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Claude Certified Architect (CCAF)
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Claude Certified Architect (CCAF)

Get exam-ready for Anthropic's CCAF, scenario-first.

A build-it-to-learn-it path through all five CCAF domains: the agentic loop, structured output, multi-agent orchestration, MCP tool design, Claude Code, and context engineering. Every chapter is a self-contained capsule that ends where the exam's scenario questions begin.

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49 capsules161 figures~8 hoursby Dr. Raj Dandekar

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00Start Here4 capsules

Start Here — 4 chapters.

01What the CCAF Certification Actually Isconceptfree10 min02How the Exam Is Structured and Scoredconceptfree10 min03The Five Domains: Your Map of the Examconcept🔒10 min04How to Read a Scenario Questionintuition🔒12 min
01The Claude Platform and the Agentic Loop5 capsules

The Claude Platform and the Agentic Loop — 5 chapters.

05The Agentic Loop, End to Endconcept🔒10 min06stop_reason: tool_use vs end_turncode🔒9 min07Feeding Tool Results Back Into Contextcode🔒10 min08Prompts With Explicit Criteriaintuition🔒10 min09Few-Shot Design for Ambiguous Casesintuition🔒10 min
02Guaranteed Structured Output (Domain 4)5 capsules

Guaranteed Structured Output (Domain 4) — 5 chapters.

10Guaranteed JSON With tool_usecode🔒10 min11tool_choice: auto, any, and forcedcode🔒10 min12Nullable Fields vs Hallucinated Valuesconcept🔒9 min13Resilient Enum-Plus-Other Schemascode🔒9 min14Validation-Retry Loops With Error Feedbackcode🔒10 min
03Batching and the Extraction Pipeline Lab3 capsules

Batching and the Extraction Pipeline Lab — 3 chapters.

15The Message Batches APIcode🔒11 min16Batch vs Real-Time Routingintuition🔒9 min17Lab: Structured Data Extraction Pipelineproject🔒11 min
04Agentic Architecture and Orchestration (Domain 1)9 capsules

Agentic Architecture and Orchestration (Domain 1) — 9 chapters.

18Hub-and-Spoke Coordinationconcept🔒11 min19Subagent Context Isolationconcept🔒10 min20Running Subagents in Parallelcode🔒10 min21Hooks for Deterministic Compliancecode🔒10 min22Prompt Chaining vs Dynamic Decompositionintuition🔒11 min23Session Management and Stale Contextcode🔒11 min24Escalation and Handoff Protocolsconcept🔒10 min25Error Propagation and Partial Resultsintuition🔒10 min26Lab: Multi-Agent Research Pipelineproject🔒10 min
05Tool Design and MCP Integration (Domain 2)10 capsules

Tool Design and MCP Integration (Domain 2) — 10 chapters.

27Tool Descriptions Are the Routing Mechanismconcept🔒10 min28Splitting Overloaded Tools and Killing Overlapintuition🔒10 min29Structured MCP Errorscode🔒9 min30Tool Distribution: Why 18 Tools Failsintuition🔒9 min31MCP Config Scoping and Secretscode🔒10 min32MCP Resources for Content Catalogsconcept🔒11 min33Community Servers vs Custom Buildsintuition🔒10 min34Built-In Tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Globcode🔒10 min35Adversarial Tool-Selection Testsintuition🔒10 min36Lab: Design and Break MCP Toolsproject🔒11 min
06Claude Code Workflows (Domain 3)5 capsules

Claude Code Workflows (Domain 3) — 5 chapters.

37The CLAUDE.md Hierarchycode🔒10 min38Rules Files With Glob Scopingcode🔒10 min39Skills and Slash Commandscode🔒11 min40Plan Mode and the Explore Subagentconcept🔒11 min41Claude Code in CI/CDcode🔒12 min
07Context Engineering and Reliability (Domain 5)4 capsules

Context Engineering and Reliability (Domain 5) — 4 chapters.

42Lost in the Middleconcept🔒10 min43Case-Facts Blocks, Scratchpads, and /compactcode🔒10 min44Confidence Scoring and Human-Review Routingintuition🔒11 min45The Proportionate First Responseintuition🔒11 min
08Exam Strategy and Certification4 capsules

Exam Strategy and Certification — 4 chapters.

46Time Budgeting and Distractor Eliminationintuition🔒11 min47The Full-Length Mock Examproject🔒11 min48Gap Analysis and a Two-Week Study Planproject🔒11 min49The Road to the Official CCAF Credentialconcept🔒10 min

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