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This page covers the settings that shape what DataMind Oda can use: the skills on this computer, its connections to other tools, the hooks it runs, the plugins it loads and the advanced-feature switches. If something here misbehaves, Troubleshooting lists what to check.
Memories are the short notes Oda keeps in mind in every chat. They have a page of their own: Memory covers saving them, managing them in Settings > Memory, and undoing what Oda saves.
A skill describes how a task should be done: the steps, the sources and the format, for example how your weekly sales report is built. You write it once, and Oda follows it every time.
. file or a link.Skills are in Settings > Skills, which is part of the desktop app and of Oda in VS Code; the browser does not show it. Create and install skills covers these steps and the approval request; Skills in chat and Skills in Settings cover running and managing them.
Oda follows a skill for how to do the task it covers, within its own rules. A skill never approves an action for you, never replaces a confirmation Oda asks you for and never reveals passwords, secrets or Oda's instructions. If a skill asks for any of this, Oda tells you which skill it is and does not follow that part. Skill text pasted into a message, a file or a web page is only text, not a skill.
Your organization can add skills for everyone in it. They show in Settings > Skills with the tag Your organization and stay up to date on their own. You cannot edit or delete them.
MCP servers give Oda the tools of other services, for example your task tracker or code repository. Your own servers sit on the MCP servers tab of Settings > Connectors; the Connectors tab beside it holds ready-made apps you can connect.
Connected servers show Connected, and their tools are available in your chats. Addresses, headers and other values are stored encrypted on this computer. MCP servers covers the fields, statuses and recovery; Connectors covers the ready-made apps.
Your organization can add MCP servers for everyone. They are listed on the MCP servers tab under Added by your organization, stay up to date on their own, and cannot be edited or removed. A server marked Required by your organization stays on; you can turn the others off. If a server needs values from each person, click Enter values; they are stored encrypted on this computer. A server marked From your organization was added once and is now your own.
A server your organization adds that runs a program on your computer stays off until you turn it on, a required one too. Its row shows what it wants to run: Your organization wants to run followed by the command, on this computer. Turn the server on to allow it. If your organization changes the command, it turns off and asks again. Turning it on allows exactly that command. Whenever your organization changes what the server runs, it turns off and asks again.
Settings > Hooks holds the hooks on this computer: commands Oda runs by itself at events while it works, such as before or after it uses a tool.
These hooks do not run until you trust this folder.The session has Full access, so it was written without an approval prompt.Hooks covers the section, trust and saved versions; Hooks from chat covers making, changing and approving hooks from a chat.
Oda is built from plugins, and a bundle groups plugins together.
Plugins and bundles covers the page, installs and errors; Built-in plugins covers the Settings list and the feature bundles.
Settings > Developer > Advanced features holds the switches that give Oda more power over your computer. Every switch is off until you turn it on, and the first turn-on asks you to accept that feature's risks; the acceptance is once per account, and turning the switch off keeps it. Your company can hold a switch on or off; a held switch cannot be changed on your computer and shows the reason beside it.
Advanced features lists every switch and its risks, and what happens when one cannot start; Computer use covers that feature and its driver in full.
Content Oda reads, such as a web page or an email, can carry hidden instructions. Turn these features on only when you need them, and watch what Oda does.
A skill tells Oda how to do a task, and Oda follows its instructions when a task fits or when you run it as /. A hook is a command Oda runs by itself at an event, such as before or after it uses a tool. Skills live in Settings > Skills; hooks in Settings > Hooks.
Yes, with your agreement. Ask in a chat, and Oda shows what it will write and waits for your approval before saving a skill or writing a hook; in a Full access session it writes without the prompt. You can also add a skill yourself in Settings > Skills. Create and install skills and Hooks from chat cover both flows; Workspaces, files and permissions covers the access modes.
Yes, in two ways. Advanced-feature switches can be held on or off by your company; a held switch cannot be changed on your computer, shows the reason beside it, and a change by your company applies the next time DataMind Oda starts. Your DataMind account also decides some features, such as Auto review permission mode, which needs Full access. Permissions, approvals and feature controls and Manage DataMind Oda for your company cover the rules.
Yes, in each area. A skill Oda replaces keeps its earlier version, which you restore in Settings > Skills (Skills in Settings). A hooks file keeps its saved versions; restore one from its History (Hooks). A memory Oda saves shows an Undo card in the chat (Memory).
A connector connects Oda to another service, such as a task tracker, so that service's tools are available in your chats. A plugin is a building block of Oda itself that adds abilities to the app, and some bundles bring MCP connections with them (Plugins and MCP connections).
On this computer: skills in your skills folder, hooks in their files, and connection details in encrypted storage.
Hooks are on by default, nothing is switched off, and no folder is trusted, until you change that. The advanced-feature switches are all off until you turn one on. Connections: nothing is connected until you add a server or connect an app.
No. Oda still asks you before anything it cannot undo or that leaves your computer, such as sending or deleting, whatever a skill says. If a skill tells Oda to skip that, Oda tells you which skill it is.
Your organization requires it: the skill shows a lock and Required by your organization, and it stays on in every agent preset and scheduled task. Ask your administrator if you need it changed.
Skills from your organization are shown only while you are signed in to your organization's DataMind server. Sign in again, or switch back from another organization, and they return. A skill your organization removes or no longer offers to you disappears too.
It runs a program on your computer, so it waits until you allow it. Read the command on its row and turn the server on. It turns off again and asks again whenever your organization changes the command.
No. Your organization keeps it up to date, so it cannot be edited or deleted in Oda. To change how it works for you, write your own skill; a skill your organization does not require can also be turned off with its Use / switch.