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The Claude Certification Bundle: CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P
Independent study guides for the four Claude certification exams: CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P. Teaching chapters and at least one practice exam in each book. Not affiliated with Anthropic.
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The Claude Certification Bundle includes four independent study guides: Put Claude to Work (CCAO-F), Put Claude in Your App (CCDV-F), Architect the Agent (CCAR-F) and Architect the Solution (CCAR-P). It is for a partner-organisation team with mixed roles, or for a reader who will sit more than one of these exams. If you only need the architect pair, The Claude Certified Architect Bundle remains on Leanpub.
Each guide has teaching chapters and at least one practice exam. Bought separately, the four books are $114.97 at their suggested prices ($24.99, $29.99, $29.99 and $30.00). The bundle is $49.99 minimum and $69.99 suggested.
Put Claude to Work and Put Claude in Your App are listed at 87 percent complete. Readers who buy them, on their own or in this bundle, receive free Leanpub updates. Architect the Agent and Architect the Solution are already published.
Updated content on the Associate, Developer and Architect Professional exams applies from 7 December 2026, and new official guides for those exams are due on 17 November 2026. CCAR-F is not on that Pearson VUE list. Check the live official pages before you book. These are independent study guides. They are not published by, endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Anthropic. "Claude" and the certification names are trademarks of Anthropic, used here only to identify the exams.
FAQ
What is in this bundle?
The four independent study guides named above, covering Associate, Developer, Architect Foundations and Architect Professional. Each book has teaching chapters and at least one practice exam.
Who is the bundle for?
A partner-organisation team with mixed roles, or a candidate who will sit more than one of these exams. People sitting only CCAR-F and CCAR-P can use the existing architect bundle.
Are these official Anthropic guides?
No. They are independent study guides, not published by, endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Anthropic. Trademarks are used only to identify the exams.
Do I need all four certifications?
No. Each exam is a separate booking, with a different audience. Buy the single book, or the architect bundle, if that is all you need.
Will I get updates after I buy?
Yes. Leanpub readers get free updates. Put Claude to Work and Put Claude in Your App are at 87 percent complete. Architect the Agent and Architect the Solution are already published.
Do these exams count towards Claude Partner Network eligibility?
Check the Partner Academy FAQ for the current rules on Partner Network eligibility.
Books
About the Books
Put Claude to Work: The CCAO-F Certification Guide
An independent CCAO-F study guide for the Claude Certified Associate Foundations exam, for business users and operators
Put Claude to Work is a CCAO-F study guide for business users and operators who use Claude at work, and who do not need software-development or API experience. The official exam guide places them in operations, marketing, project management, education, communications and general knowledge work.
The chapters follow the seven domains listed in the July 2026 official guide (Version 1.0). Teaching chapters open on a piece of work that went wrong, name the domain topics they discuss, and end in a quiz whose wrong answers are explained. There are two practice exams, with answer keys, a distractor appendix, and a study calendar.
This book uses the July 2026 official guide (Version 1.0). Updated content applies from 7 December 2026, and new official guides are due on 17 November 2026. Check the live official pages before you book. This book is an independent study guide. It is not published by, endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Anthropic. "Claude" and "Claude Certified Associate" are trademarks of Anthropic, used here only to identify the exam. The practice questions on the forms are original. Passing is not guaranteed.
FAQ
What is the CCAO-F exam?
Claude Certified Associate Foundations (CCAO-F) is Anthropic's associate certification for people who use Claude as a productivity tool at work.
Who is the exam for?
Business users and operators: people whose week is a brief, a project plan, a lesson, an email, or a procedure. The official exam guide names two groups as outside this exam: software developers who build against APIs, and machine-learning specialists.
Do I need coding or API experience for CCAO-F?
No. The official exam guide lists no mandatory course and no software-development or API experience.
Does CCAO-F count towards Claude Partner Network eligibility?
Check the Partner Academy FAQ for the current rules on Partner Network eligibility.
Can I take a Claude certification exam if I am not at a partner organisation?
The official FAQ says certification is for people at Claude Partner Network organisations. Registration needs a partner-organisation email on a recognised company domain. A personal address will not work, and you must be 18 or over.
How should I prepare for the CCAO-F exam?
Read the July 2026 official guide (Version 1.0). This book has teaching chapters on the seven domains, two practice exams, and a study calendar.
Put Claude in Your App: The CCDV-F Certification Guide
An independent CCDV-F study guide for the Claude Certified Developer Foundations exam, for engineers building on the Claude API
Put Claude in Your App is a CCDV-F study guide for developers and engineers building applications on the Claude API. The official exam guide is for technical professionals who build, integrate and ship Claude applications, agents and workflows.
