HELP WANTED: Odoo LLM agents are here!

[ayushin]

Hi all,

We're getting amazing results by connecting reasoning/agent models (ChatGPT, Grok, DeepSeek, etc.) to Odoo and enabling the models to interact with the Odoo database via functions for retrieval and existing server actions for database manipulation.

Some base modules—e.g., for model/provider configuration and streaming chat—are mature, while others are being prototyped and built as we speak.

https://github.com/apexive/odoo-llm

This approach has the potential to be a game changer for managing and customizing Odoo.

Please reach out if you’re interested in helping or testing. We intend to keep this core open source.

Alex | Apexive

[rvalyi]

awesome! Indeed the potential of getting an LLM querying Odoo is certainly huge. Great you reached the OCA for this... May be we should create an OCA repo for this? May be it's still a bit early?

@ayushin are you already familiar with contributing to the OCA? Did you or your company contributed some module already? some PRs you got merged may be?
Meanwhile you might want to read https://github.com/OCA/odoo-community.org/blob/master/website%2FContribution%2FCONTRIBUTING.rst

[ayushin]

i am happy to transfer the whole https://github.com/apexive/odoo-llm -> https://github.com/OCA/llm

But we need help with creating the unit tests / translations and so on - that's exactly the man power we don't have to jump through the hoops and hoping to find help here

[afsuyadi]

Hey there. I have seen big potential here, where LLM are integrated into Odoo environment. We could build lots of AI Agents which are very helpful. I am wondering if I could provide some help for this community, as I am now working as an Odoo Developer and I have just also started building RAG using LangChain. Looking forward to hear more. @ayushin

[kbb01]

Hi I've also starting using LangChain with RAG and wondered if Model Context Protocol could play a part in AI understanding the tools available for integrating into Odoo

[ayushin]

if you look at how the modules / models structure is setup (and feedback and PRs are welcome) - you will see we are building a foundation for an ecosystem that can make Odoo truly first AI-driven ERP

[rvalyi]

yeah from what I saw it doesn't look bad at all... Let's see what the other OCA contributors say...

cc @etobella @pedrobaeza @sbidoul @simahawk @alexis-via @sebastienbeau @vdewulf

[kbb01]

Hi happy to help, big potential here I feel.

[rvalyi]

@ayushin a repo/module that is worth checking and you could get your LLM agent interact with: https://odoo-community.org/shop/automation-oca-715899#attr=940733

[zamberjo]

Hi, first of all thank you very much for sharing it.

It's funny because lately I was studying how to apply this topic in Odoo, and I had started a side project, although I didn't integrate it in an Odoo module.

The issue of using APIs, IMHO, with production data is dangerous, because nobody assures you that there will be a leak of such data, they can train the next model using what was sent. For this reason I had started a project that runs locally, for lack of resources I had to use the “mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3” model.

My main idea was to create a service with an API in FastAPI which uses an agent initialized with the ir.action.window.server as Tools. This way all data used as contex is in a sand box.

In addition IMO it would be necessary to control the blocking of all use of model.unlink() .

In general it is a good starting point to be able to integrate LLMs to Odoo. A repository could be created and everything could be discussed there.

Good work.

[ValentinVinagre]

Hello,
Very good work and beginning of LLM instruction in Odoo.
There are several points to consider:

• As the rest of the colleagues indicate, security is the main "Achilles heel". It would be a good point to address.
• Information roles.
• Contexts.
• Multiple models and agents.
• Reinforcement
• I see that the "pydanticAI" framework has not been used. Why? It could be a good starting link to normalize certain things.
• As I see it, it would also allow the connection with models created as proprietary, which is great.
• Expansion of models as needed, it would be necessary to see how it extracts the information and passes it to the model, etc.
• http calls

In general, I see it as a fairly well-oriented idea, great work. I will be happy to review the work carried out at OCA 😄

[rvalyi]

Hello, Very good work and beginning of LLM instruction in Odoo. There are several points to consider:

[...]

* Reinforcement

Would be great

* I see that the "pydanticAI" framework has not been used. Why? It could be a good starting link to normalize certain things.

Seems good indeed. Very trustable team also.

* As I see it, it would also allow the connection with models created as proprietary, which is great.
* Expansion of models as needed, it would be necessary to see how it extracts the information and passes it to the model, etc.

* http calls

for this It might also be worth considering the advanced PRs to get a better webhook system in Odoo (in Odoo CE webhooks start at v17 and we could have better ones in the OCA) https://github.com/OCA/webhook/pulls
These webhooks are both incoming and outgoing. So an Odoo AI agent could call user defined outgoing webhooks eventually... And/or eventually receive an incoming callback and trigger some AI action...

