forked from diegoecab/oci-deal-accelerator
Auto-refresh KB pricing, align skill with Anthropic best practices
Why this set of changes:
- KB pricing was drifting silently — domain files (database.yaml,
storage.yaml, etc.) had prices 30-800% off the live Oracle API and
nobody read them. The skill was auditing as stale on every check
with no path to fix it.
- The skill itself violated Anthropic's spec (`name` field had
uppercase/spaces) and was over the 500-line guideline (647 lines),
hurting discovery and load performance.
- Welcome flow occasionally improvised the menu instead of reading
SKILL.md, missing options.
Pricing — single source of truth, fully automated:
- Extend tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py with --refresh-domain compute,
pulls shape-level prices from the Oracle public pricing API
(apexapps.oracle.com), preserves manual fields (notes, GPU specs,
free-tier annotations, estimation_helpers), recomputes derived
monthly values, and protects $0 free-tier prices from overwrite.
- Delete 12 redundant pricing/<domain>.yaml files. They duplicated
oci-sku-catalog.yaml with worse abstractions and were nobody's
source of truth (no tool consumed them).
- Migrate the genuinely valuable knowledge from those 12 files
(billing models, BYOL rules, free-tier rules, ECPU vs OCPU,
X11M elastic model, hyperscaler comparisons, service nuances)
into kb/field-knowledge/pricing-knowledge.yaml — non-numeric,
no refresh needed.
- Result: pricing freshness check goes from 13 stale files to 0.
KB freshness automation:
- Add tools/kb_freshness.py — wrapper around kb_linter.check_freshness()
with --check, --auto-refresh, --json, --quiet modes. Bridges stale
files to their refresh tools (SKU catalog, compute domain, arch
center). Wired into the welcome flow as a pre-flight banner that
asks the user before refreshing.
- Fix pre-existing kb_linter bug: it crashed on the 45 multi-doc
YAML files (frontmatter + body pattern) because it used safe_load
instead of safe_load_all. Freshness check was effectively dead.
- Standardize timestamp field: linter now accepts last_verified,
last_updated, and last_refreshed; refresh_arch_catalog writes
last_verified instead of last_refreshed.
- Add make freshness / make freshness-refresh targets.
Skill alignment with Anthropic Agent Skills best practices:
- Rename `name: OCI Deal Accelerator` to `oci-deal-accelerator`
to comply with the [a-z0-9-]{1,64} spec.
- Refactor SKILL.md from 674 to 445 lines via progressive disclosure:
extract WA review output format, ECAL readiness format, and output
conventions into docs/skill/*.md referenced from the main file.
- Add scripts/sync-skill.py + make sync-skill: source of truth is
root SKILL.md, .agents/skills/oci-deal-accelerator/SKILL.md is
auto-generated. make lint validates sync.
- Add evaluations/ with 3 manual baseline scenarios (welcome-flow,
full-proposal, wa-review) per the Anthropic best-practices guidance
to "build evaluations first."
Welcome flow hardening:
- Tighten CLAUDE.md to MANDATE reading SKILL.md before showing the
menu (no improvising), and document the freshness pre-flight check
with the ask-before-refresh user flow.
- Update SKILL.md welcome flow to instruct: parse kb_freshness JSON,
show banner with stale count + oldest file, prompt user to refresh
(only when an automated tool exists), fall back silently on errors.
Linter hygiene (zero remaining issues):
- Expand config/kb-tags.yaml taxonomy with features, operations,
metrics, limitations sections covering 31 previously-unknown tags
used in field findings (rac, ecpu, refreshable-clone, hnsw, etc.).
- Assign owners for kb/compatibility/, kb/competitive/,
kb/well-architected/ (Diego Cabrera as default until team grows);
kb/pricing/ marked as "Auto-refreshed" since it no longer needs
human ownership.
- kb_linter accepts top-level `date` as fallback for contributor
block; migrate FF-202603-008 from legacy `reported_by` to
contributor block.
- Result: linter goes from 45 issues to 0.
Other:
- Recompute estimation_helpers monthly values in compute.yaml after
the price refresh (they were derived from the old E5/A1 numbers).
- Add kb/README.md — contributor guide (directory map, frontmatter
spec, refresh tooling, review cadence).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Knowledge Base — Contributor Guide
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The KB is the moat. It encodes Oracle field experience, OCI service quirks,
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and architecture patterns that aren't in the official docs. Tools and the
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skill itself read these YAMLs at runtime.
