best-practices
Use when architecting OCI solutions, migrating from AWS/Azure, designing multi-AD deployments, or avoiding common OCI anti-patterns. Covers VCN sizing mistakes, Cloud Guard gotchas, free tier specifics, OCI terminology confusion, and multi-AD patterns.
compute-management
Use when launching OCI compute instances, troubleshooting out-of-capacity or boot failures, optimizing compute costs, or handling instance lifecycle. Covers shape selection, capacity planning, service limits, and production incident resolution.
database-management
Use when creating Autonomous Databases, troubleshooting connection failures, managing PDBs, or optimizing database costs. Covers connection string confusion, password validation errors, stop/start cost traps, clone type selection, and backup retention gotchas.
finops-cost-optimization
Use when optimizing OCI costs, investigating unexpected bills, planning budgets, or identifying waste. Covers hidden cost traps (boot volumes, reserved IPs, egress), Universal Credits gotchas, shape migration savings, free tier maximization, and cost allocation challenges.
genai-services
Use when implementing OCI GenAI inference APIs, troubleshooting rate limits or token errors, optimizing GenAI costs, or handling sensitive data (PHI/PII) in prompts. Covers model selection, cost calculations, token management, response validation, and healthcare/compliance considerations.
iam-identity-management
Use when writing IAM policies, troubleshooting permission denied errors, setting up dynamic groups, or implementing IDCS integration. Covers policy syntax gotchas, principal types confusion, compartment inheritance, and common authorization failures.
infrastructure-as-code
Use when writing Terraform for OCI, troubleshooting provider errors, managing state files, or implementing Resource Manager stacks. Covers terraform-provider-oci gotchas, resource lifecycle anti-patterns, state management mistakes, authentication issues, and OCI Landing Zones.
landing-zones
Use when designing multi-tenant OCI environments, setting up production landing zones, implementing compartment hierarchies, or establishing governance foundations. Covers Landing Zone reference architectures, compartment strategy, network topology patterns (hub-spoke vs multi-VCN), IAM structure, tagging standards, and cost segregation.
monitoring-operations
Use when setting up metrics, alarms, or troubleshooting missing data in OCI Monitoring. Covers metric namespace confusion, alarm threshold gotchas, log collection setup, and common monitoring gaps.
networking-management
Use when designing OCI networks, troubleshooting connectivity, optimizing egress costs, or configuring VCN security. Covers Service Gateway cost savings, VCN CIDR immutability, Security List vs NSG tradeoffs, VCN peering limitations, and Load Balancer subnet requirements.
oci-events
Use when implementing event-driven automation, setting up CloudEvents rules, troubleshooting event delivery failures, or integrating with Functions/Streaming/Notifications. Covers event rule patterns, filter syntax, action types, dead letter queue configuration, and event-driven architecture anti-patterns.
oracle-dba
Use when managing Oracle Autonomous Database on OCI, troubleshooting performance issues, optimizing costs, or implementing HA/DR. Covers ADB-specific gotchas, cost traps, SQL_ID debugging workflows, auto-scaling behavior, and version differences (19c/21c/23ai/26ai).
secrets-management
Use when storing credentials in OCI Vault, troubleshooting secret retrieval failures, implementing secret rotation, or setting up application authentication to Vault. Covers vault hierarchy confusion, IAM permission gotchas, cost optimization, temp file security, and audit logging.