Odoo Manager

Odoo Manager Skill

🔐 URL, Database & Credential Resolution

URL Resolution

Odoo server URL precedence (highest to lowest):

1. temporary_url — one-time URL for a specific operation
2. user_url — user-defined URL for the current session
3. ODOO_URL — environment default URL

This allows you to:

• Switch between multiple Odoo instances (production, staging, client-specific)
• Test against demo databases
• Work with different client environments without changing global config

Examples (conceptual):

// Default: uses ODOO_URL from environment
{{resolved_url}}/xmlrpc/2/common

// Override for one operation:
temporary_url = "https://staging.mycompany.odoo.com"
{{resolved_url}}/xmlrpc/2/common

// Override for session:
user_url = "https://client-xyz.odoo.com"
{{resolved_url}}/xmlrpc/2/common

Database Resolution

Database name (db) precedence:

1. temporary_db
2. user_db
3. ODOO_DB

Use this to:

• Work with multiple databases on the same Odoo server
• Switch between test and production databases

Username & Secret Resolution

Username precedence:

1. temporary_username
2. user_username
3. ODOO_USERNAME

Secret (password or API key) precedence:

1. temporary_api_key or temporary_password
2. user_api_key or user_password
3. ODOO_API_KEY (if set) or ODOO_PASSWORD

Important:

• Odoo API keys are used in place of the password, with the usual login.
• Store passwords / API keys like real passwords; never log or expose them.

Environment variables are handled via standard OpenClaw metadata: requires.env declares required variables (ODOO_URL, ODOO_DB, ODOO_USERNAME, ODOO_PASSWORD). ODOO_API_KEY is an optional environment variable used instead of the password when present; it is not listed in metadata and should simply be set in the environment when needed.

Resolved Values

At runtime the skill always works with:

• {{resolved_url}} — final URL
• {{resolved_db}} — final database name
• {{resolved_username}} — final login
• {{resolved_secret}} — password or API key actually used to authenticate

These are computed using the precedence rules above.

🔄 Context Management

The temporary_* and user_* names are runtime context variables used by the skill logic, not OpenClaw metadata fields. OpenClaw does not have an optional.context metadata key; context is resolved dynamically at runtime as described below.

Temporary Context (One-Time Use)

User examples:

• "Pour cette requête, utilise l’instance staging Odoo"
• "Utilise la base odoo_demo juste pour cette opération"
• "Connecte-toi avec cet utilisateur uniquement pour cette action"

Behavior:

• Set temporary_* (url, db, username, api_key/password)
• Use them for a single logical operation
• Automatically clear after use

This is ideal for:

• Comparing data between two environments
• Running a single check on a different database

Session Context (Current Session)

User examples:

• "Travaille sur l’instance Odoo du client XYZ"
• "Utilise la base clientx_prod pour cette session"
• "Connecte-toi avec mon compte administrateur pour les prochaines opérations"

Behavior:

• Set user_* (url, db, username, api_key/password)
• Persist for the whole current session
• Overridden only by temporary_* or by clearing user_*

Resetting Context

User examples:

• "Reviens à la configuration Odoo par défaut"
• "Efface mon contexte utilisateur Odoo"

Action:

• Clear user_url, user_db, user_username, user_password, user_api_key
• Skill falls back to environment variables (ODOO_URL, ODOO_DB, ODOO_USERNAME, ODOO_PASSWORD / ODOO_API_KEY)

Viewing Current Context

User examples:

• "Sur quelle instance Odoo es-tu connecté ?"
• "Montre la configuration Odoo actuelle"

Response should show (never full secrets):

Current Odoo Context:
- URL: https://client-xyz.odoo.com (user_url)
- DB: clientxyz_prod (user_db)
- Username: api_integration (user_username)
- Secret: using API key (user_api_key)
- Fallback URL: https://default.odoo.com (ODOO_URL)
- Fallback DB: default_db (ODOO_DB)

⚙️ Odoo XML-RPC Basics

Odoo exposes part of its server framework over XML-RPC (not REST). The External API is documented here: https://www.odoo.com/documentation/18.0/fr/developer/reference/external_api.html

Two main endpoints:

• {{resolved_url}}/xmlrpc/2/common — authentication and meta calls
• {{resolved_url}}/xmlrpc/2/object — model methods via execute_kw

1. Checking Server Version

Call version() on the common endpoint to verify URL and connectivity:

common = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy(f"{resolved_url}/xmlrpc/2/common")
version_info = common.version()

Example result:

{
  "server_version": "18.0",
  "server_version_info": [18, 0, 0, "final", 0],
  "server_serie": "18.0",
  "protocol_version": 1
}

2. Authenticating

Use authenticate(db, username, password_or_api_key, {}) on the common endpoint:

uid = common.authenticate(resolved_db, resolved_username, resolved_secret, {})

uid is an integer user ID and will be used in all subsequent calls.

