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Your Odoo connection details

When you connect Claude to your Odoo, the form asks for four things: your Odoo URL, database name, login, and a read-only API key. Here is how to find each one.

1. Your Odoo URL

The web address you use to open Odoo — e.g. https://yourcompany.odoo.com (Odoo Online) or https://odoo.yourcompany.com (self-hosted / Odoo.sh).

  • Use only the base address: https:// + the domain (no /web/... path).
  • It must start with https://.

2. Your database name

This is the field that trips people up most.

  • Odoo Online (*.odoo.com): usually the part before .odoo.com. For https://acme.odoo.com the database is usually acme.
  • Odoo.sh: the pattern is project-branch-id (e.g. acme-main-12345); see your Odoo.sh dashboard → Branches.
  • Self-hosted: ask whoever administers your server.
  • If unsure: confirm with your Odoo administrator or your Tecnicora consultant.

3. Your login (user)

The username you sign in with. It is often an email (you@company.com), but it can be a plain username (e.g. jdoe) with no @. Enter exactly what you use to log in.

Best practice

Create a dedicated read-only integration user for Claude and connect with that user. Claude can only read what that user is allowed to see in Odoo.

4. Generate a read-only API key

An API key lets Claude authenticate as you without sharing your password. It is shown only once.

Generating an API key in Odoo

  1. Click your avatar (top-right) → My Preferences, then open the Security tab.
  2. Under API Keys, click Add API Key.
  3. Confirm it's you: enter your Odoo password → Confirm Password.
  4. Name your key (e.g. Claude) and choose a validity duration → Generate key.
  5. Copy the key immediately — it is shown only once — then click Done. Paste it into the connector form.

Note

If you don't see the Security tab or API Keys (older Odoo versions), enable Developer Mode first: Settings → Developer Tools → Activate the developer mode, then reopen My Preferences.

Putting it together

Field Example
Odoo URL https://acme.odoo.com
Database acme
Login you@acme.com (or your username)
API key the key you just copied

Security

The connector is read-only and your API key is stored encrypted — no human at Tecnicora can see it. Revoke it any time from My Preferences → Security → API Keys.