Getting Started
Connecting ELEK Cable Pro Web AI MCP to your ChatGPT or Claude account takes only a few minutes. Follow the setup instructions for your specific AI platform below.
Requirements
ELEK Cable Pro Web AI is available to paid Cable Pro Web customers.
To check if our electrical calculations software is a fit for your business, you can get a free account.
Before installing ELEK Cable Pro Web AI, ensure you have access to either ChatGPT or Claude (free or paid accounts will work).
How to Set Up
ChatGPT
- Access the ELEK Cable Pro Web AI app from the marketplace.
- Click Connect to enable the app
- In the modal, click Continue
- Review the access details on the permission screen, then click Approve
Claude
- Access the ELEK Cable Pro Web AI app from the marketplace.
- Click Connect to enable the app
- Review the access details on the permission screen,
- Click Approve
How to Use
Currently, ELEK Cable Pro Web AI supports cable sizing calculations to multiple standards. In the near future, more types of calculations will be available in ChatGPT and Claude.
1. Discover What It Can Do
Simply ask:
A dedicated onboarding panel will appear directly in the chat, showing:
- Supported electrical standards
- Example cable sizing requests
- Suggested prompts to help you get started
Supported standards include:
- AS/NZS 3008.1.1 (Australia)
- AS/NZS 3008.1.2 (New Zealand)
- BS 7671 (United Kingdom)
- IEC 60364 (Europe)
- NEC (United States)
2. Describe Your Cable Sizing Project
Ask your cable sizing question the same way you would brief a colleague, for example:
The onboarding panel also includes example prompts you can copy and paste directly into ChatGPT or Claude.
3. Review the Verified Result
The AI sends your request to the Cable Pro Web calculation engine, which performs the calculation and returns the result.
A dedicated results panel appears directly within ChatGPT or Claude, displaying:
- Recommended active conductor size
- Recommended earth conductor size
- Pass/fail compliance checks
- Voltage drop results
- The governing design factor
- Standards references
- An inline preview of the engineering report
Results are standards-compliant, deterministic, and identical to those produced directly within ELEK Cable Pro Web.
4. Refine the Calculation
Need to compare alternatives? Simply continue the conversation, for example:
Or:
Or:
The Cable Pro Web calculation engine automatically re-runs the calculation using the updated parameter while retaining the rest of the project information.
There is no need to start again or re-enter the full design scenario.
5. Download the Report
Every calculation includes a professional engineering report that can be downloaded directly from the results panel.
The report contains:
- Input parameters
- Applied standards
- Calculation methodology
- Compliance checks
- Calculation results
Reports are suitable for project documentation, design reviews, compliance records, and peer-review workflows.
Start Using ELEK Cable Pro Web AI Now
Describe your cable sizing scenario in plain language, review the verified result, refine the design conversationally and download a professional engineering report, all from within ChatGPT or Claude.
If you’d like to try ELEK Cable Pro Web, sign up for a free account.