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Using the connector in Claude Desktop

Recommended: connect once on the web — it syncs to Desktop automatically. Custom connectors are tied to your Claude account, so once you connect on claude.ai (web) the same connector is available in Claude Desktop, mobile, and Cowork — no local configuration needed.

Steps

  1. Connect the connector on claude.ai (web) first — see Get started.
  2. Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Connectors. The Odoo connector should appear there, already connected, ready to use.
  3. If it does not appear right away, fully restart Claude Desktop (below) and check again.

Fully restart Claude Desktop (Windows)

Closing the window is not enough: on Windows the X only minimizes Claude to the system tray, so it keeps running in the background. To truly restart, in order of convenience:

  1. System tray (bottom-right, near the clock — it may be hidden under the ^ arrow): right-click the Claude icon → Quit. Then reopen Claude.
  2. If it persists: Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) → select every "Claude" entry → End task. Then reopen Claude.
  3. Last resort: restart Windows.

Tip

After a full restart, the web-connected connector should sync into Settings → Connectors. If it works on the web but stubbornly won't show in Desktop, just keep using it on claude.ai (web) — it's the most reliable surface.

Advanced fallback (only if the synced connector won't appear)

Most people don't need this. The steps above (web + sync) are the supported path. Only if Desktop refuses to sync the connector, you can add it as a local server — a separate mechanism that runs through your machine:

Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and inside the "mcpServers" block add only this entry (leave any other keys untouched):

"odoo": {
  "command": "cmd",
  "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp-odoo.tecnicora.com/mcp"]
}

Notes:

  • On Windows use command: "cmd" + /c — otherwise the npx path under C:\Program Files\… has a space that breaks the command.
  • Do not add Authorization or X-Odoo-Login headers.
  • This local entry does not sync to web/mobile; it's Desktop-only. After editing, fully restart Desktop.