AI agents call odoo_search_read to retrieve information from Odooclaw without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The naming convention 'search_read' is a standard Odoo pattern for querying and retrieving records. Despite the empty description, the tool name clearly indicates data retrieval rather than creation, modification, or deletion. This is a read operation with no side effects, posing minimal security risk when misused by an AI agent, as it only retrieves existing data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'odoo_search_read' indicates a read-only operation following standard Odoo API conventions where 'search_read' combines search and retrieve operations without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
odoo_search_read. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Odooclaw MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Odooclaw MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for odoo_search_read: 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 Odooclaw. Nothing to install.
odoo_search_read 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 odoo_search_read 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 odoo_search_read. 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.
odoo_search_read is provided by the Odooclaw MCP server (nicolasramos/odooclaw-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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