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Claude Certified Architect – Foundations

A 14-lesson study guide covering every task statement in Anthropic's official CCA-F Exam Guide (v0.1) — the Claude Agent SDK, Model Context Protocol, Claude Code configuration, prompt engineering, and context management. Each lesson is short, cites its primary source, and ends with a retrieval-practice quiz.

Not an Anthropic product
This is an independently-built study aid, not official Anthropic material. Lesson content is grounded in and cites the official exam guide throughout; quiz questions here are written for this workspace, not reproductions of real exam or official practice-exam questions.

Domain weights

1. Agentic Architecture & Orchestration 27%
3. Claude Code Configuration & Workflows 20%
4. Prompt Engineering & Structured Output 20%
2. Tool Design & MCP Integration 18%
5. Context Management & Reliability 15%

Lessons

Week 1 — Domain 1: Agentic Architecture & Orchestration

Week 2 — Domain 3: Claude Code Configuration, then Domain 2: Tool Design & MCP

Week 3 — Domain 4: Prompt Engineering, then Domain 5: Context & Reliability

Week 4 — Reference & Integration

Exam Blueprint

Compressed cheat sheet: every task statement, domain weights, the 6 scenarios, appendix checklist.

Study Plan

Printable 4-week checklist tying every lesson and exercise to a week.

Preparation Exercises

The 4 official hands-on build exercises, linked to prerequisite lessons.

Scenario Drills

18 mixed-domain practice questions across the 6 official exam scenarios.

Glossary

Canonical terms, populated as they're demonstrated through lesson quizzes.

Built with Claude Code's teach skill. Source: the official Claude Certified Architect – Foundations Exam Guide (Anthropic, PBC, v0.1).