AI agents call explain_odoo_error to retrieve information from Odoo Dev MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The name implies this tool takes an error (likely a string or code) and returns a human-readable explanation. This is a read/informational operation with no apparent side effects. However, the empty description lowers confidence significantly. Given the server context (Odoo dev tooling), misuse risk is low.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'explain_odoo_error' suggests it reads/analyzes error information and returns an explanation. Description is empty.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access explain_odoo_error gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Odoo Dev MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for explain_odoo_error:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"explain_odoo_error": {}
}
}explain_odoo_error is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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explain_odoo_error. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Odoo Dev MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Odoo Dev MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for explain_odoo_error: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Odoo Dev MCP. Nothing to install.
explain_odoo_error is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the explain_odoo_error rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for explain_odoo_error. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
explain_odoo_error is provided by the Odoo Dev MCP server (mart337i/odoo-dev-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Odoo Dev MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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