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The study platform for the Claude Certified Architect Foundations exam. 5 domains, 93 questions, and a source link on 100% of them. Eight competing guides have a bigger question bank. None of them cite one.

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Diagnostic quiz

15 minutes. Finds which of the five domains need the most work before you start studying.

Full practice exam

120 minutes, 60 questions, weighted like the real blueprint. Scored pass/fail at 720.

Five domains, 30 task statements

Weighted exactly as they appear on the real exam blueprint, so study time tracks exam time.

Agentic Architecture & Orchestration

7 task statements

Design and implement agentic systems using Claude's API, including loop management, orchestration patterns, guardrails, and the Claude Agent SDK.

27%

Tool Design & MCP Integration

5 task statements

Design effective tool schemas, implement MCP servers and clients, and integrate external services into Claude-powered applications.

18%

Claude Code Configuration & Workflows

6 task statements

Configure Claude Code for development workflows, manage settings, hooks, permissions, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.

20%

Prompt Engineering & Structured Output

6 task statements

Craft effective prompts, implement structured output patterns, and apply prompt engineering techniques for production Claude applications.

20%

Context Management & Reliability

6 task statements

Manage context windows effectively, implement caching strategies, handle long conversations, and build reliable production systems.

15%

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Exam traps

Common wrong answers and why they look right, so you know what the exam is testing before you sit down.

Build exercises

Hands-on projects for each domain. Build real things with Claude to cement your understanding.

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Every answer cites the documentation it comes from

Study material for a moving target goes stale quickly — an answer that was right last quarter can be a 400 error today. So every question here names the Anthropic documentation page its answer rests on, and quotes the line. If we get something wrong, you can check.

Questions: 93
Citing their source: 100%
Corrections published: 11

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