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Claude Certified Architect — Foundations

Level 3 Certification Exam - CCA-F

Exam Overview

CCA-F

Anthropic's official proctored certification. Validates whether a practitioner can design and ship production-grade Claude applications at enterprise scale. Administered as a supplementary industry certification alongside the internal PIAIC exams in course AI-321. (Exam fee paid directly to Anthropic; not included in program tuition.)

Exam Snapshot

Proctored exam
60 questions

Anthropic Industry Certification

External credential from the maker of Claude

Format

60 MCQs, Proctored

Passing Score

720 out of 1,000

Preparation

13 Free Courses

Exam Scenarios (4 randomly selected from 6):

Customer Support Agent
Code Generation with Claude Code
Multi-Agent Research System
Developer Productivity
Claude Code for CI/CD
Structured Data Extraction
Learn more at claudecertifications.com

What You Will Learn

  • Agentic Architecture & Orchestration (27%) — Agent SDK, multi-agent orchestration, hub-and-spoke, lifecycle hooks
  • Tool Design & MCP Integration (18%) — MCP servers, tool boundaries, resources, prompts
  • Claude Code Configuration & Workflows (20%) — CLAUDE.md, Agent Skills, plan mode, slash commands, CI/CD
  • Prompt Engineering & Structured Output (20%) — Context engineering, JSON schemas, extraction patterns, few-shot
  • Context Management & Reliability (15%) — Long-context, multi-agent handoffs, error propagation, escalation

Key Skills

Claude Agent SDKMCPClaude CodePrompt EngineeringContext ManagementMulti-Agent

Details

Certification

Claude Certified Architect — Foundations (Anthropic)

Book Coverage

All five CCA-F exam domains are covered across AI-101, AI-151, and AI-321

Course

AI-321

Exam Content

Topics covered in this exam

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Domain 1: Agentic Architecture & Orchestration (27%)
  • Agent SDK and multi-agent orchestration patterns
  • Hub-and-spoke architecture for agent systems
  • Lifecycle hooks and agent coordination
2
Domain 2: Tool Design & MCP Integration (18%)
  • Building and configuring MCP servers
  • Tool boundaries, resources, and prompts
  • Designing interoperable agent-tool interfaces
3
Domain 3: Claude Code Configuration & Workflows (20%)
  • CLAUDE.md configuration and Agent Skills
  • Plan mode, slash commands, and agentic workflows
  • CI/CD integration with Claude Code
4
Domain 4: Prompt Engineering & Structured Output (20%)
  • Context engineering and prompt design
  • JSON schemas and structured extraction patterns
  • Few-shot prompting and output formatting
5
Domain 5: Context Management & Reliability (15%)
  • Long-context handling and multi-agent handoffs
  • Error propagation and escalation patterns
  • Reliability practices for production Claude applications

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