The DataMind Oda extension signs in to your company's DataMind server on its own, separately from the desktop app. This page covers the sign-in and its messages, and bringing your data over from the DataMind Oda desktop app.
To install the extension first, see Oda in VS Code. What the extension adds to the editor is on The Oda extension for VS Code, and reviewing the changes it proposes is on Review Oda's changes in VS Code.
Sign in to DataMind Oda box, enter the address of your DataMind server. The box asks for the Address of your DataMind server and fills in the last address you used.Finish signing in to DataMind Oda in your browser.You are signed in to DataMind Oda. and You can close this tab and return to VS Code., close the tab and return to VS Code.Signed in to DataMind Oda as <name>., and the status bar shows the account: Oda: <name>. Point at it to see the server and the account in its tooltip: Signed in to <server> as <email>.If your server needs a newer version of the extension, Oda raises the update prompt before the sign-in starts: Your DataMind server no longer supports this version of the DataMind Oda extension. with Version <version> or later is required. Choose Update. The same prompt appears if the server refuses the version during the sign-in.
That is not a DataMind server address.<address> does not use HTTPS, so your sign-in would travel unencrypted. Choose Connect Anyway only on a network you trust, and ask your administrator for an https:/ address.Oda checks the address before the sign-in starts and refuses it with its own message for each case:
<address> is not a DataMind server this extension can use. Check the address with your administrator.<address> could not be reached. Check your connection, then try again.<address> presented a certificate this computer does not trust. Oda does not connect, and there is no bypass; ask your administrator to make the certificate trusted on this computer.<address> needs an update before it can be used from VS Code. The server must be updated before the extension can use it.Signing in timed out. or Signing in to DataMind Oda failed. Start the sign-in again from the status bar, and keep the message if it returns.Signing in to DataMind Oda did not finish. and Return to VS Code and try again., the sign-in stopped early. Start it again from VS Code.Your account does not have access to DataMind Oda., your account is missing the permission. Ask your administrator for Use DataMind Oda; Manage DataMind Oda for your company shows where permissions are set.Messages from other parts of Oda are in Troubleshooting.
Oda keeps the sign-in in VS Code's encrypted secret storage on this computer and renews it with your server while you work. If your computer's credential store is not available, the sign-in lasts only for the current window.
When the saved sign-in can no longer be used, Oda asks for it again, showing Your DataMind sign-in expired. or Your account no longer has access to DataMind Oda. with a Sign In action. If Oda cannot restore your sign-in at all, it shows Sign in to your DataMind server to use DataMind Oda. with Sign In.
Select the account in the status bar (Oda: <name>), or run DataMind Oda: Sign Out from the Command Palette, and confirm the modal Sign out of DataMind Oda? with Sign Out. After that, sign in again from the status bar.
The components the extension can download, Python tools, Office engine and Computer use driver, are covered in Components for the extension.
On your first runs with the extension, Oda offers to bring your data over from the DataMind Oda desktop app: Bring over your chats, memories, skills, hooks and MCP servers from the DataMind Oda desktop app? The desktop app keeps its own copy. Choose Import, Not Now, or Don't Ask Again.
If your chats cannot come over, the offer asks only about your memories, skills, hooks and MCP servers.
The import only adds. It never replaces what the extension already has: chats come over only while the extension has none of its own, and every other item only when the extension does not have it yet.
When the import finishes, Oda lists what came over: Brought over from the DataMind Oda desktop app: <list>. If there was nothing left to add, it says DataMind Oda already has everything from the desktop app; nothing was copied. If no desktop app data is found, it says No DataMind Oda desktop app data was found in <folder>. If it fails, it says DataMind Oda could not bring over your desktop app data: <cause>.
The status bar shows it: Oda: Sign In when you are not signed in, and Oda: <name> when you are, with the server and the account in its tooltip.
The address of your company's DataMind server, the same one you use for the desktop app. Oda offers the last address you signed in to as the default. An entry that is not a server address is refused with That is not a DataMind server address.
Each refusal names its own case: a server the extension cannot use, a server that could not be reached, a certificate this computer does not trust, or a server that needs an update first. The list above under If the address is refused gives each message with what to do.
Only when you trust the network you are on and you do not have an https:/ address yet. Oda warns first: <address> does not use HTTPS, so your sign-in would travel unencrypted. Ask your administrator for an https:/ address when possible.
The sign-in stopped before VS Code received it. Oda shows Signing in timed out. or Signing in to DataMind Oda failed. Start the sign-in again from the status bar, and keep the message if it returns.
Your account is missing the DataMind Oda permission. Ask your administrator for Use DataMind Oda; Manage DataMind Oda for your company shows where permissions are set.
The saved sign-in expired, or your access changed. Oda shows Your DataMind sign-in expired. or Your account no longer has access to DataMind Oda. with a Sign In action; sign in again to continue.
Oda raises the update prompt before it signs you in, or when your server refuses the version during the sign-in: Your DataMind server no longer supports this version of the DataMind Oda extension. with Version <version> or later is required. Choose Update to update the extension, then sign in again.
Select the account in the status bar (Oda: <name>), or run DataMind Oda: Sign Out from the Command Palette, and choose Sign Out in the Sign out of DataMind Oda? modal. Sign in again from the status bar when you want to use Oda.
Your chats, which appear under Past chats, plus your memories, skills, hooks and MCP servers. The MCP servers need signing in again under Settings > Connectors, because their sign-ins stay with the desktop app.
No. The import only adds. Chats come over only while the extension has none of its own, and anything the extension already has is left as it is. A later import that finds nothing new says DataMind Oda already has everything from the desktop app; nothing was copied.
In VS Code's encrypted secret storage on this computer; Oda renews it with your server while you work. If your computer's credential store is not available, the sign-in lasts only for the current window.