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Claude Certified Architect – Foundations

The first Claude certification, for solution architects designing agent systems and production applications. It has the heaviest agent focus of the four Claude exams.

What it signals

Practical assessment: Scenario-based multiple choice (2 of 4) Practical assessment
Scenario-based multiple choice. Proctored scenario-based multiple choice
Identity assurance: Proctored with identity verification (4 of 4) Identity assurance
Proctored with identity verification. Proctored via Pearson VUE (Pearson Professional Assessments): OnVUE online proctoring confirmed on Pearson page; test-centre delivery reported by third parties. Identity validated before exam. Closed book.
Depth: Associate (2 of 4) Depth
Associate. Associate level.
Experience expected: Under 6 months (1 of 4) Experience expected
Under 6 months. No official figure verified; foundations tier
Portability: Mostly vendor-specific (1 of 4) Portability
Mostly vendor-specific. Strongly Claude and Claude Code specific
Verifiability: Public badge or registry (4 of 4) Verifiability
Public badge or registry. Credly public badge

For hiring managers

  • First Claude certification; older CVs may show code 'CCA-F'. Partner-only. Heaviest agent focus of the four.

Verifying it

Digital badge issued through Credly by Pearson (publicly checkable badge URL).

What it covers

Published exam outline

  • Agentic Architecture 27%
  • Claude Code Configuration and Workflows 20%
  • Prompt Engineering and Structured Output 20%
  • Tool Design and MCP 18%
  • Context Management and Reliability 15%

By topic

GenAI apps: Substantial (20 to 35%) (3 of 4) GenAI apps
Substantial (20 to 35%). Prompt engineering/structured output and context management total about 35%
Agents: Core focus (over 35%) (4 of 4) Agents
Core focus (over 35%). Agentic architecture plus tool design/MCP total 45%
Classical ML: Not covered (0 of 4) Classical ML
Not covered. Not covered
Operations: Touched on (under 10%) (1 of 4) Operations
Touched on (under 10%). Reliability touched within context domain
Data: Not covered (0 of 4) Data
Not covered. Not covered
Responsible AI: Touched on (under 10%) (1 of 4) Responsible AI
Touched on (under 10%). No dedicated domain; touched within others

Exam details

Who the provider says it is for. Solution architects designing and building agent systems / production applications with Claude (Anthropic)

Format
Multiple-choice and multiple-response (third-party reports of official exam guide)
Delivery
Proctored via Pearson VUE (Pearson Professional Assessments): OnVUE online proctoring confirmed on Pearson page; test-centre delivery reported by third parties. Identity validated before exam. Closed book.
Code or hands-on work
No labs; scenario-based multiple-choice. Code reading not verified.
Prerequisites
Registration is restricted to members of the Claude Partner Network (partner-organisation email); registration starts in Anthropic Partner Academy. Network membership is free for organisations.

Preparing

Not confirmed

These details were not available from an official source at the time of research.

  • Official exam guides sit behind Partner Academy login; domain weights, question counts, duration, pass score and 12-month validity are taken from third-party sites that state they quote the official guides
  • Renewal method
  • Test-centre availability (only OnVUE confirmed on Pearson page)
  • Officially recommended experience
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