Claude Certified Architect, Foundations
Solution architects and technical practitioners designing Claude-powered agentic systems.
258 practice questions · 30 lessons · start with lesson 1
- Questions
- 60
- Time
- 120 min
- Pass mark
- 720 / 1000
- Official fee
- $125 USD
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE
- Valid for
- 12 months
Exam facts as published by Anthropic at time of writing. Eligibility and booking: Anthropic Academy.
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60 questions in 120 minutes, weighted like the real blueprint, scored on the 1000-point scale.
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Every key term as a flip card, filtered by domain.
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Domain 1 · 27% of the exam
Agentic Architecture & Orchestration
Design agentic systems with the Claude API and Agent SDK: loops, orchestration, guardrails and state.
- 1Agentic Loops and Stop Reasons9 min
- 2Orchestration Patterns: Chains, Routers and Orchestrator-Workers9 min
- 3Subagent Invocation and Context Passing9 min
- 4Workflow Enforcement, Guardrails and Handoff9 min
- 5Agent SDK Hooks and Lifecycle Events9 min
- 6Task Decomposition Strategies8 min
- 7Session State, Persistence and Resumption9 min
Domain 2 · 18% of the exam
Tool Design & MCP Integration
Design tool schemas, build MCP servers and clients, and integrate external services safely.
Domain 3 · 20% of the exam
Claude Code Configuration & Workflows
Configure Claude Code: settings, CLAUDE.md, hooks, permissions, subagents, skills and CI/CD.
Domain 4 · 20% of the exam
Prompt Engineering & Structured Output
Craft production prompts: system prompts, examples, XML structure, structured output and prefills.
Domain 5 · 15% of the exam
Context Management & Reliability
Manage the context window, prompt caching, long conversations and production reliability.