Claude Certified Architect – Foundations

The syllabus

1. 00Orientation3 lessons
   • What this exam actually is

     7 min · free
   • How the scoring works

     8 min · free
   • Can you sit it? Eligibility and booking

     6 min · free
2. 01Claude Code in practice20% of the exam6 lessons
   • CLAUDE.md and the configuration hierarchy

     12 min · 3.1 · free
   • Path-specific rules

     10 min · 3.3
   • Slash commands and Skills

     12 min · 3.2
   • Plan mode vs direct execution

     10 min · 3.4
   • Iterative refinement

     11 min · 3.5
   • Claude Code in CI/CD

     12 min · 3.6
3. 02Tools & MCP18% of the exam5 lessons
   • Tool descriptions are the routing layer

     12 min · 2.1 · free
   • Structured tool errors

     11 min · 2.2
   • Distributing tools and forcing tool choice

     12 min · 2.3
   • MCP servers, scoping and resources

     12 min · 2.4
   • The built-in tools

     10 min · 2.5
4. 03Prompt engineering & structured output20% of the exam6 lessons
   • Explicit criteria beat vague instructions

     11 min · 4.1 · free
   • Few-shot prompting

     11 min · 4.2
   • Structured output with tool use

     12 min · 4.3
   • Validation and retry loops

     11 min · 4.4
   • Batch processing

     10 min · 4.5
   • Multi-pass and independent review

     11 min · 4.6
5. 04Agentic architecture & orchestration27% of the exam8 lessons
   • The agentic loop

     12 min · 1.1 · free
   • Coordinators and subagents

     12 min · 1.2
   • The subagent trap

     12 min · 1.3
   • Enforcement and handoff

     12 min · 1.4
   • Hooks: when a prompt isn't enough

     12 min · 1.5
   • Task decomposition

     11 min · 1.6
   • Sessions, resume and fork

     11 min · 1.7
   • Orchestration: the decision rules

     10 min · 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7
6. 05Context & reliability15% of the exam6 lessons
   • Managing conversation context

     12 min · 5.1 · free
   • Escalation and ambiguity

     11 min · 5.2
   • Error propagation across agents

     11 min · 5.3
   • Context in large codebases

     11 min · 5.4
   • Human review and confidence calibration

     11 min · 5.5
   • Provenance and uncertainty

     11 min · 5.6
7. 06Capstone labs4 lessons
   • Lab 1: a multi-tool agent with escalation

     12 min · 1.1, 1.4, 2.2, 5.2
   • Lab 2: configure Claude Code for a team

     12 min · 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 2.4
   • Lab 3: a structured extraction pipeline

     12 min · 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.5
   • Lab 4: a multi-agent research pipeline

     12 min · 1.2, 1.3, 2.5, 3.5, 3.6, 5.3, 5.6