Course 1355
This course prepares developers to pass the CCAR-F (Claude Certified Architect — Foundations) exam and to apply what it tests in real work. Over three intensive days, learners cover every scored exam domain — from agentic architecture and orchestration through tool design, Claude Code configuration, prompt engineering, and context management — while building the practical fluency the exam expects. The emphasis is firmly practical — roughly 60% of each day is spent building — so every examinable concept is reinforced by a hands-on exercise. Time is allocated to match the exam’s own domain weightings, so no domain is over- or under-represented. Learners leave not only with working code and a clear playbook for driving productivity with Claude, but confident and ready to sit the CCAR-F.
The instructor provides fully configured lab environments for every candidate — preconfigured Anthropic API keys, all dependencies, sample data, and starter projects. Candidates need only a laptop and a browser; there is no setup for attendees.
Each day maps directly to CCAR-F exam domains, closes with exam-style checkpoint questions in the exact scenario-based, multiple-choice format used on the real exam, and the course finishes with a full mock exam and personalized readiness review.
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Course Benefits
Prerequisites
Writing basic Python and reading JSON - Using the command line and a code editor
Day 1 — Agentic Architecture & Orchestration
Exam domain 1 (27% of scored content). Build agents that decide and act — implement the agentic loop and orchestrate coordinator–subagent systems.
Exercises:
Exam checkpoint: scenario-based quiz on the agentic loop, coordinator decomposition, subagent context, and enforcement vs prompting.
Day 2 — Tools, MCP & Claude Code
Exam domains 2 (18%) and 3 (20%) — 38% combined. Design tools Claude selects reliably, wire in MCP servers, and configure Claude Code for a real team workflow.
Exercises:
Exam checkpoint: scenario-based quiz on tool descriptions, MCP error/scoping, CLAUDE.md hierarchy, path rules, and plan mode.
Day 3 — Prompt Engineering, Structured Output, Context & Reliability
Exam domains 4 (20%) and 5 (15%) — 35% combined. Engineer precise, schema-compliant output and keep multi-step systems reliable — then sit a full mock exam.
Exercises:
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This course has a full-length CCAR-F mock exam in the real scenario-based, multiple-choice format covering all five scored domains, followed by a worked-answer review and a personalized readiness scorecard highlighting any domains to revisit before sitting the real exam.
The CCAR-F certification validates foundational skills for designing and implementing production-grade AI solutions using Claude. It focuses on areas such as agentic architecture and orchestration, Claude Code, tool design and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, prompt engineering, structured outputs, context management, and reliability.
Question types: 60 questions. Multiple-choice and multiple-response
Format: 120 minutes. Primarily scenario-based, testing the application of Claude architecture concepts to realistic situations rather than simple knowledge recall
Scenarios: The exam reportedly presents 4 real-world scenarios, with questions organized around those scenarios
Passing score: 720 out of 1,000 (scaled score)
Delivery: Through Pearson VUE's Anthropic Certification Program, with online-proctored and test-center options
