About this guide

A free, independent study resource for Anthropic's Claude certifications. No sign-up, no paywall, no email capture.

Where the content comes from

Domain names, sub-skill names, and weightings are taken from Anthropic's published exam guides (version 1.0, effective July 2026). Exam format, fee, retake policy, and validity are from Anthropic's certification pages. Technical explanations are written against Anthropic's own developer documentation — the Claude API, Agent SDK, Claude Code, and the MCP specification.

For CCAR-F (Architect Foundations), three of the five domain weights — Agentic Architecture & Orchestration, Claude Code Configuration & Workflows, and Tool Design & MCP Integration — come from the published blueprint. The remaining two (Prompt Engineering & Structured Output and Context Management & Reliability) are our best estimate of the leftover share pending confirmation against the current exam guide. That's flagged on the CCAR-F curriculum page and in the changelog, and will be corrected if it's off.

What this is not

Corrections

Anthropic revises blueprints without notice, and documentation moves. If something here is out of date or wrong, it should be fixed rather than defended — always confirm against the current official guide before you sit the exam.

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