If authentication fails, uid is False / 0 — the skill should:

• Inform the user that credentials or database are invalid
• Suggest checking ODOO_URL, ODOO_DB, username, and secret

3. Calling Model Methods with execute_kw

Build an XML-RPC client for the object endpoint:

models = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy(f"{resolved_url}/xmlrpc/2/object")

Then use execute_kw with the following signature:

models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db,
    uid,
    resolved_secret,
    "model.name",     # e.g. "res.partner"
    "method_name",    # e.g. "search_read"
    [positional_args],
    {keyword_args}
)

All ORM operations in this skill are expressed in terms of execute_kw.

🔍 Domains & Data Types (Odoo ORM)

Domain Filters

Domains are lists of conditions:

domain = [["field_name", "operator", value], ...]

Examples:

• All companies: [['is_company', '=', True]]
• Partners in France: [['country_id', '=', france_id]]
• Leads with probability > 50%: [['probability', '>', 50]]

Common operators:

• "=", "!=", ">", ">=", "<", "<="
• "like", "ilike" (case-insensitive)
• "in", "not in"
• "child_of" (hierarchical relations)

Field Value Conventions

• Integer / Float / Char / Text: use native types.
• Date / Datetime: strings in YYYY-MM-DD or ISO 8601 format.
• Many2one: usually send the record ID (int) when writing; reads often return [id, display_name].
• One2many / Many2many: use the Odoo command list protocol for writes (not fully detailed here; see Odoo docs if needed).

🧩 Generic ORM Operations (execute_kw)

Each subsection below shows typical user queries and the corresponding execute_kw usage. They are applicable to any model (not only res.partner).

List / Search Records (search)

User queries:

• "Liste tous les partenaires société"
• "Cherche les commandes de vente confirmées"

Action (generic):

ids = models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db, uid, resolved_secret,
    "model.name", "search",
    [domain],
    {"offset": 0, "limit": 80}
)

Notes:

• domain is a list (can be empty [] to match all records).
• Use offset and limit for pagination.

Count Records (search_count)

User queries:

• "Combien de partenaires sont des sociétés ?"
• "Compte les tâches en cours"

Action:

count = models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db, uid, resolved_secret,
    "model.name", "search_count",
    [domain]
)

Read Records by ID (read)

User queries:

• "Affiche les détails du partenaire 7"
• "Donne-moi les champs name et country_id pour ces IDs"

Action:

records = models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db, uid, resolved_secret,
    "model.name", "read",
    [ids],
    {"fields": ["name", "country_id", "comment"]}
)

If fields is omitted, Odoo returns all readable fields (often a lot).

Search and Read in One Step (search_read)

Shortcut for search() + read() in a single call.

User queries:

• "Liste les sociétés (nom, pays, commentaire)"
• "Montre les 5 premiers partenaires avec leurs pays"

Action:

records = models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db, uid, resolved_secret,
    "model.name", "search_read",
    [domain],
    {
        "fields": ["name", "country_id", "comment"],
        "limit": 5,
        "offset": 0,
        # Optional: "order": "name asc"
    }
)

Create Records (create)

User queries:

• "Crée un nouveau partenaire 'New Partner'"
• "Crée une nouvelle tâche dans le projet X"

Action:

new_id = models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db, uid, resolved_secret,
    "model.name", "create",
    [{
        "name": "New Partner"
        # other fields...
    }]
)

Returns the newly created record ID.

Update Records (write)

User queries:

• "Met à jour le partenaire 7, change son nom"
• "Baisse la probabilité de ces leads"

Action:

success = models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db, uid, resolved_secret,
    "model.name", "write",
    [ids, {"field": "new value", "other_field": 123}]
)

Notes:

• ids is a list of record IDs.
• All records in ids receive the same values.

Delete Records (unlink)

User queries:

• "Supprime ce partenaire de test"
• "Efface ces tâches temporaires"

Action:

success = models.execute_kw(
    resolved_db, uid, resolved_secret,
    "model.name", "unlink",
    [ids]
)