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Claude Certified Developer, Foundations

AI engineers and developers building Claude-powered apps, agents and workflows.

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255 practice questions · 25 lessons · start with lesson 1

Questions
53
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.

Practice

  • Diagnostic test

    20 questions across all domains. Shows where you are weak before you start reading.

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  • Drill mode

    Pick domains, answer untimed, read the explanation after every question.

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  • Mock exam

    53 questions in 120 minutes, weighted like the real blueprint, scored on the 1000-point scale.

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  • Flashcards and glossary

    Every key term as a flip card, filtered by domain.

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  • Quick reference

    The one-page sheet to read the night before.

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  • Tips from people who passed

    What the exam actually emphasised, in their words.

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Curriculum

Weights follow the official blueprint.

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  1. Domain 1 · 14.7% of the exam

    Agents and Workflows

    Build agentic loops and workflows with the Messages API and the Agent SDK.

    0/3Drill this domain

  2. Domain 2 · 33.1% of the exam

    Applications and Integration

    The Messages API end to end: requests, multimodal input, streaming, files, batches and SDKs.

    0/6Drill this domain

  3. Domain 3 · 3.1% of the exam

    Claude Code

    Use Claude Code effectively as a developer.

    0/1Drill this domain

  4. Domain 4 · 2.6% of the exam

    Eval, Testing, and Debugging

    Evaluate and debug Claude-powered features.

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  5. Domain 5 · 16.8% of the exam

    Model Selection and Optimisation

    Pick models, control cost and latency, use caching and understand tokens and pricing.

    0/4Drill this domain

  6. Domain 6 · 11% of the exam

    Prompt and Context Engineering

    Prompt engineering techniques and context management in code.

    0/3Drill this domain

  7. Domain 7 · 8.1% of the exam

    Security and Safety

    Secure keys, defend against prompt injection, filter content and respect the usage policy.

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  8. Domain 8 · 10.6% of the exam

    Tools and MCPs

    Define tools, handle tool calls and connect MCP servers from code.

    0/3Drill this domain