Claude Certified Associate – Foundations
The customer-facing credential. If you scope engagements, discover use-cases, or hand a delivery team a statement of work, this validates that you can advise on Claude with authority — not just prompt it.
- Questions
- 60
- Duration
- 120 minutes
- Passing score
- 720 / 1000
- Validity
- 12 months
- Format
- Multiple choice / response
- Delivery
- Online-proctored or Pearson VUE
- Counts toward CPN tier
- No
You scope AI engagements and need to speak credibly about what Claude can and can't do.
You qualify use-cases and set realistic expectations before a delivery team is involved.
You decide when a Project is enough and when to escalate to a Developer or Architect.
Domain breakdown & weights
The surfaces and models you'll be asked to recommend, and when each is the right call.
- Claude.ai vs Claude Code vs the Developer Platform / API
- Choosing between Sonnet, Opus, and Haiku for a use-case
- When Projects + knowledge sources beat plain chat
- Artifacts, connectors, and where each fits an engagement
Free courses, in the right order.
Every course below is free on the Anthropic Academy. Work them top to bottom — tick each off to track your readiness.
Tap a course to mark it complete and watch your readiness climb.
Traps & high-value focus areas
It's not easier than Developer — it's different. Heavy responsible-use content trips up hands-on engineers who under-study it.
A great individual credential, but if you're chasing partner-tier standing, sit Developer or Architect instead.
Expect to distinguish Claude.ai, Claude Code, and the API — and to justify Sonnet vs Opus vs Haiku for a given job.
Many questions hinge on when to accept output, when to add human review, and when to hand off to a builder.
Ready to earn Associate?
Follow the mapped prep track, drill the mock exam, and book when your readiness says go.