A Claude Code plugin for studying the Claude Certified Architect — Foundations (CCA-F) certification exam.
Covers all 5 domains, 30 task statements, 6 exam scenarios, anti-patterns, and decision rules from the official Anthropic exam guide.
/plugin marketplace add carolinacherry/claude-certified-architect
/plugin install claude-certified-architect
Restart Claude Code after installation.
/claude-certified-architect # Exam overview, pick a domain
/claude-certified-architect 1 # Study Domain 1 (Agentic Architecture)
/claude-certified-architect quiz # 10-question practice exam, all domains
/claude-certified-architect quiz 3 # Focused quiz on Domain 3
Practice questions use Claude Code's interactive selector for answer selection.
| # | Domain | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agentic Architecture and Orchestration | 27% |
| 2 | Tool Design and MCP Integration | 18% |
| 3 | Claude Code Configuration and Workflows | 20% |
| 4 | Prompt Engineering and Structured Output | 20% |
| 5 | Context Management and Reliability | 15% |
Questions are framed within these production contexts (4 of 6 selected per exam):
- Customer Support Resolution Agent
- Code Generation with Claude Code
- Multi-Agent Research System
- Developer Productivity Tools
- Claude Code for CI/CD
- Structured Data Extraction
- 60 scenario-based multiple-choice questions
- 120 minutes, proctored
- Passing score: 720 / 1000
- No penalty for guessing
- Currently available to Anthropic partners
The certification is partner-exclusive, but the knowledge tested applies to anyone building production applications with Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, or the Claude API.
- Agentic loop lifecycle and the three anti-patterns the exam tests
- Multi-agent orchestration with hub-and-spoke coordinator patterns
- When to use programmatic enforcement (hooks) vs prompt-based guidance
- Tool description design as the primary mechanism for tool selection
- Structured error responses with error categories and retry logic
- CLAUDE.md hierarchy, path-specific rules, and CI/CD integration
- Few-shot prompting, structured output with tool_use, and validation-retry loops
- Context preservation, escalation triggers, and information provenance
For a visual, interactive experience with 60 practice questions, timed quizzes, and progress tracking, see CCA Prep.
Based on the Claude Certified Architect — Foundations Certification Exam Guide published by Anthropic.
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