Rohit Ghumare
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* fix(i18n): force-add translated lessons past main's inherited .gitignore The dispatched backfill (run 30768876598, 100 shards, all green) published nothing: the translations branch was never created (404). Every shard's publish step logged "no changes". Root cause: when origin/translations doesn't exist yet, the publish step creates it from the current checkout, which is main's tree, .gitignore included. main's .gitignore intentionally excludes i18n/*/phases/ and i18n/*/.cache/ to keep lesson translations off main, but that same rule silently drops the plain `git add "i18n/$LANG_CODE"` inside the new translations-branch worktree, so nothing was ever staged, committed, or pushed across all 100 jobs. Reproduced locally (a repo with the same .gitignore + the same add call reports "no changes"; git add -f stages correctly) before applying the fix. Force-add: the translations branch exists specifically to hold this content. * feat(cert/00): add certification strategy Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/01): add product and model selection Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/02): add model routing and token economics Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/03): add prompting and task decomposition Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/04): add context, memory, and caching Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/05): add output evaluation and validation Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/06): add governance and responsible use Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/07): add workflow design and handoffs Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/08): add Messages API lifecycle Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/09): add defensive structured outputs Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/10): add tool use and agent loops Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/11): add MCP server integration Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/12): add Agent SDK harnesses and hooks Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/13): add application security controls Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/14): add evals and observability Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/15): add Claude Code team workflows Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/16): add multi-agent orchestration Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/17): add sessions, subagents, and context Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/18): add resilient tool contracts Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/19): add Claude Code skills and CI Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/20): add extraction, batch, and review Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/21): add long-context reliability Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/22): add discovery and SLA design Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/23): add architecture tradeoffs Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/24): add RAG evidence pipelines Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/25): add least-privilege integrations Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/26): add production operations Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/27): add enterprise governance Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/28): add lifecycle communication Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/29): add associate capstone Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/30): add developer capstone Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/31): add architect foundations capstone Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * feat(cert/32): add architect professional capstone Adds the lesson, runnable lab, deterministic tests, practice, and inspectable artifacts for this certification topic. * chore(cert): define curriculum contract Documents certification lesson invariants and keeps the AI tutor wrapper while excluding generated site data. * docs(cert): define program and verified sources Adds the independent curriculum policy, onboarding, prerequisites, research notes, and dated source register. * feat(cert/ccao-f): add associate route and practice Maps the associate blueprint to an ordered route, diagnostic, and original full-length practice assessment. * feat(cert/ccdv-f): add developer route and practice Maps the developer blueprint to an ordered route, diagnostic, and original full-length practice assessment. * feat(cert/ccar-f): add architect foundations route Maps the architect foundations blueprint to an ordered route, diagnostic, and original full-length practice assessment. * feat(cert/ccar-p): add architect professional route Maps the architect professional blueprint to an ordered route, diagnostic, and original full-length practice assessment. * feat(skill): add AI-native certification tutor Teaches certification routes step by step in compatible agent harnesses and keeps learner state outside the book workflow. * test(cert): enforce certification contracts Audits lesson, assessment, reference, and answer-position invariants and runs all certification labs in CI. * docs(readme): publish certification entry points Adds the GitHub tutor and website entry points across the canonical README and synchronized translations. * feat(glossary): expand the learning reference Adds deeper original definitions, learning areas, source links, filters, and navigable term detail. * feat(site): redesign the interactive roadmap Keeps the canonical top-to-bottom dependency graph while adding branded focus, path guidance, and reliable navigation. * feat(site): integrate interactive learning surfaces Adds certification routes, lessons, assessments, progress, navigation, artifact rendering, narration fixes, and deploy routing.
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Claude Certification Curriculum
Learn the judgment behind the answers by building the systems the exams describe.
Status: Local preview Guide version: 1.0 Guide effective date: July 2026 Last verified: 2026-08-09
This free curriculum covers:
| Exam | Credential | Items | Time | Fee | Core route |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCAO-F | Claude Certified Associate - Foundations | 60 | 120 min | $99 | 9 lessons |
| CCDV-F | Claude Certified Developer - Foundations | 53 | 120 min | $125 | 15 lessons |
| CCAR-F | Claude Certified Architect - Foundations | 60 | 120 min | $125 | 21 lessons |
| CCAR-P | Claude Certified Architect - Professional | 63 | 120 min | $175 | 25 lessons |
All four guides use a scaled passing score of 720 on a 100 to 1,000 scale and state a 12-month credential validity period. Confirm facts in the official guide before registering because program details can change.
As verified on August 9, 2026, official exam registration is limited to people at Claude Partner Network organizations and requires a recognized partner-company email. This curriculum remains open to everyone, including learners who want the skills without sitting an exam. Check the current certification FAQ before paying or scheduling because eligibility can change.
Learn From GitHub With an AI Tutor
This curriculum is AI-native. Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, Cursor, or another agent can teach the route step by step, run the checked-in lab, review the artifact you build, administer the lesson quiz, and resume from saved progress.
Start with the GitHub learner guide, or install the portable certification tutor skill:
npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch
Then ask your agent to run:
/claude-certification
A local Claude Code session discovers the same skill from .claude/skills/
after you clone the repository. Harnesses without slash-command support can
read GETTING_STARTED.md and the tutor skill directly. Learner progress lives
in CLAUDE-CERTIFICATION.md; learner work lives under
learning-artifacts/claude/. The checked-in outputs/ files remain reference
artifacts and are never overwritten.
What You Build
The routes share foundations and then diverge by role:
flowchart LR
S["Shared foundations\nmodels, prompts, context, validation"] --> A["Associate\nverified knowledge workflow"]
S --> D["Developer\nsecure tool-using application"]
D --> F["Architect Foundations\nscenario architecture packet"]
F --> P["Architect Professional\nproduction system proposal"]
- Associate: a governed knowledge-work workflow with evidence and escalation.
- Developer: a protocol-first Claude application with tools, tests, security, and evaluation.
- Architect Foundations: an architecture decision record, threat model, evaluator, context plan, and failure-recovery runbook.
- Architect Professional: a complete discovery-to-operations architecture packet with RAG, integration, evaluation, governance, SLAs, and ownership.
Each track includes a short diagnostic and a full-length original mock with the same item count as its public guide. The question mix follows blueprint weights within practical rounding. It does not imitate or reproduce live questions.
GitHub Lesson Index
The tutor reads each selected track file for route order. This complete index also makes every shared lesson directly browsable from GitHub.
Local Preview
From the repository root:
node site/build.js
python3 scripts/audit_certifications.py
python3 -m http.server 4173 --bind 127.0.0.1
Then open:
http://127.0.0.1:4173/site/certifications.html
The server must start at the repository root so local, unpushed lesson files remain readable by the lesson viewer.
The certification curriculum is published through GitHub and the website. It is intentionally outside the EPUB/PDF book workflow because its tutor state, runnable labs, assessments, and interactive mechanisms are part of the course.
Research Trail
- CCAR-F exact mechanics review
- Official Anthropic Academy parity map
- Official blueprint map
- Source verification ledger
- YouTube source review
- Recent community signal
Independence and Exam Integrity
This is an independent community curriculum. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or authorized by Anthropic. Claude and certification names identify the program being studied.
The curriculum uses public objectives and original scenarios. It does not use confidential exam content. If you sit an exam, follow its nondisclosure and candidate-conduct rules.