Registering your own PL/SQL functions as agent tools, and running numpy inside the database through OML4Py. Plus the authentication problem: a stored credential cannot be read back, but an OCI Vault secret can, which removes the hardcoded password entirely.
Part 1 of a five-part series on building an AI financial analyst inside Oracle Autonomous Database. What Select AI Agent is, why an in-database agent suited this problem better than the managed service, and how the four core objects stack together.
