Claude Certification Study Guide
A free study companion for Anthropic's Claude developer certification track. Work through a curriculum organized into the five exam domains, hammer weak spots in drill mode, then sit a timed mock exam — 200 original practice questions, all written from Anthropic's public documentation.
Like everything on this site, it runs entirely in your browser: no account, no tracking of your answers, no data leaving your device. The official exam itself is administered by Anthropic — this guide just gets you ready for it.
The five domains
Agentic Architecture & Orchestration
27%Single calls vs workflows vs agents, the agentic loop, subagents and orchestration, cost/latency trade-offs, evaluation and recovery.
study →Tool Design & MCP Integration
18%Tool schemas and descriptions, tool_choice, handling results and errors, Model Context Protocol primitives and transports.
study →Claude Code Configuration & Workflows
20%CLAUDE.md memory, settings hierarchy, permissions, hooks, slash commands, subagents, MCP servers, headless usage.
study →Prompt Engineering & Structured Output
20%System prompts, XML structure, few-shot examples, long-context placement, JSON schema outputs, strict tool use.
study →Context Management & Reliability
15%Prompt caching mechanics, token counting, batching, rate limits and error handling, compaction, output limits.
study →How to use this guide
- Curriculum — read the study notes for each domain, weighted exactly like the exam.
- Practice — drill individual domains with instant explanations, then take the 50-question timed mock exam (pass ≥ 720/1000).
- Reference — cheat sheets for the facts worth memorizing: parameters, error codes, caching rules, config files.
Independent community study resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic, PBC. All study material and practice questions here are original, written from Anthropic's public documentation. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you answer is stored or transmitted.