIP-004 R4.2 quarterly verification recorded:
- EMS-APP-01 — last verified Jun 27
- HMI-NSUB-02 — last verified Jun 30
From your CIP Sentry records · no data left the network
Illustrations with sample data from a fictional utility.
Guardrails
Built to keep your team in charge.
Never decides a fact
Due dates, overdue items and report numbers always come from CIP Sentry’s records and rules. Numbers the AI can’t trace to your records are removed.
Drafts, not decisions
Everything it produces is a suggestion or a draft until a person on your team reviews it. Accountability stays with your CIP Senior Manager and staff.
Local and switchable
An open model runs on your hardware. Choose Basic, Standard or Advanced to match it, or switch AI off at any time.
AI Assistant FAQ
Questions teams ask about AI
Is the AI Assistant required?
No. It’s an optional add-on module. CIP Sentry’s modules, compliance clocks, workflows and reports all work without it, and asset lists still import from spreadsheets, Word, CSV and text PDFs.
Does the AI send our data anywhere?
No. It runs a local, open model on your own hardware: the CIP Sentry server or another machine on your network that you choose. Nothing is sent to us or to the internet.
Can the AI change our compliance records or dates?
No. Due dates, overdue items and report numbers always come from CIP Sentry’s own records and rules, and any AI sentence with a number that isn’t in your records is removed. What the assistant produces is a suggestion or a draft until someone on your team reviews it.
When are mock audits and audit response preparation available?
Both are coming soon to the AI Assistant. Ask about timing when you request a quote.
What hardware does it need?
Basic mode runs on any computer. Standard mode (reading scans and photos, plain-English reports) needs a graphics card with about 8 GB of memory. Advanced mode uses a 24 GB card or a shared AI server on your network. We help you size it during the walkthrough.
Can we add it later, or turn it off?
Yes. Add it to your license at any time, and an administrator can switch AI off in settings whenever needed.
How is it priced?
As a separate line item on your quote. Choose “Include it” under the AI Assistant question on the quote form, or ask us to add it to an existing license.
Request a quote
Add the AI Assistant to your quote.
Ask for a quote for CIP Sentry, with or without the AI Assistant module, and a live walkthrough on sample data.