Studying for Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect — Foundations exam, in public —
a 4-week plan, hands-on mini-projects, bilingual study guides, and mock tests you can take in your browser.
The CCA-F exam has a surprising property: it doesn't test whether you can write code. It tests whether you can make the right architectural call when an agent misbehaves in production. So this repo is built around judgment, not syntax — each resource leads with the why and the traps, not just the what.
中文读者：这是 CCA-F 认证的公开备考资料，含 4 周计划、动手项目、双语学习指南与模拟测试。中文指南 →
guide_zh.md，中文模拟测试 → 在线试玩。
No install — just click:
15 scenario questions across all five domains — pick your answers, grade instantly, and read the explanation for each.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
📘 guide_en.md / guide_zh.md |
Concept review of all five domains — EN + 中文 |
🧪 practical_test_en.html / practical_test_zh.html |
Interactive 15-question mock test (self-grading) |
🗓️ study-plan.md |
The full day-by-day 4-week plan |
✍️ blog/ |
Weekly CCA-F Study Log posts (also on dearartist.xyz) |
🛠️ hands-on/ |
8 hands-on mini-projects, incl. a runnable multi-agent demo |
⚙️ CLAUDE.md + .claude/ |
Live Claude Code config examples (a custom skill, a path-scoped rule) |
- 60 multiple-choice questions · 120 minutes · 720/1000 to pass · no negative marking
- Five domains: Agentic Architecture (27%), Tool Design & MCP (18%), Claude Code Config (20%), Prompt Engineering (20%), Context & Reliability (15%)
- It rewards architectural judgment over memorized syntax.
Week 1 Agentic architecture + the agent loop (Domain 1)
Week 2 Tool design & MCP + Claude Code config (Domains 2, 3)
Week 3 Prompt engineering + context & reliability (Domains 4, 5)
Week 4 Full review + two mock exams
Full day-by-day breakdown in study-plan.md.
- Read the guide (EN / 中文) for concept coverage of all five domains.
- Work the
hands-on/mini-projects — building the thing is what turns reading into judgment. - Take the mock test (EN / 中文).
- Follow the weekly blog for the narrative version.
- Anthropic Academy — free courses (Claude 101, Building with the Claude API, Claude Code in Action, Introduction to MCP, MCP Advanced Topics)
- CCA-F exam access request
- CertSafari — free practice bank
The official Exam Guide PDF is the source of truth for domain weights and scenarios. It is Anthropic's copyrighted material and is intentionally not redistributed here — get it from the official portal.
Skip paid "dump" / "braindump" sites — the content is unverifiable, often stale, and using it can violate Anthropic's exam-integrity terms. The free official courses + CertSafari + the Exam Guide cover the material completely.
An independent study project by Haixiang Yuan. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.