More and more businesses use AI assistants such as Claude, Mistral or Cursor for their daily work. But without a connection to your ERP, such an assistant keeps guessing: it doesn't know your customers, orders or stock. The solution is called MCP — and connecting is simpler (and cheaper) than most business owners think.
What is an MCP server?
MCP stands for Model Context Protocol: an open standard, introduced by Anthropic, that describes how AI assistants communicate securely with external systems. An MCP server acts as a secure interpreter between your AI and your Odoo environment: the AI asks a question in plain language (“Which customer orders are affected by the delay on PO-318?”), the MCP server translates that into safe Odoo commands and returns only what is permitted.
The big advantage over custom APIs: no development work, no shared passwords, and for each connection you determine exactly which data and actions are allowed.
What do you need?
- An Odoo environment (Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or on-premise);
- An AI assistant that supports MCP — such as Claude, Mistral or Cursor;
- An MCP server. You don't need to build or host one yourself: DAADit offers a 100% free hosted MCP server.
Step by step: connecting AI to Odoo in 2 minutes
Step 1 — Register as a portal user
Create a free account once at daadit.group/mcp. This gives you access to your own management environment.
Step 2 — Open “AI connections” in your account
Onder Mijn account → AI connections you create a new connection. You choose which Odoo environment to connect and which rights and scopes the connection receives — for example read-only on sales orders, or also creating quotations.
Step 3 — Paste the connection into your AI assistant
You receive a connection URL that you add to Claude, Mistral or Cursor as an MCP server. From that moment on, your assistant can work with your own Odoo data — within the limits you set. The whole process takes around two minutes.
What can you do with it in practice?
- Sales: “Create a draft quotation based on my customer visit this afternoon.”
- Purchasing & logistics: “Which customer orders are affected if this supplier delivers three days late?”
- Finance: “What is blocking the month-end close? Rank the discrepancies in order.”
- Management: “Are there any urgent problems today in orders, stock or open tasks?”
Is it secure? And what about the GDPR?
Security is exactly what a good MCP setup is all about. DAADit's hosted MCP server offers: rights and scopes per connection (least privilege), audit logging of what the AI does, EU hosting for data residency, encryption in transit and at rest, and a setup in line with the GDPR and the principles of the EU AI Act. You can restrict or revoke a connection at any time.
What does it cost?
DAADit's hosted MCP server is 100% free. You pay nothing for the server or the connection; you use your own AI subscription (Claude, for example) and your own Odoo.
Tips for a flying start
Setting up a connection takes two minutes; getting value out of it is a matter of starting smart. What we see working at our customers:
- Start read-only. Give the first connection read access only, on one or two models (sales orders and contacts, for example), and only expand once you're happy with it.
- Ask one concrete question as a test. Not “analyse my business”, but “which quotations have been open for more than 14 days?” — then you'll see straight away whether the data is right.
- Check the audit log weekly. That way you know what the assistant is actually requesting and can tighten the scopes.
- Write actions? One process at a time. Let the AI create draft quotations only at first and review them manually before you allow more.
Try it yourself
Register at daadit.group/mcp and connect your AI to your Odoo today. Tip: schedule a recurring slot in your calendar right away to evaluate the scopes and logs after two weeks — that way the connection grows along with your confidence. Questions about rights, scopes or a specific use case? Book a demo or contact DAADit Group — we'd be happy to show it working with your own processes.