--- title: Claude Certified Architect – Foundations: Prep for... description: Anthropic has launched the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-f) certification exam for advanced practitioners. To help candidates prepare,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-certified-architect-foundations-prep-for-anthropic-s-new-certification-exam-1ibbiym5w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Claude Certified Architect – Foundations: Prep for Anthropic's New Certification Exam | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic has launched the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-f) certification exam for advanced practitioners. 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The course covers agentic architecture and orchestration, tool design and Model Context Protocol (MCP), Claude Code configuration, multi-agent architectures including Hub-and-Spoke coordination, prompt engineering, and context management strategies. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Claude Certified Architect - Foundations (CCA-f) exam? It is a new official certification from Anthropic validating expertise in building with Claude, covering agentic architecture and orchestration, tool design and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Claude Code configuration including the Claude Agent SDK, and prompt engineering and context management. A free 13-hour prep course led by Andrew Brown is available on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel. _Developers preparing for the Claude architect exam can follow agentic AI and Claude coverage on daily.dev._ ### What topics does the Claude Agentic Architecture and Orchestration domain cover in the CCA-f exam? It covers building robust agent workflows and managing the full agentic loop of gathering context, taking action, and verifying results. This domain also touches multi-agent architectures such as Hub-and-Spoke coordination, which are tested alongside tool design, Model Context Protocol implementation, and Claude Code configuration in the certification. _daily.dev helps engineers designing agent orchestration patterns stay current on Claude and MCP developments._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Unlock the Power of AI Agents with the New Claude Certified Developer Foundations Course](https://daily.dev/posts/unlock-the-power-of-ai-agents-with-the-new-claude-certified-developer-foundations-course-emsxcim3h) · freeCodeCamp · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Anthropic invests $100 million into the Claude Partner Network](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-invests-100-million-into-the-claude-partner-network-xnvep0idi) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Another MCP Moment by Anthropic?](https://daily.dev/posts/another-mcp-moment-by-anthropic--uss1dmqpy) · Daily Dose of Data Science \| Avi Chawla \| Substack · 12 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude), [#prompt-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/prompt-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-certified-architect-foundations-prep-for-anthropic-s-new-certification-exam-1ibbiym5w) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Claude Certified Architect – Foundations: Prep for Anthropic's New Certification Exam","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-certified-architect-foundations-prep-for-anthropic-s-new-certification-exam-1ibbiym5w","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-certified-architect-foundations-prep-for-anthropic-s-new-certification-exam-1ibbiym5w"},"datePublished":"2026-07-23T16:37:40.155Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:38:24.095Z","description":"Anthropic has launched the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-f) certification exam for advanced practitioners. 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