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128 Oracle Database and OCR container reference guides covering SQL, PL/SQL, performance tuning, security, ORDS, SQLcl, container images, migrations, and more. Load individual skill files on demand for expert guidance on any Oracle topic.

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Oracle DB Skills

A collection of 128 standalone reference guides for Oracle Database and OCR database-category container images. Each file covers one topic with explanations, practical examples, best practices, and common mistakes.

How to Use

  1. Find the right skill using the category routing table below.
  2. Read only the file(s) relevant to the user's task — do not load all files at once.
  3. Apply the guidance to answer questions, generate code, or review existing work.

Category Routing

| User asks about… | Read from | |------------------|-----------| | Backup, recovery, RMAN, redo/undo logs, users | skills/admin/ | | JDBC, connection pooling, JSON, XML, spatial, full-text, transactions, property graphs | skills/appdev/ | | RAC, CDB/PDB, Exadata, In-Memory, OCI, ATP/ADW, Data Guard | skills/architecture/ | | ERD, data modeling, partitioning, tablespaces | skills/design/ | | Liquibase, Flyway, online operations, EBR, utPLSQL, git for SQL | skills/devops/ | | Advanced Queuing, DBMS_SCHEDULER, materialized views, DBLinks, APEX | skills/features/ | | Migrating from PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, etc. | skills/migrations/ | | Alert log, ADR, adrci, space, top SQL, health checks | skills/monitoring/ | | ORDS, REST APIs, OAuth2, AutoREST, PL/SQL gateway | skills/ords/ | | AWR, ASH, explain plan, indexes, optimizer stats, wait events, memory | skills/performance/ | | Packages, cursors, collections, error handling, unit testing, debugging | skills/plsql/ | | Privileges, VPD, TDE, encryption, auditing, network security | skills/security/ | | SQL patterns, window functions, CTEs, dynamic SQL, injection | skills/sql-dev/ | | SQLcl commands, scripting, Liquibase CLI, MCP server, CI/CD | skills/sqlcl/ | | Oracle Container Registry images, container pull commands, tags, and OCR repository selection | skills/containers/ |

Skills Directory

skills/
├── admin/          Database administration (backup, recovery, users, redo/undo)
├── appdev/         Application development (JSON, XML, spatial, text, pooling)
├── architecture/   Infrastructure (RAC, Multitenant, Exadata, In-Memory, OCI)
├── containers/     OCR Database-category container repositories
├── design/         Schema design (ERD, modeling, partitioning, tablespaces)
├── devops/         CI/CD and DevOps (migrations, EBR, testing, version control)
├── features/       Oracle features (AQ, Scheduler, MVs, DBLinks, APEX)
├── migrations/     Migrating from other databases to Oracle
├── monitoring/     Diagnostics (alert log, ADR, health, space, top SQL)
├── ords/           Oracle REST Data Services
├── performance/    Tuning (AWR, ASH, indexes, optimizer, wait events, memory)
├── plsql/          PL/SQL development (packages, cursors, collections, testing)
├── security/       Security (privileges, VPD, TDE, auditing, network)
├── sql-dev/        SQL development (tuning, patterns, dynamic SQL, injection)
└── sqlcl/          SQLcl CLI tool (basics, scripting, Liquibase, MCP server)

Key Starting Points

  • skills/sqlcl/sqlcl-mcp-server.md — connecting AI assistants to Oracle via the SQLcl MCP server
  • skills/migrations/migration-assessment.md — start here for any database migration project
  • skills/performance/explain-plan.md — foundation for all SQL performance work
  • skills/plsql/plsql-package-design.md — foundation for PL/SQL architecture questions
  • skills/devops/schema-migrations.md — Liquibase/Flyway with Oracle in CI/CD pipelines
  • skills/containers/container-selection-matrix.md — quick decision matrix for choosing the right OCR database-category image