[ValentinVinagre]

I didn't have that repository under control, we'll keep an eye on it, thanks.
It could be a way to give it connections, although it depends on the architecture of the modules, both internal and external instructions could be given. On the other hand, it could be complemented with a telegram or whatsapp chat, which @etobella was doing, but is it interesting that it is integrated or would it be better to do it separately? All this will have to be assessed.
I think that before going off on a tangent, we would have to analyze and structure how it will impact the base system and give the possibility of creating local models or if finally, it would be perfect to create a working group on the OCA days, etc.
The whole world of AI is evolving very quickly (without taking into account security and many other important things) and it is not really known how it will end, since governments are also involved. I think it is perfect to have a generic module structure in OCA that gives versatility to use. However, you will have to be careful with everything you bring to the community, since they can be "dangerous" things in terms of data security.

[aleuffre]

I'm saddened to see all the uncritical hype for the "potential" of the lying, power-and-water-hungry plagiarism machines.

I was going to list all the ways in which LLM use would go against what I expect the values of an open source project to be (you know, fairness, data privacy, openness - since none of the LLMs are actually open source) but then I realized I couldn't find any "values" on the OCA website, so fair enough.

If you don't care for any of the moral arguments, LLMs WILL create technical debt for you, you WILL have to answer to your customers when they hallucinate, or when the action they "decide" to perform is wrong. LLMs are probabilistic, not deterministic, so you're just gambling.

[rvalyi]

@aleuffre : it's a bit like any tool: you can use nuclear power to build power plants and avoid burning coal or you can make bombs with it. As for LLMs: you can have stupid expectations or you might instead automate basic things effectively. I bet in less than 2 years nobody will want to choose an ERP where bank reconciliation will be manual or where no AI agent will help you query statistics in your database.

As for resources usages, models like Mistral or Deepseek use many orders of magnitudes less resources (both for training and for running the model) than the crazy amount of resources models like OpenAI were using just a few months ago. It can even run on a Rasberry PI for smaller models and I doubt we would need to train it ourselves over the whole Internet again just for using it in Odoo, so it's probably not more resource usage than running MRP or a website on Odoo v8...

Finally LLMs will be integrated with ERPs whether we like it or not I'm afraid. It can be done only in SAP and Odoo Enterprise and the OCA can marginalized or it can be done in the OCA in the best possible ways...

And as for a hyped technology that created a speculative bubble, Odoo itself is not bad either :-)

[Tardo]

I would be interested in integrating https://localai.io/ + https://docs.openwebui.com/ ... It may be interesting to explore the power of RAG's.

[ayushin]

As I expected, this discussion is expanding rapidly, and I can already see multiple threads forming—covering architecture choices, framework integrations, ethical concerns, security, webhooks, and more.

At Apexive, we've spent the last 12 months building AI-powered software with AI and integrating AI flows into Odoo modules (another good discussion on how to build Odoo modules with AI). We're happy to share our experiences with the community and collaborate to refine best practices.

The main goal of our repository https://github.com/apexive/odoo-llm is to centralize and structure AI development efforts around Odoo, preventing duplicated work and ensuring a productive, open-source collaboration. To keep discussions organized, I've also opened a Discussion section where we can create dedicated threads for specific topics without overwhelming this general conversation.

There are various approaches to hosting models and implementing agentic flows, and different Odoo users will likely have use cases for all of them. We've chosen Odoo as the foundation for this work because of its extensibility, modularity, and open-source nature. From what we’ve already seen with our customers in aviation and manufacturing, it’s a strong foundation for AI-driven business automation.

Looking forward to more insights and contributions from the community!

[ayushin]

I've create a list of topics above for convenience so we can go into separate threaded discussions:

• Security Considerations for LLM Agents in Odoo – @zamberjo
• Integrating Webhooks for AI Agents in Odoo – @rvalyi
• Standardizing AI Frameworks in Odoo (pydanticAI, LangChain, etc.) – @ValentinVinagre
• Hosting AI Models: Local vs. Cloud vs. Hybrid – @Tardo
• Defining the Role of AI in Odoo: Deterministic vs. Probabilistic Automation – @aleuffre
• AI-Powered ERP: A New Paradigm for Odoo? – @ayushin
• Ethical Considerations for AI in Open Source ERP – @aleuffre
• AI-Enhanced Odoo Automations: Use Cases and Best Practices – @rvalyi

[ValentinVinagre]

It is true that the topic of "AI" brings up many questions. In essence, this module would allow Odoo to be connected to the "AI" that is required, so the biggest question here is: do we provide this tool to any user in the community? If so, according to OCA regulations, it is the user's own responsibility if they make improper use of this tool. Is this correct?
I think we should address this point first of all in order to direct our efforts to first bring a base module to the community and expand it.

[gbtechnology]

This is awesome! I hope we'll open a repository soon where we can start to contribute/work on this topic.

[ayushin]

@gbtechnology The repository is already there https://github.com/apexive/odoo-llm - we will transfer it to OCA as soon as it matures enough

[rvalyi]

seems legit, but then you better emphasize https://odoo-community.org/about/cla in your repo to avoid issues where third party contributions may be tainted later and it could not be possible to put it under the OCA umbrella. As AI is a hyped topic, better be cautious early with this...

[etobella]

I would prefer to move it ASAP in order to avoid CLA future issues

[bjoliveau]

Thanks @ayushin for sharing and init this topic