odoo_search_read

What odoo_search_read does on Odoo Claude MCP

AI agents call odoo_search_read to retrieve information from Odoo Claude MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why odoo_search_read is rated Low

This tool performs a combined search-and-read operation on Odoo records, which is a data retrieval operation with no side effects. The description confirms it is a read-only query operation. While Odoo search_read can theoretically access sensitive business data (invoices, financial records, etc.), the tool itself does not modify, delete, or execute external operations—it only retrieves existing data.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'odoo_search_read' and description 'Search and read records in one call. Most common operation.' explicitly describe query and retrieval operations without modification or deletion.

The rule that runs odoo_search_read safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Odoo Claude MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For odoo_search_read, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "odoo_search_read": {}
  }
}

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