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CCA Certification Prep

Claude Certified Architect — Foundations

Prepare for the Claude Certified Architect — Foundations certification. Master all five exam domains: agentic architecture, tool design & MCP, Claude Code configuration, prompt engineering & structured output, and context management & reliability. 60 questions, 720 to pass, zero shortcuts.

Recommended: Complete Advanced Claude Code and Multi-Agent Orchestration first

8 lessons~97 min total

Lessons are shown in recommended order. Complete them in sequence for the best experience — or jump to any lesson.

Lesson 122·10 min read

The CCA Exam — Domains, Scenarios, and Strategy

The Claude Certified Architect exam tests production judgment across five domains. Here is exactly what it covers, how it is scored, and the strategy to pass on your first attempt.

Lesson 123·12 min read

The Agent SDK Loop — stop_reason, Tool Results, and Agentic Control Flow

The agentic loop is the heartbeat of every Claude agent. stop_reason is tool_use? Keep going. stop_reason is end_turn? You are done. Get this wrong and everything downstream fails.

Lesson 124·12 min read

Multi-Agent Orchestration with Agent SDK — Coordinators, Subagents, and fork_session

The coordinator routes. Subagents execute. Context is explicit, never inherited. This is how production multi-agent systems work with the Claude Agent SDK — and the architecture the CCA exam tests hardest.

Lesson 125·14 min read

10 Anti-Patterns That Fail the CCA Exam

Every wrong answer on the CCA exam looks plausible. These 10 anti-patterns are the distractors Anthropic uses to separate practitioners from pretenders. Know them cold.

Lesson 126·11 min read

Rules, Skills, and Plan Mode — Advanced Claude Code Configuration for the CCA

The CCA tests whether you know the difference between a command and a skill, when to fork context, and why plan mode exists. These configuration patterns are 20% of the exam.

Lesson 127·11 min read

Message Batches API and CI/CD Integration Patterns

Batch processing cuts costs 50%. CI/CD integration turns Claude Code into an automated reviewer. The CCA tests both — and the judgment calls between them.

Lesson 128·13 min read

Validation-Retry Loops, Structured Output, and Multi-Pass Review

The CCA doesn't test whether you can write a prompt. It tests whether you can design a validation pipeline that catches what the model gets wrong — and retries intelligently.

Lesson 129·14 min read

Context Precision, Information Provenance, and CCA Practice Scenarios

The final 15% of the CCA tests context management — where you put information matters as much as what information you include. Plus: five practice scenarios across all domains.