Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Phb file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to tap-gcode in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.phb -c "convert to tap-gcode" (how).
Let your AI agent convert PHB to CNC G-code Data
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Convert the PHB files in my Downloads folder to CNC G-code Data”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.phb -c "convert to tap-gcode"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert PHB to CNC G-code Data?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.phb -c "convert to tap-gcode" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
The PHB Brother ULT Embroidery Format is a proprietary embroidery file format created by Brother. It is used to store embroidery designs for Brother embroidery machines, and can be read by Brother's embroidery software. The PHB file format is not compatible with other embroidery software.
A .tap file with G-code is a CNC machining program, a text list of tool movements written by CAM software for controllers such as Mach3; unrelated to embroidery .tap files.
