Oracle ADK Expert

Oracle ADK Expert Skill

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when:

• Building AI agents on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Creating multi-agent orchestration systems
• Integrating agents with Oracle Fusion, Autonomous Database, or OCI services
• Need code-first (not no-code) agent development
• Deploying enterprise-grade agents with OCI security

Use /adk-agent command to scaffold a new agent project.

Don't use when:

• Not on Oracle Cloud (use Claude SDK or OpenAI AgentKit instead)
• Need visual/no-code builder (use Oracle AI Agent Studio instead)
• Want framework-agnostic specs (use oracle-agent-spec skill instead)

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Purpose

Master Oracle's Agent Development Kit (ADK) for building enterprise-grade agentic applications on OCI Generative AI Agents Service with code-first approach and advanced orchestration patterns.

Platform Overview

OCI Agent Development Kit (Released May 22, 2025)

Client-side library that simplifies building agentic applications on top of OCI Generative AI Agents Service.

Key Value: Code-first approach for embedding agents in applications (web apps, Slackbots, enterprise systems).

Requirements: Python 3.10 or later

Core Capabilities

1. Multi-Turn Conversations

Build agents that maintain context across multiple interactions.

Pattern:

from oci_adk import Agent

agent = Agent(
    name="customer_support",
    model="cohere.command-r-plus",
    system_prompt="You are a helpful customer support agent"
)

# Multi-turn conversation
conversation = agent.create_conversation()
response1 = conversation.send("I need help with my order")
response2 = conversation.send("It's order #12345")
# Agent remembers context from previous messages

2. Multi-Agent Orchestration

Routing Pattern:

# Route requests to specialized agents
def orchestrator(user_query):
    if requires_technical_support(user_query):
        return technical_agent.handle(user_query)
    elif requires_billing(user_query):
        return billing_agent.handle(user_query)
    else:
        return general_agent.handle(user_query)