AI Knowledge: Smart Article Generation & Knowledge Search

Generate Knowledge content with AI and connect your internal knowledge base to AI Agent for accurate answers from enterprise documentation.

AI Article Generation
RAG
Knowledge Base
Smart Search
Internal Docs

Overview

AI Knowledge module integrates AI-powered content creation into Odoo Knowledge application. You can quickly generate articles with AI and use Knowledge as a data source for AI Agent to answer questions based on internal documentation. To prepare agents and data sources correctly, also see AI Agents and knowledge sources.


Key Features

Key points

  • Generate Knowledge articles with AI: Use AI assistant to draft content quickly with detailed descriptions

  • Use Knowledge as AI Agent data source: Add articles to AI Agent for AI to search and answer from content

  • Automatic hierarchical processing: When adding parent articles, all child articles are included automatically

  • Quick keyboard shortcut: Press G key in editor to activate AI article generation

  • Smart access control: AI only uses articles you have access to


How to use: Generate articles with AI

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  • Step 1: Go to Knowledge → Articles, create new or open existing article

  • Step 2: Click "Generate an Article with AI" button or press G key

  • Step 3: Enter detailed description of the content you want to create

  • Step 4: AI generates content and automatically inserts it into article, you can edit and save


How to use: Add Knowledge to AI Agent

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  • Step 1: Go to AI → Agents, select agent to configure

  • Step 2: In Sources section, click "Add from Knowledge"

  • Step 3: Select one or multiple articles from list (only shows articles you have access to)

  • Step 4: Confirm, article and all child articles will be added to data source


Enterprise Value

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  • Deliver consistent answers from approved enterprise knowledge sources

  • Reduce dependence on individual staff memory

  • Update documentation in one place for AI to reuse across the system

  • Accelerate creation of guides and reference documentation

  • Quickly search information from large knowledge base


Effective Usage Tips

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  • Provide detailed descriptions when creating articles: "Write invoice creation guide for beginners, including step-by-step instructions"

  • Review and edit AI-generated content to ensure accuracy

  • Organize articles hierarchically: parent articles for main topics, child articles for details

  • Keep Knowledge content regularly updated for accurate AI responses

  • Use Knowledge for user guides, company processes, reference docs, and FAQs

  • Combine multiple Knowledge articles into one AI Agent to expand search scope


Best Practices

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  • Keep documents concise and clearly structured with appropriate headings

  • Update outdated content to prevent incorrect AI responses

  • Review access permissions before adding articles to AI sources

  • Use clear titles to help AI understand context better

  • Add specific examples to articles for better comprehension


Important Terminology

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  • Knowledge Article: Document in Knowledge application

  • AI Agent: AI assistant that can search and use data sources

  • Source Article: Knowledge article added to AI Agent

  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): AI technique to search and use documents for answers

  • Descendants: All articles under parent article in hierarchical structure


Use Cases

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  • Quickly create user guides for new modules for employees

  • Build FAQ knowledge base for AI Agent to answer customer questions

  • Create internal process documentation for AI to search when needed

  • Draft technical documentation for later editing

  • Organize enterprise knowledge to support new employees with AI


Keyboard Shortcuts

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  • G: Activate AI article generation in Knowledge editor