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Odoo's API is only on the Custom plan of Odoo Online, and it takes an API key and code you write and host to create invoices or register payments. Sign in to Odoo once in your own Cloud Browser, and your AI agent does the work there for you. The same tools work over MCP for agents and as a REST API for scripts.

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Odoo has no API for this. So we run one for you.

Odoo's own API, a GitHub MCP server and Cotlet compared
What you need Odoo's APIGitHub MCP serverCotlet
Invoices, payments, contacts, sales orders No Partly Yes, 12 tools
Acts as you, signed in 24/7 No No Yes, Cloud Browser
Fixed for you when Odoo changes N/A No Yes, tested every 6h
Runs with your laptop off N/A No Yes, hosted

Checked Oct 14, 2026. Sources: Odoo documentation: External API · Odoo documentation: External RPC API (RPC endpoints deprecated since 19.0) · Odoo documentation: AI MCP server, available MCP tools · Odoo pricing plans

Your own Cloud Browser, on 24/7. Sign in once. We keep it connected.

  1. 01Sign in to Odoo in your own Cloud Browser

  2. 02Connect it for your agents

  3. 03Cotlet keeps it signed in and working

How do I connect Odoo to Claude, ChatGPT or my code?

AI agents connect over MCP, scripts call the REST API. Both reach the same 12 tools with one API key.

For AI agents: MCP

Add Cotlet to your agent once. Odoo and every other app you connect show up as its tools.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes
  • GrokBot
  • Cursor
  • n8n
  • Any MCP client
  1. 1

    Add Cotlet to your agent

    Claude Code
    claude mcp add --transport http cotlet \
  https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
    Cursor
    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "cotlet": {
      "url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${COTLET_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
    Codex
    # ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cotlet]
url = "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1"
bearer_token_env_var = "COTLET_API_KEY"

    Paste the snippet for your client. The same server and key serve every app you connect, so you do this once.

For scripts: REST API

Every tool is an endpoint under /api/v1/odoo with its own method and path, such as POST /api/v1/odoo/invoices/{invoice_id}/payments, with the same API key. Our open-source repo has ready scripts to start from.

REST API docs

What can the Odoo API and MCP server do?

12 tools on your own Odoo account. Agents call them as operations of the MCP tools odoo_read and odoo_write; scripts call each one at its own REST endpoint, with the same inputs and answers.

API reference
Odoo tools in Cotlet's MCP server and REST API
Tool What it does Access
list_invoices List customer invoices with status, amount due and due date, with filters. read
get_invoice Read one customer invoice with its lines, contact email and status. read
list_contacts Search contacts (customers and vendors) by name, email or company. read
list_payment_journals List the bank and cash journals you can register payments on. read
list_sales_orders List quotations and sales orders with customer, status and total. read
create_contact Add a customer contact, a person or a company. write
create_draft_invoice Create a customer invoice in Draft status. write
post_invoice Confirm a draft invoice so it becomes Posted and gets its number. writeasks first
send_invoice Send a posted invoice to the customer by email, or get it as a download. writeasks first
register_payment Register a payment on a posted invoice through the Pay window. writeasks first
create_credit_note Reverse a posted invoice with a credit note. writeasks first
create_sales_order Create a quotation for a customer in the Sales app. write

Scroll the table for all 12 tools.

Ask in plain words. Your agent does the rest.

All Odoo use cases

Is it safe to connect Odoo?

You sign in yourself in your own Cloud Browser, we never save your password, and anything that reaches your readers waits for your OK. The browser profile is encrypted in the EU. Independent scanners grade cotlet.dev A+.

Security overview

How much do the Odoo API and MCP server cost?

One price for both: a tool call costs the same over MCP or REST. Free 7-day trial with 2,000 credits, no card needed. Then one-time credit packs, no subscription, valid 12 months. Most calls use 25 credits, and your Cloud Browser uses 50 credits a day while Odoo is enabled for agents, so 20 calls a day come to 550 credits.

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Cotlet credit packs: price, credits and calls at 25 credits each
Credits Price, one time Calls at 25 credits Per 1,000 credits
5,000 $29 200 $5.80
15,000 $79 600 $5.27
32,000 $149 1,280 $4.66
60,000 $249 2,400 $4.15

Only successful calls use credits; failed calls and timeouts cost nothing. At a balance of 0 calls pause, never a surprise charge. Authenticate with the Authorization: Bearer header.

Questions

Does Odoo have an API?

Yes, Odoo has an external API, but on Odoo Online it is only available on the Custom plan, not on One App Free or Standard (checked 14 Oct 2026). It is a full read and write API (JSON-2 since Odoo 19, XML-RPC and JSON-RPC deprecated), authenticated with an API key per user. Odoo's documentation also describes a built-in MCP server in its development version; its tool list has generic Create Records and Update Records and no tool that posts, sends or pays an invoice.

How do I get access?

Sign up free, open Odoo under Integrations in the console and press Request access. Your free trial starts with your account, no card needed.

Is the MCP server different from the API?

No, only the way in. Cotlet builds each integration as a REST API and puts an MCP server on top, so both have the same 12 tools, the same inputs and answers, one API key and one price. AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use MCP; scripts, cron jobs and HTTP steps in n8n, Make or Zapier use the REST API.

What is the Cloud Browser?

Your own Chrome that Cotlet runs for you in the EU, around the clock. You open it from the console, sign in to Odoo yourself and press Enable for agents. Your agent's calls go through it, from its IP with its cookies, so Odoo sees the browser you signed in with. Password saving is off and the profile is stored encrypted with AES-256-GCM.

Can my agent act without asking me?

Not on anything that reaches other people: post_invoice, send_invoice, register_payment, create_credit_note wait for your OK by default. You can switch that off per tool for scheduled runs.

Which Odoo user rights does my agent get?

The same as the user you sign in with. Odoo's API keys also carry the rights of their user, so a user without invoicing rights cannot confirm invoices or register payments through Cotlet either.

Should I use a Odoo MCP server from GitHub instead?

Pick one if you want the code on your own computer and do not mind the upkeep: you install it, sign it in and fix it when Odoo changes. Pick Cotlet if you want it hosted and kept working for you.

Can I use it in n8n, Make or Zapier?

Yes. Add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 in n8n's MCP Client node, or call the REST endpoints from an HTTP step in Make or Zapier.

Who runs Cotlet?

Cotlet is run by Take Group, a Polish software company working since 2019. Take Group runs about 3,200 websites on its own systems and has its own DevOps team for infrastructure security. We built and used integrations like this inside the company for years before opening them as Cotlet.

Is Cotlet affiliated with Odoo?

No. Cotlet is independent and not affiliated with Odoo.

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