The marketplace
Finding a module worth adding, and reading its page before you do.
The marketplace at odel.app/modules holds three quite different things: modules Odel hosts, MCP servers it merely knows about, and gateways an organization has published. All three are listed the same way, and the badge on each card says which is which.
Narrowing it down
The catalogue is large, so the filters matter more than the search box.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Search | Matches names and descriptions |
| Categories | Grouped by purpose, each showing how many modules it holds |
| Tags | Finer-grained than categories, with their own search |
| Type | Official, Native, Core, External, and Gateway once one is listed — see module types |
| Remote / Local | For external servers: reachable over the network, or a package you run yourself |
| Sort | Newest, Most stars, Recently updated, or Name |
You can switch between grid and list, and ?status=installed narrows to what you've already added
— which is what My Modules in the navigation points at.
The Local chip is worth knowing about. A local external server is distributed as a package that runs on your own machine, so there's nothing for Odel to put a URL in front of. Those listings are reference material, not something to connect.
Reading a module's page
Every module page opens on Overview — what it does, who owns it, and which credentials it asks for. Read that list before anything else. It's the clearest statement of what you'd be handing over.
The second tab depends on what the module is. Most show Endpoints, listing the tools, resources, and prompts the server was found to expose. An external server with no address to reach — a package you run yourself — shows Installation instead, because there was nothing to probe. A gateway has neither: its tools sit behind its own door, so there's nothing to list here. Once you've added a module, a Config tab appears for changing its credentials or removing it.
The owner's name links to everything else they've published, which is usually the fastest way to judge whether a module is a one-off or part of someone's ongoing work.
There are no ratings
Odel has no reviews, stars, or install counts to lean on. Judge a module by what it exposes, who owns it, and whether the credentials it wants match what it claims to do.
Adding one
The button is the same for everything you can add: Add to My Modules, or Sign in to install when you're signed out. A gateway's own visibility decides whether you can add it; an external server can be added by anyone who can see the listing. Either way the address to point a client at appears once it's added. An external server also gets a second button beside the first, but only while you're acting as an organization you manage: Add to that organization, which adopts the server as its gateway rather than installing it for you. Default modules have no button — they're platform pieces, listed for visibility only.
Installing
Adding a module, and giving it credentials.
Module types
What the badge on each card means.
Gateways and installing
Adding a server for yourself, or adopting it as an organization's gateway.
Connecting a client
Getting your modules into Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT.
The vault
Store a key once and reuse it everywhere.