Claude Certified
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The Anthropic Claude Certified Architect Foundations (CCA-F) is the credential for builders who design with Claude as a primary reasoning system. This is implementation-first prep for it: take the 10-Q diagnostic to find your weakest domain, work the 30 concepts, then prove it on the 30-Q mock. Server-tracked mastery, weekly leagues, no fluff. It is also the home base for the full Claude certification hub: all four Anthropic Claude certifications - Architect (Foundations and Professional), Developer, and Associate.
One short weekly digest - blueprint-weighted practice and your weakest-domain reads. No account needed.
What is the Claude Certified Architect (CCA-F) exam?
Prove your architectural judgment. Design with Claude as your primary reasoning system.
The Anthropic Claude Certified Architect Foundations exam (CCA-F) is the industry credential for builders who design with Claude as a primary reasoning system. It tests architectural judgment, not API trivia, across five domains with a real cut score and a strict 120-minute clock.
- No credit card required
- 120-minute exam
- Practical. Judgment-heavy. No API trivia.
- Questions
- 60 Multiple choice
- Pass mark
- 720/1000 Scaled score
- Duration
- 120 min Strict time limit
- Domains
- 5 Core focus areas
Four Anthropic Claude certifications. One prep hub.
Anthropic runs four Claude certifications - Architect (Foundations and Professional), Developer, and Associate. This hub covers all four: a free diagnostic, a weakest-domain warm-up, and a full timed mock for each. Start with the one that matches your role; CCA-F has the deepest question bank.
How do I pass the CCA-F exam?
Three surfaces, in order. Take the diagnostic first; it routes you to the concepts you actually need - depth on MCP, agentic loops, the CLAUDE.md hierarchy, agentic tool design, and multi-agent research patterns. The mock proves it. The adaptive plan keeps you sustainable.
Take the 10-Q diagnostic.
Stratified across the 5 CCA-F domains. Get your weakest-domain signal and a study route. No sign-up required.
Start diagnosticProve it on the 30-Q mock.
Real blueprint weights, timed, 720 to pass. Signed-in users get three lifetime attempts (server-enforced).
Open mockFollow your 4-week plan.
Built post-mock from your specific misconceptions. Concept tiles highlight what's in your plan; mastery is server-tracked.
See the coursesIs Claude Certified Architect prep really free?
The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that every gate on the path to passing (diagnostic, mock, mastery tracking, adaptive plan, weekly league) is at zero cost.
Yes. Every gate on the path to passing is at $0.
There is no paid tier today. Sign-up unlocks the full stack below; the diagnostic is open to anonymous visitors so you can validate the platform before deciding. The credential is real. The prep doesn't cost you anything.
Every “mastered” concept is gated on server-tracked signals: dwell time, correct practice, completed mocks. Other prep sites mark things complete when you click. Here you earn it, and the score on your weekly league table reflects that.
Why does this certification matter now?
The Indian IT sector is in the middle of its biggest skill rebalance in twenty years. The people who can prove they understand Claude as a system primitive are getting pulled forward. The numbers and signals are public.
The Indian IT sector is hiring for this exact skill, right now.
The shift from labor arbitrage to AI-architecture is the biggest skill rebalance the sector has seen in twenty years. Claude is the new system primitive; the people who can prove they understand it are the ones getting pulled forward.
Reported salary differential for AI-architecture roles vs. traditional dev tracks
See the evidenceAnthropic and OpenAI now ship managed service lines - the same Indian IT majors who built on Java + cloud labor arbitrage are hiring CCA-F-grade architects to lead AI-first delivery.
TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, and Hexaware have all opened AI architecture practices in the last 18 months. The bottleneck is qualified people, not budgets.
Recruiters increasingly screen for certificate-anchored skills: provable concept mastery on the blueprint, not just years of experience on a CV.
What this site does not promise: a job offer, a placement, or any specific outcome. What it does deliver is proof-of-skill that recruiters can verify - server-tracked concept mastery, a stratified mock score, and a CCA-F certificate. The market does the rest.
Frequently asked questions.
