Generate standardized Cursor on Target (CoT) messages through the AI agent. Five pre-built templates cover the most common public safety communication types — sensor alerts, route blocks, resource requests, evacuation alerts, and HazMat incidents — with consistent XML structure every time.
CoT (Cursor on Target) is the foundational messaging standard for ATAK and the broader TAK ecosystem. Tactical AI DuckDB adds an AI-powered authoring layer that allows operators and the AI agent to compose CoT events without manually constructing XML — reducing errors and accelerating incident communication.
A field team observes a structure fire near a critical infrastructure node. Rather than manually filling out a CoT XML template, the operator tells the AI agent: “Send a sensor alert for a structure fire at grid 11SNT 24680 13579 with HIGH severity.” The author_cot tool composes and broadcasts the event in seconds.
The CoT Authoring Service ships with five templates covering the most common public safety and tactical communication scenarios, each with a structured parameter set validated before transmission.
| Template | CoT Type | Use Case |
|---|---|---|
| sensor_alert | a-f-G-U-C-I | Sensor, camera, or instrument observation with severity level |
| route_block | a-u-G-U-C-D | Road or route closure due to hazard, debris, or tactical action |
| resource_request | b-r-f-h-c | Request for personnel, equipment, or supplies at a location |
| evacuation_alert | a-u-G-E | Mandatory or voluntary evacuation order for a defined area |
| hazmat | a-u-G-H | Hazardous material incident with substance, quantity, and risk radius |
author_cotAll five templates are accessible through the author_cot AI agent tool, allowing natural language CoT authoring as part of a larger AI-assisted incident workflow. The agent can compose and broadcast a CoT message as one step in a multi-step response, alongside spatial queries and alert rule creation.
Generated CoT messages are dispatched through the existing CotMessageService broadcast pipeline, which handles UDP/TCP delivery to the configured TAK Server and any locally connected ATAK clients. All messages include correct CoT schema versioning and stale time values.
During a wildfire response, an air operations supervisor broadcasts an evacuation CoT alert via the AI agent. The message is immediately received by all ATAK clients on the incident network — including crew bosses in field units, the SEAT base manager, and the Air Attack platform overhead.