Claude Certified Architect — Foundations

Claude Certified Architect — Foundations (CCA-F) is Anthropic's first official technical certification. It validates the ability to design and operate production applications with Claude across the Claude Agent SDK, the Claude API, Claude Code, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — agentic orchestration, tool/MCP design, Claude Code configuration, prompt engineering & structured output, and context management & reliability. The exam is scenario-based: 60 multiple-choice questions drawn from realistic production contexts (120 minutes, proctored; pass = 720 on a 100-1000 scaled score). Aimed at solution architects with hands-on Claude experience.