--- title: The skills gap behind agentic AI — and how Databricks is... description: Databricks has launched what it claims is the industry's first certification dedicated to context engineering — the discipline of curating tokens, memory... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-skills-gap-behind-agentic-ai-and-how-databricks-is-closing-it-with-a-new-context-engineer-cert-ygyo1erd6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The skills gap behind agentic AI — and how Databricks is closing it with a new context engineer certification and agent trainings | daily.dev og:description: Databricks has launched what it claims is the industry's first certification dedicated to context engineering — the discipline of curating tokens, memory... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-skills-gap-behind-agentic-ai-and-how-databricks-is-closing-it-with-a-new-context-engineer-cert-ygyo1erd6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YGYO1eRd6.png og:image:alt: The skills gap behind agentic AI — and how Databricks is closing it with a new context engineer certification and agent trainings og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The skills gap behind agentic AI — and how Databricks is closing it with a new context engineer certification and agent trainings **[databricks](https://daily.dev/sources/databricks)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Databricks has launched what it claims is the industry's first certification dedicated to context engineering — the discipline of curating tokens, memory banks, and tool parameters to make agentic AI systems reliable in production. The Databricks Certified Context Engineer Associate beta exam opened registration with the first exam scheduled for July 29, 2026. Alongside the certification, Databricks expanded its learning catalog with new agent-focused courses. Notably, Databricks is also the first major certification provider to publish official guidance on using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) for exam preparation, positioning itself ahead of AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Snowflake on this front. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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