CCAR-F · blueprint

The blueprint, as we've mapped it.

Every domain in the Claude Certified Architect — Foundations exam, its weight where Anthropic publishes one, and the objectives underneath. Drill any objective straight into practice.

Practice all of D1 · Agentic Architecture & Orchestration164Practice →
Design and implement agentic loops for autonomous task execution27Drill →
Orchestrate multi-agent systems with coordinator-subagent patterns24Drill →
Configure subagent invocation, context passing, and spawning24Drill →
Implement multi-step workflows with enforcement and handoff patterns22Drill →
Apply Agent SDK hooks for tool call interception and data normalization24Drill →
Design task decomposition strategies for complex workflows20Drill →
Manage session state, resumption, and forking23Drill →

609 questions · weights from Anthropic's published exam guide · re-checked when the guide changes

Study guides by topic

Every domain and scenario has its own guide — what the exam tests there, a free sample question, and the subtopics underneath.

Domains

Agentic Architecture & Orchestration (D1)
Design agent loops, decompose tasks, control execution.
Tool Design & MCP Integration (D2)
Design tool interfaces, build MCP servers, configure tool choice.
Claude Code Configuration & Workflows (D3)
CLAUDE.md, slash commands, hooks, plan mode, dev workflows.
Prompt Engineering & Structured Output (D4)
Prompting techniques, structured outputs, JSON schema, few-shot.
Context Management & Reliability (D5)
Context windows, prompt caching, reliability, retries, error handling.

Scenarios

Customer support agent (S1)
Support resolution agent — refunds, disputes, escalation via MCP tools.
Claude Code dev workflow (S2)
Claude Code in everyday engineering work — IDE, review, refactoring.
Multi-agent research (S3)
Coordinator + subagents researching topics into cited reports.
Developer productivity tools (S4)
Agents that explore codebases and automate tasks with built-in tools + MCP.
Claude Code in CI/CD (S5)
Automated code review, test generation, and PR feedback in CI/CD.
Structured data extraction (S6)
Extract from unstructured docs, validate with JSON schema, handle edge cases.