Developer track · Issued by Anthropic
Claude Certified Developer – Foundations
The builder track. You write code against the Claude API, wire up tools and MCP servers, work in Claude Code, and learn to evaluate and debug what you ship — all mapped to the CCDV-F blueprint, and all on your own schedule.
What the exam tests
Loops, orchestration, hand-offs, and when an agent beats a fixed pipeline.
Wiring Claude into real applications, streaming, error handling, and state.
CLAUDE.md, Agent Skills, hooks, and working effectively in the terminal.
Tool schema design, tool choice, and building or consuming MCP servers.
Building eval sets, regression checks, and diagnosing bad output.
Cost, latency, caching, batching, and picking the defensible tier.
System prompts, structured output, and managing long sessions.
Prompt injection, secret handling, and safe tool exposure.
Action plan
Lessons drop on Monday, the guided lab opens Wednesday, optional office hours run Friday and are recorded. Build challenges are self-paced, so you can fit the work around your job and still be ready for the exam.
Week 1
API foundations
Lessons
Lab
Build a streaming Claude client with typed, validated output.
Practice
Daily: 15 API and prompting questions.
Week 2
Tools and MCP
Lessons
Lab
Ship an MCP server with two tools and connect it to Claude.
Practice
Daily: tool and MCP flashcard drill.
Week 3
Claude Code
Lessons
Lab
Configure a repo end to end for Claude Code and run a real change.
Practice
Daily: 20 questions across Claude Code and tooling.
Week 4
Agents, eval, and cost
Lessons
Lab
Build an eval harness and tune an agent against it.
Practice
First full timed mock exam, 53 items in 120 minutes.
Week 5
Exam prep
Lessons
Lab
Group practice exam with live debrief on every missed item.
Practice
Readiness check, then book your CCDV-F seat.
What you get
Who it's for
Prerequisites — Working knowledge of one programming language and comfort with HTTP APIs.
Support
One optional hour every Friday with a certified instructor: lab walkthroughs, CCDV-F blueprint questions and exam strategy. Every session is recorded and posted the same day, so attendance is never required.
A private CCDV-F channel for your cohort-free group. Post any question or doubt, share code and screenshots, and get a reply from an instructor within one working day — usually much sooner.
Every guided lab ships with a starter repo, a worked solution and a review thread. Stuck on an exercise or a mock exam item? Drop it in the channel and we walk through the reasoning, not just the answer.
FAQs
All 6 domains of the Anthropic CCDV-F blueprint, across five weeks: Agents and workflows; Applications and integration; Claude Code; Tools and MCPs; Eval, testing, and debugging; Model selection and optimization; Prompt and context engineering; Security and safety. Lessons drop on Monday each week and stay available on demand, so you can move faster or slower than the suggested pace and fit studying around your job.
One guided lab opens every Wednesday with a starter repo, a worked solution and a review thread. Build challenges are fully self-paced. Labs run in your own environment and mirror the scenarios the CCDV-F exam tests, so hands-on practice maps directly to exam items.
One optional hour every Friday with a certified instructor: lab walkthroughs, blueprint questions and exam strategy for CCDV-F. Every session is recorded and posted the same day, so attendance is never required.
A private CCDV-F support channel is open around the clock. Post any question or doubt — with code, screenshots or mock exam items — and an instructor replies within one working day, usually much sooner.
The five-week training and certification prep is $99, covering all lessons, labs, timed mock exams, flashcards, office hours, channel support and lifetime access with free blueprint refreshes. Bundles bring it down: $149 for any two courses or $249 for all four together. Applying is free — you're only invoiced if your application is approved.
No. The CCDV-F exam fee of $125 is paid by you directly to Anthropic when you book the exam. The 720 to pass / 1000 passing score earns you the credential, valid for 12-mo validity.
Fees
Covers the full five-week CCDV-F training and certification prep — all lessons, labs, mock exams, office hours and channel support, with lifetime access and free refreshes.
The CCDV-F exam fee of $125 is not included and is paid by the candidate directly to Anthropic when booking the exam.
Bundles: $149 for any two courses, or $249 for all four tracks together.
Applying is free. You're only invoiced if your application is approved.
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