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Guide

How to pass

How to prepare for the four Claude certification exams — the material that actually covers them, and what to do with it.

Start with Anthropic's own material

The single best source is Anthropic's training portal. Its certification section carries a prep course per exam, and each one is organized module by module against the same objectives the exam is blueprinted from. If you read nothing else, read those module lists — they tell you what the exam thinks matters:

Those pages show their full module outline to anyone; the lessons themselves need a Partner Academy login. Claude Certified Architect — Foundations is the useful exception — it has no bespoke prep course at all. Its preparation is a curated list of courses from the public Anthropic Academy, free and open to anyone, which makes it the one track you can prepare for end to end without being a partner.

Then use Claude every day

No amount of reading substitutes for hands-on hours. These exams are written around what you actually run into using Claude — the judgement calls, the failure modes, the moment something almost works. Whether you're coding, not coding, or designing systems, the daily practice is the preparation; the courses just name what you've been doing.

We're building a companion repo of targeted, hands-on projects for exactly that — small builds that put the exam's concepts under your hands instead of in front of your eyes. It isn't out yet; it'll be free when it is.

Then practice, a lot

Practice until the unfamiliar areas stop being unfamiliar — that's what this site is for. Work through questions, notice where you're guessing, and drill straight into those topics; read every explanation, including on the ones you got right, because knowing why the near-miss answer is wrong is what the harder items turn on. Sit a full timed mock before the real thing so the clock isn't a surprise.

All of it is free. Pick an exam and start — or see the FAQ for how the questions are written.

Before you can sit it

The exam itself has no prerequisites — no degree, no prior certification, no required course. Registration, though, runs through the Partner Academy, so joining the Claude Partner Network is the access path. Per Anthropic's announcement, new applicants start at Registered, getting started is free, and that entry tier carries a stated commitment to 10 certified practitioners — how strictly that applies to a new or one-person applicant isn't published, so apply and find out rather than assuming you're shut out.

Each exam's own cost and registration page has the fee, the step-by-step booking flow, and the reschedule window: CCAO-F · CCDV-F · CCAR-F · CCAR-P. Weighing whether to sit one at all: is it worth it?

One thing to know

We're an independent practice site — not Anthropic, and not affiliated with the certification program. For the exam itself, the official guides and the Partner Academy are the authority; our job is to get you ready for it.