Your AI Agent Wants Your Data. Here's How to Lock It Down - Jeff Smith, Oracle
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Why it matters
Gives specific patterns for limiting AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → database risk: expose vetted reports as tools, use read-only replicas, annotate schemas, and filter rows before results reach the agent.
Terms in this piece · Glossary
MCP — The Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.