The most common questions about the CCA-F exam and this prep platform. Answers are written so AI Overviews, Perplexity, and ChatGPT can lift them, and so you don't have to read the docs to make a decision.
What is the Claude Certified Architect Foundations exam?
The Claude Certified Architect Foundations exam (CCA-F) is Anthropic's foundational credential for builders who design with Claude as the primary reasoning system. The 60-question exam covers five weighted domains: Agentic Architectures (27%), Tool Design + Integration (18%), Claude Code Configuration & Workflows (20%), Prompt Engineering (20%), Context + Reliability (15%). Passing score is 720 out of 1000, and the time limit is 120 minutes.
How long does CCA-F prep typically take?
It depends on where you start. Builders who already work with Claude are typically exam-ready in 2-4 weeks at 60-90 minutes a day; plan 6-8 weeks if the Agent SDK, MCP, and Claude Code are new to you. The adaptive plan on this platform re-paces from your diagnostic result, so a candidate strong in Agentic Architectures but weak in Prompt Engineering spends the hours where they are needed. The platform reflects how much real, server-tracked practice you've done, not how many hours you've claimed.
What's a passing score on the CCA-F exam?
720 out of 1000. The 30-question mock on this platform uses the same 720 cut score so your mock is marked against the same cut score, not an inflated friendly number.
Is Claude Certified Architect prep really free?
Yes. The diagnostic, 30-question mock, concept mastery tracking, adaptive study plan, weekly league, mascot evolution, and badges are all $0. There is no paid tier today. The diagnostic stays open for anonymous visitors so you can validate the platform before signing up; the full stack unlocks with a free account.
How is this different from Anthropic's official prep materials?
Anthropic publishes the exam blueprint and reference documentation. This platform turns the blueprint into a server-tracked practice loop. Every "mastered" concept is gated on dwell time plus correct practice questions plus completed mocks, not on a click. Other prep sites mark items done when you check a box; here you have to earn it, which is why your weekly league position means something.
Do I need an Anthropic account to use the diagnostic?
No. The 10-question diagnostic is open to anonymous visitors. Your result is saved against an anonymous session in this browser, so you can close the tab and come back to it; create a free account to keep it across devices and turn it into a tracked study plan. Sign-up is only required to take the full 30-question mock, get a personalized adaptive study plan, and join a weekly league.
What's in the 30-question stratified mock?
Thirty questions pulled across the five CCA-F domains by real blueprint weight: D1 (27%, ~8 questions), D2 (18%, ~5–6), D3 (20%, ~6), D4 (20%, ~6), D5 (15%, ~4–5). The mock is timed, server-scored, and 720 out of 1000 is the pass line. Signed-in accounts get three lifetime attempts, enforced server-side. Question explanations are unlocked after submission.
What happens if I fail the CCA-F exam on my first attempt?
Anthropic enforces a 6-month cool-off after a failed CCA-F attempt, so you cannot book an immediate retake. Use that window well: the adaptive plan rebuilds around your specific wrong-answer misconceptions, not a generic retake syllabus. If you missed three D4 Prompt Engineering questions, the plan front-loads D4 concept reads, prompting scenarios, and targeted practice drills before letting you re-mock, so you walk into the retake calibrated.
What is a Claude Certified Architect league, and what does the leaderboard rank?
A league is up to 30 learners racing for one week. You take a seat the first time you earn XP in a week and keep it until the week closes, so the roster cannot shift under you. The board ranks on sparks — the XP you earn from studying, counted for that week only — so it resets every Monday and a strong week beats a long history. Finishing above the drop places adds to your tier, which is built separately from concepts mastered and mocks passed.
Will my data be shared or sold? Are league names real names?
No. Telemetry stays on-platform and is used only to drive your adaptive plan and your weekly league. League names are generated from your seat number (e.g., "Amber Bunny") and change every Monday, so nobody can follow you from one week to the next. They come from a word list kept deliberately separate from account handles, so a name on a league board is never somebody's account. No third-party advertising trackers run on the practice surface. The full privacy story is on the methodology page.