IBM Operational Decision Manager API

Name: IBM Operational Decision Manager API API
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For Agents

Execute IBM ODM business rules and decision services — call rulesets and decision services with input payloads and get back rule-engine outputs.

Connect the IBM Operational Decision Manager API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the IBM Operational Decision Manager API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Install Jentic One Beta (Self-Hosted)

Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with IBM Operational Decision Manager API API.

List and inspect rule applications via /v2/ruleapps and /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}

Execute the latest version of a ruleset via /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetName}/execute

Execute a specific ruleset version via /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetVersion}/{rulesetName}/execute

List and execute decision services via /v1/decisionservices and /v1/decisionservices/{dsId}/execute

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use IBM Operational Decision Manager API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Eligibility and Pricing Decisions

Call an ODM ruleset to make a deterministic eligibility or pricing decision — for example, deciding whether an applicant qualifies for a loan or what discount tier applies. POST the input payload to /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetName}/execute and ODM returns the rule-engine output, keeping the decision logic in a maintained ruleset instead of scattered application code.

POST a JSON body with applicant income and loan amount to /v2/ruleapps/loans/eligibility/execute and parse the decision and explanation from the response.

Versioned Ruleset Execution

Pin an integration to a specific ruleset version while a new version is being tested in parallel. The /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetVersion}/{rulesetName}/execute endpoint takes the version explicitly, which lets release managers run A/B comparisons or roll forward and back without reconfiguring callers.

POST the same payload to /v2/ruleapps/loans/1.2/eligibility/execute and /v2/ruleapps/loans/1.3/eligibility/execute and compare the two outputs.

Decision Service Invocation

Invoke a higher-level ODM decision service that may compose multiple rulesets and data lookups. The /v1/decisionservices/{dsId}/execute endpoint is the entry point for consumers that should not know the internal rule structure, which makes it the right surface to expose to less-privileged callers.

POST the customer profile to /v1/decisionservices/fraudCheck/execute and use the returned risk score to decide whether to clear the transaction.

AI Agent Decision Caller

An AI agent uses Jentic to call ODM rulesets when a decision must be deterministic and auditable rather than LLM-generated — pricing tiers, eligibility cuts, or compliance rules. The agent searches by intent, loads the execute schema, and posts the input, receiving a rule-engine answer with an explanation. Typical agent integration is under one hour.

Search Jentic for 'execute an ODM ruleset', load the /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetName}/execute schema, and run the eligibility ruleset for a candidate applicant.

Key Endpoints

12 endpoints — ibm operational decision manager (odm) is the rule engine and decision platform ibm ships for executing business rules at runtime, used in pricing, eligibility, fraud, and routing decisions.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/v2/ruleapps

List rule applications

GET

/v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}

Get a rule application

POST

/v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetName}/execute

Execute the latest version of a ruleset

POST

/v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetVersion}/{rulesetName}/execute

Execute a specific ruleset version

GET

/v1/decisionservices

List decision services

POST

/v1/decisionservices/{dsId}/execute

Execute a decision service

GET

/v2/status

Get server status

GET

/v2/diagnostics

Get server diagnostics

GET

/v2/ruleapps

List rule applications

GET

/v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}

Get a rule application

POST

/v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetName}/execute

Execute the latest version of a ruleset

POST

/v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetVersion}/{rulesetName}/execute

Execute a specific ruleset version

GET

/v1/decisionservices

List decision services

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

ODM basic auth credentials are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents call ODM via scoped Jentic credentials and never see the raw username and password in their context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (for example 'execute an ODM ruleset') and Jentic returns the matching operation with its input schema, so the agent does not have to read the ODM REST reference.

Time to first call

Direct ODM integration: 2-4 days for auth, ruleset path mapping, and payload shaping. Through Jentic: under one hour — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Complementary

IBM Business Automation Workflow API

BAW orchestrates the long-running process; ODM provides the deterministic decisions that process invokes.

Use ODM when the agent needs a deterministic rule-based decision. Use BAW when the agent needs to drive the multi-step process around that decision.

Alternative

Camunda API

Camunda's DMN engine evaluates decision tables; ODM provides a richer enterprise rule and decision platform.

Choose Camunda DMN for lightweight, BPMN-adjacent decision tables. Choose ODM for deeper rule modelling, governance, and Decision Center workflow.

Complementary

IBM API Connect Management API

API Connect publishes ODM-backed decision services as managed APIs to consumers.

Use API Connect to expose an ODM decision service as a governed external API. Use ODM directly when the caller is internal.

FAQs

Specific to using IBM Operational Decision Manager API API through Jentic.

What authentication does the IBM ODM API use?

The ODM REST API uses HTTP basic authentication. Through Jentic, those credentials are stored in the Jentic vault and the agent calls ODM via a scoped Jentic credential, so the basic auth header is never visible in the agent's context.

Can I execute a specific version of a ruleset?

Yes. POST the input payload to /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetVersion}/{rulesetName}/execute with the version path segment. This is the right call when you need to pin an integration to a known ruleset version while a new version is being tested.

What is the difference between rulesets and decision services?

Rulesets under /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName} are the unit deployed by the Rule Execution Server, while decision services under /v1/decisionservices are higher-level entry points that may compose multiple rulesets and data sources. Pick the surface that matches the abstraction the caller should know about.

How do I call an ODM ruleset through Jentic?

Search Jentic for 'execute an ODM ruleset', load the /v2/ruleapps/{ruleAppName}/{rulesetName}/execute schema, and execute with the input payload. Install the SDK with pip install jentic and use the async search, load, execute pattern.

Can I check the health of the ODM server through this API?

Yes. GET /v2/status returns the live status of the Rule Execution Server and /v2/diagnostics returns deeper diagnostics. These are the right endpoints to wire into a readiness or health check ahead of routing rule traffic.

What are the rate limits for the IBM ODM API?

ODM does not enforce a fixed REST rate limit; throughput depends on the Rule Execution Server configuration and the rule complexity. Treat 429 and 503 responses as backpressure, retry with exponential backoff, and prefer batched payloads where the ruleset supports them.