New: Claude Fable 5 & Mythos 5Anthropic Claude Certified Architect — Foundations

Master the fundamentals. Pass the CCA-F.

A free, open-source platform to prepare for Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect exam — built around the 5 official domains, with deep fundamentals, smart flashcards, and an endless supply of realistic mock exams.

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800+

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Exam Domains

Guided Learning Path
A milestone path from fundamentals through all 5 exam domains, in order of weight, with progress tracking.
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98 Interactive Lessons
Plain-English lessons with examples, anti-patterns, and embedded quizzes — grounded in Anthropic's own docs.
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Unlimited Mock Exams
Full-length mocks generated fresh each time, weighted to match the real exam's 5 domains. Never run out of practice.
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Diagnostic Assessment
60-question entry exam mapping your strengths and weaknesses across all 5 domains with a personalized study plan and estimated score.
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Spaced-Repetition Flashcards
SM-2 scheduling surfaces exactly what you're about to forget, across all domains.
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Knowledge Graph
Visualise how concepts, tools, and patterns connect across the curriculum.
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Learning Analytics
Track mastery, streaks, weak areas, and retention across every domain.
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The 5 official exam domains

The real CCA-F is weighted across these five areas. Master the fundamentals first, then work them in order of weight.

Start here — Fundamentals & Core Concepts

Prerequisite · 6 lessons

Agentic Architecture & Orchestration

27%

The highest-weighted domain. Agent loops, planning, tool orchestration, multi-agent coordination, and the Claude Agent SDK (state, durable workflows, queues, retries, observability).

20 lessons

Claude Code Configuration & Workflows

20%

Configure and drive Claude Code: CLAUDE.md, custom commands, plan mode, hooks, MCP integration, CI/CD, and team workflow patterns.

10 lessons

Prompt Engineering & Structured Output

20%

Explicit criteria, few-shot, chain-of-thought, XML structuring, and reliable structured output via JSON schemas, tool_use, and validation-retry loops.

12 lessons

Tool Design & MCP Integration

18%

Design effective tools (clear descriptions, structured errors, safe execution) and integrate the Model Context Protocol — architecture, resources, tools, prompts, transports, and security.

16 lessons

Context Management & Reliability

15%

Manage the context window (budgeting, compression, caching, RAG) and build for reliability: retries, fallbacks, guardrails, validation pipelines, and production hardening.

21 lessons

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Claude 101 — Beginner's Guide
13 beginner-friendly lessons: what Claude is, writing effective prompts, projects, artifacts, skills, connectors, and more.
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AI Fluency Foundations
Anthropic's 4D Framework — Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence — across 13 lessons of theory and practice.
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About the real CCA-F exam
Anthropic's first official technical certification, launched March 12, 2026.

The Claude Certified Architect — Foundations validates your ability to design and ship production Claude systems. It's a 60-question, 120-minute, proctored exam, closed-book (no Claude, no tools, no docs), scored on a 1000-point scale (720 to pass).

It's delivered through Anthropic Academy on Skilljar and is currently open to open to claude partner network members (free to join). It costs $99 — free for the first 5,000 claude partner network employees. This platform is an independent, free study aid; we are not affiliated with Anthropic.

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