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## Directory map
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| Directory | Purpose | Format |
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|---|---|---|
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| `services/` | One file per OCI service. Capabilities, limits, gotchas, when-to-use. | Frontmatter + structured body |
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| `patterns/` | Composable architecture blocks (HA, DR, hub-spoke, RACI, ECAL artefacts). | Frontmatter + body, often nested dirs |
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| `sizing/` | CPU/memory/storage conversion ratios, IOPS limits, scaling rules. | Body only |
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| `pricing/` | `oci-sku-catalog.yaml` (200+ SKUs, auto-refreshed) + `compute.yaml` (shape-level, auto-refreshed). Both pull from the Oracle public pricing API. | Frontmatter + body |
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| `competitive/` | OCI vs AWS / Azure / GCP service mapping and objection handling. | Frontmatter + body |
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| `compatibility/` | Feature matrices (e.g. ADB-S features). Currently thin — expected to grow. | Frontmatter + body |
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| `well-architected/` | 5-pillar checklists, landing zone patterns, persona views. | Frontmatter + body |
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| `architecture-center/` | Auto-curated index of Oracle Architecture Center reference architectures. | Single `catalog.yaml` |
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| `field-knowledge/` | Real-world gotchas, lessons learned, undocumented limits. | Frontmatter + body |
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| `field-findings/` | Tracker of newly logged field issues with confidence decay. | Single `tracker.yaml` |
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| `diagram/` | OCI icon library and reference layouts for diagram generation. | Mixed |
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## Required frontmatter
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Every YAML file under `kb/` should start with a frontmatter block:
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```yaml
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---
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last_verified: 2026-04-08 # YYYY-MM-DD, when the file was last reviewed against current Oracle docs
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source: https://docs.oracle.com/... # primary source(s) used during last verification
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description: One-line summary of what this file contains
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---
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# body starts here
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key: value
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```
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The freshness checker (`tools/kb_freshness.py`) reads `last_verified` and warns
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if a file is older than the thresholds in `config/kb-governance.yaml`
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(default: warning at 180 days, stale at 365 days). The KB linter
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(`tools/kb_linter.py`) accepts `last_updated` and `last_refreshed` as fallback
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field names but new files should use `last_verified`.
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## How to add a new service card
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1. Copy an existing card with similar structure: `cp kb/services/adb-serverless.yaml kb/services/<your-service>.yaml`.
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2. Update the frontmatter (`last_verified` to today, `source` to the docs URL you used).
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3. Fill in fields. Keep gotchas honest — if the service has a limitation, write it down. The KB's value is honesty, not marketing.
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4. Run `python tools/kb_linter.py` and fix any issues it reports for your file.
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5. Run `make freshness` to confirm your new file is FRESH.
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## How to add a pattern
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Patterns can be either single-file (e.g. `kb/patterns/business-drivers.yaml`)
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or directory-based for larger blocks (e.g. `kb/patterns/database-ha/`).
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Use a directory when you need multiple files (pattern + diagrams + ADRs).
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## Refresh tooling
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| File | Refresh tool |
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|---|---|
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| `kb/pricing/oci-sku-catalog.yaml` | `python tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py --refresh` (Oracle pricing API) |
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| `kb/pricing/compute.yaml` | `python tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py --refresh-domain compute` (same API, shape-level) |
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| `kb/architecture-center/catalog.yaml` | `python tools/refresh_arch_catalog.py --whats-new` (web crawl) |
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| Other `kb/pricing/<domain>.yaml` | Not yet automated. Add a new entry to `DOMAIN_REGISTRY` in `tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py` and write a domain-specific refresher (see `refresh_compute_yaml` as a template). |
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| Everything else | **Manual** — review against Oracle docs, bump `last_verified` |
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The shortcut for everyone:
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```bash
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make freshness # report stale files
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make freshness-refresh # run automatic refreshes for files that support them
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```
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## Pricing files
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There are exactly **two** pricing files, both auto-refreshed from the
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[Oracle public pricing API](https://apexapps.oracle.com/pls/apex/cetools/api/v1/products/?currencyCode=USD):
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1. **`kb/pricing/oci-sku-catalog.yaml`** — 200+ SKUs across 20 categories
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(compute, storage, database, networking, observability, security, AI/ML,
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GenAI, etc.). Refresh: `python tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py --refresh`.
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2. **`kb/pricing/compute.yaml`** — shape-level estimation pricing
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(VM.Standard.E5.Flex hourly, monthly, etc.). Different abstraction from
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the SKU catalog — useful for SA estimation. Refresh:
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`python tools/refresh_sku_catalog.py --refresh-domain compute`.
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**Pricing context that ISN'T a price** (billing models, BYOL rules, free
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tiers, service nuances, hyperscaler comparisons) lives in
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`kb/field-knowledge/pricing-knowledge.yaml`. That file is non-numeric where
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possible and does not need API refresh.
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There are no other pricing files. The previous `kb/pricing/database.yaml`,
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`storage.yaml`, `networking.yaml`, etc. were removed on 2026-04-08 — their
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prices were drift-prone and 30-800% off the live API; their notes were
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migrated to `kb/field-knowledge/pricing-knowledge.yaml`.
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## Linter
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```bash
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python tools/kb_linter.py # all checks
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python tools/kb_linter.py --show-decay # confidence decay only
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python tools/kb_linter.py --check-tags # tag taxonomy only
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python tools/kb_linter.py --check-owners # domain owner assignments only
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```
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The linter reports STALE / WARNING for files past their freshness threshold,
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unknown tags in field findings, and missing domain owners. Exit code is 1 if
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any issues are found.
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## Review cadence
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- **Field findings**: confidence decays automatically — see `config/kb-governance.yaml`
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- **Service cards**: review at least every 6 months, or when Oracle publishes a major update
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- **Patterns**: review at least once a year
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- **Pricing**: ideally every quarter — Oracle changes prices ~2x per year for major SKUs
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## Thin directories
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`compatibility/` and `field-findings/` currently hold a single file each.
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Both are expected to grow as more SAs contribute. If after 6 months they
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remain at 1 file, consider consolidating with a parent directory.
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