The chapters follow the eight domains listed in the July 2026 official guide (Version 1.0). Teaching chapters use engineering scenarios, name the domain topics they discuss, and end with a quiz whose wrong answers are explained in the distractor appendix. There are two practice exams, with answer keys, a distractor appendix, and a study calendar. Chapter 22 also links to the three official sample questions from the July 2026 guide, with separate commentary. They are not on either practice form. CCAR-F is a separate architect exam.
This book uses the July 2026 official guide (Version 1.0). Updated content applies from 7 December 2026, and new official guides are due on 17 November 2026. Check the live official pages before you book. This book is an independent study guide. It is not published by, endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Anthropic. "Claude", "Claude Code", "Claude Certified Developer" and related names are trademarks of Anthropic, used here only to identify the exam. The practice questions on the forms are original. Passing is not guaranteed.
FAQ
What is the CCDV-F exam?
Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F) is Anthropic's developer certification for people who build, integrate and ship applications, agents and workflows on the Claude platform.
Who is the exam for?
Engineers and technical leads who write the service, the tools and the evals. The official exam guide excludes casual users, people without hands-on software development experience, and roles limited to prompt writing without application development.
What is the difference between CCDV-F and CCAR-F?
They are separate bookings. CCDV-F tests whether you can build, integrate and ship Claude applications. CCAR-F is the architect foundations exam, which Pearson lists alongside it. The developer guide describes implementation work.
Does CCDV-F count towards Claude Partner Network eligibility?
Check the Partner Academy FAQ for the current rules on Partner Network eligibility.
Can I take the exam if I am not at a partner organisation?
The official FAQ says certification is for people at Claude Partner Network organisations. Registration needs a partner-organisation email on a recognised company domain, and you must be 18 or over.
How should I prepare for the CCDV-F exam?
Read the July 2026 official guide (Version 1.0). This book is an independent study guide in the same series as the CCAR books. It has teaching chapters, two practice exams, and a study calendar.
Architect the Agent: The CCAR-F Certification Guide
An independent, scenario-based study guide for the Claude Certified Architect Foundations (CCAR-F) exam
The Claude Certified Architect Foundations (CCAR-F) exam tests whether you can make the right architectural call under pressure, not whether you can recite definitions. This guide is built for exactly that.
It covers all five exam domains, agentic architecture, tool design and MCP, Claude Code, prompt engineering, and context management, and teaches each one the way the exam asks about it: through realistic scenarios with plausible wrong answers.
Every chapter opens with a failure worth understanding, builds the theory behind it, and closes with a hands-on build and a scenario quiz. A recurring "Why the Other Answer Fails" section trains the one skill the exam really rewards, seeing which architectural principle a tempting distractor quietly breaks.
Inside you get two full practice exams with a complete answer key, an appendix that explains the reasoning behind every question, a domain-by-domain glossary and flashcards, and clean original figures for the ideas that are easier to see than to read.
Written by Thomas De Vos, an AI lead Architect at HCLTech AI Labs, the book is reconciled against Anthropic's official exam guide, so you study what is actually tested and skip what is not. It is an independent study guide and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.
Architect the Solution: The CCAR-P Certification Guide
A scenario-based study guide for the Claude Certified Architect Professional exam
The Claude Certified Architect Professional (CCAR-P) exam is not just asking whether you know Claude features. It is asking whether you can design a complete AI solution when the requirements are messy, the risks are real, and several answers look plausible.
Architect the Solution is a practical, scenario-based study guide for that level of judgment. It is the professional-tier companion to Architect the Agent, moving beyond a single well-built agent into full solution architecture: business framing, model choice, context engineering, RAG, tool integration, multi-agent design, evaluation, governance, safety, rollout, lifecycle management, stakeholder communication, and Claude Code enablement.
Each chapter starts inside a realistic architecture failure, maps the official exam objectives it covers, then gives you the mental model, heuristics, drills, and quiz practice needed to choose well under exam pressure. The goal is not memorisation. The goal is architectural confidence.
Inside you get coverage of all seven CCAR-P domains, 22 chapters, exam alerts, architect heuristics, two-minute drills, scenario quizzes, a distractor appendix, study calendars, and a full practice exam.
This is an independent study guide by Thomas De Vos. It is not published by, endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Anthropic.
Updated 22 September 2026
This update reviews all 22 chapters, corrects technical claims, checks all 48 chapter questions and 63 mock-exam questions with their explanations, and makes all 62 diagrams clearer. Reader feedback helps guide continual improvement.
If you find the book useful, please share the book link with others. Feedback, corrections and suggestions are always welcome. All the best with your exam preparation! If you have passed the exam, I would love to hear from you at Thomas.devos@gmail.com. We are continually improving the book, and your feedback, corrections and suggestions help shape future updates.
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