The Odds API, worked by an AI employee
Not another app for your team to learn, and not a set of rules for you to build. You hire an AI employee, you give it access to your The Odds API account, and you ask it for things in Slack or Teams the way you would ask anyone else on the team. There is nothing to map and nothing to maintain.
- Gaming
- Connects with a key
- 6 ready-made tools
- Asked in Slack or Teams
An illustration of how the conversation reads, not a transcript from a client account.
What The Odds API is
The Odds API provides real-time sports betting odds data from various bookmakers worldwide, covering multiple sports and betting markets.
You paste in a key from your own The Odds API account. It is kept encrypted, and you can withdraw it from inside The Odds API whenever you like.
One message in, the work done in The Odds API.
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You ask
You message your AI employee in the chat your team already has open, in one sentence, in your own words.
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It works out the step
It decides what the job needs in The Odds API. You do not pick anything from a menu or wire anything together.
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It does the work
Signed in to your own The Odds API account, inside the access you granted it, doing the thing you asked for.
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It reports back
It tells you what it did, in the same thread. If it could not do something, it says so rather than guessing.
What it can do in The Odds API
These are the ready-made tools your AI employee already has in The Odds API. It is not limited to them, but it never has to be taught these.
- Get Event OddsTool to retrieve odds for a specific event. use after confirming sport key and event id to obtain bookmaker and market details.
- Get EventsTool to fetch live and upcoming events for a specified sport. use when you need event listings including odds.
- Get OddsTool to fetch live and upcoming event odds for a specified sport, including bookmakers, regions, and markets. use after retrieving sports via get sports; filter by region, market,
- Get ParticipantsTool to fetch list of participants (teams or players) for a specified sport. use after confirming you have a valid sport key.
- Get ScoresTool to return live and recently completed event scores for a sport. use after selecting a sport key to inspect current and recent game scores.
- Get SportsTool to retrieve a list of in-season sports. use when you need sports data; set 'all' to true to include out-of-season sports.
You stay the boss of your The Odds API account.
Nothing connects until you approve it. You grant access one app at a time, you can take it back the same way, and everything your AI employee does in there is written down where you can see it.
How we handle your data- It signs in to your own The Odds API account. You are not moving anything into ours.
- You grant access one app at a time, and you can take it back the same way.
- Everything it does in The Odds API is written down, with what it did and when.
- Anything you tell it to check with you first, it checks with you first.
It works in The Odds API and the rest of your software in the same job
A real job rarely stays in one place. Reading a message in one app, checking a record in another and writing the result in a third is one request to your AI employee, not three.
Questions people ask about The Odds API
- Can an AI employee really work inside The Odds API?
- Yes. It signs in to your own The Odds API account and works in it the way a new hire would, from the chat your team already has open. Nobody installs anything, and nobody learns a new screen.
- Do I have to move anything out of The Odds API?
- No. Nothing moves and nothing is replaced. Your records stay in The Odds API, your team carries on in the same screens they used yesterday, and your AI employee works alongside them in there.
- How does it get into my The Odds API account?
- You paste in a key from your own The Odds API account. It is kept encrypted, and you can withdraw it from inside The Odds API whenever you like. You approve it before anything connects, and you can take the access back the same way you gave it.
- What can it actually do in The Odds API?
- It has 6 ready-made tools in The Odds API today, among them Get Event Odds, Get Events and Get Odds. The full list is on this page. It is not limited to those, but it never has to be taught them.
- Can it use The Odds API and the rest of my software in the same job?
- Yes, and that is usually the point. Reading a message in one app, checking a record in The Odds API and writing the result somewhere else is one request to your AI employee, not three separate ones you stitch together.
- Who decides what it is allowed to do in The Odds API?
- You do. You grant access one app at a time and can withdraw it at any time, anything you ask it to check with you first it checks with you first, and everything it does in The Odds API is written down with what it did and when.