Is there any way to script the creation of a signal tap instance?

Thanks for the suggestion.

I have looked at the user guide and example designs for block design with signal tap. Is this the flow you meant?

• Create a design partition around the piece of logic you want to debug
• Use the CREATE_PARTITION_BOUNDARY_PORTS qsf assignment to select ports you want to export, which could be nested deep in the partition hierarchy
• Connect signal tap:
  • Create a signal tap instance in the UI and connect to the exported nodes OR 
  • Create a signal tap HDL instance and connect it to the ports of partition, then generate an stp file from `quartus_stp top --create_signaltap_hdl_file` ...
    
    

Or are you referring to creating signal tap instances within a separate design partitions to the logic you want to debug, and then conditionally including those design partitions?

I am trying to avoid using the GUI to create the signal tap files, because it's slow and harder to share with coworkers, recreate and source control etc. Perhaps there is a route forward with CREATE_PARTITION_BOUNDARY_PORTS alongside using the signal tap HDL instance. Is that a workflow you recommend?