Oracle has released OCI Atlas, a free, open-source plugin that brings guidance on Oracle's cloud computing service into AI tools such as ChatGPT and Codex, according to a post on the company's blog.
The plugin can help an AI assistant understand how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) works and draft settings or commands.
However, it cannot make any changes to a customer's systems itself.
It is part of a wider push by Oracle to let AI agents manage cloud systems through controlled tools, rather than through control panels and hand-written code.
The plugin uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that lets AI tools connect to company data and systems.
Agents at scale
Oracle has built these tools into OCI Enterprise AI, a platform that gives businesses access to AI models and the means to run and control agents.
It has shown the system can run 1,000 agents at once on its cloud.
In that test, the agents completed all 6,000 requests without needing a second attempt.
Keeping AI on a leash
Oracle has stressed the importance of keeping advice separate from the power to make changes.
Elsewhere in its systems, agents get only the access they need, permissions are granted only when required, and a human must approve sensitive actions.
The aim is to stop AI assistants gaining free rein over the live cloud systems that businesses depend on.
Oracle is also developing tools such as Console AI that let customers manage their cloud using everyday language.
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