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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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00Start Here4 capsules
Start Here — 4 chapters.
01What the CCAF Certification Actually Isconceptfree11 min02How the Exam Is Structured and Scoredconcept🔒12 min03The Five Domains: Your Map of the Examconcept🔒11 min04How to Read a Scenario Questionintuition🔒13 min01The Claude Platform and the Agentic Loop5 capsules
The Claude Platform and the Agentic Loop — 5 chapters.
05The Agentic Loop, End to Endconcept🔒12 min06stop_reason: tool_use vs end_turncode🔒11 min07Feeding Tool Results Back Into Contextcode🔒12 min08Prompts With Explicit Criteriaintuition🔒11 min09Few-Shot Design for Ambiguous Casesintuition🔒12 min02Guaranteed Structured Output (Domain 4)5 capsules
Guaranteed Structured Output (Domain 4) — 5 chapters.
10Guaranteed JSON With tool_usecode🔒12 min11tool_choice: auto, any, and forcedcode🔒12 min12Nullable Fields vs Hallucinated Valuesconcept🔒11 min13Resilient Enum-Plus-Other Schemascode🔒11 min14Validation-Retry Loops With Error Feedbackcode🔒11 min03Batching and the Extraction Pipeline Lab3 capsules
Batching and the Extraction Pipeline Lab — 3 chapters.
15The Message Batches APIcode🔒13 min16Batch vs Real-Time Routingintuition🔒11 min17Lab: Structured Data Extraction Pipelineproject🔒13 min04Agentic Architecture and Orchestration (Domain 1)9 capsules
Agentic Architecture and Orchestration (Domain 1) — 9 chapters.
18Hub-and-Spoke Coordinationconcept🔒13 min19Subagent Context Isolationconcept🔒12 min20Running Subagents in Parallelcode🔒12 min21Hooks for Deterministic Compliancecode🔒11 min22Prompt Chaining vs Dynamic Decompositionintuition🔒13 min23Session Management and Stale Contextcode🔒13 min24Escalation and Handoff Protocolsconcept🔒12 min25Error Propagation and Partial Resultsintuition🔒11 min26Lab: Multi-Agent Research Pipelineproject🔒12 min05Tool Design and MCP Integration (Domain 2)10 capsules
Tool Design and MCP Integration (Domain 2) — 10 chapters.
27Tool Descriptions Are the Routing Mechanismconcept🔒13 min28Splitting Overloaded Tools and Killing Overlapintuition🔒12 min29Structured MCP Errorscode🔒11 min30Tool Distribution: Why 18 Tools Failsintuition🔒11 min31MCP Config Scoping and Secretscode🔒11 min32MCP Resources for Content Catalogsconcept🔒12 min33Community Servers vs Custom Buildsintuition🔒13 min34Built-In Tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Globcode🔒12 min35Adversarial Tool-Selection Testsintuition🔒12 min36Lab: Design and Break MCP Toolsproject🔒13 min06Claude Code Workflows (Domain 3)5 capsules
Claude Code Workflows (Domain 3) — 5 chapters.
37The CLAUDE.md Hierarchycode🔒12 min38Rules Files With Glob Scopingcode🔒12 min39Skills and Slash Commandscode🔒13 min40Plan Mode and the Explore Subagentconcept🔒13 min41Claude Code in CI/CDcode🔒13 min07Context Engineering and Reliability (Domain 5)4 capsules
Context Engineering and Reliability (Domain 5) — 4 chapters.
42Lost in the Middleconcept🔒12 min43Case-Facts Blocks, Scratchpads, and /compactcode🔒12 min44Confidence Scoring and Human-Review Routingintuition🔒13 min45The Proportionate First Responseintuition🔒13 min08Exam Strategy and Certification4 capsules
Exam Strategy and Certification — 4 chapters.
46Time Budgeting and Distractor Eliminationintuition🔒12 min47The Full-Length Mock Examproject🔒13 min48Gap Analysis and a Two-Week Study Planproject🔒13 min49The Road to the Official CCAF Credentialconcept🔒12 minRatings & reviews
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