The Claude Certification series at a glance
Anthropic's program has three roles (Associate, Developer and Architect) and four exams; CCAO-F is the only one aimed at non-technical users. Each of the other three has its own book in this series.
$125 53 / 120 min [Unconfirmed]
- Book 2
- Claude Certified Ar‐
- chitect — Foundations
- CCARFSolution architects designing agentic systems, MCP
- integrations and Claude Code workflows
$125 60 / 120 min [Unconfirmed]
- Book 3
- Claude Certified Ar‐
- chitect — Professional
- CCARPSenior engineers, technical leads and architects run‐
- ning enterprise solution design and governance
$175 63 / 120 min [Unconfirmed]
Book 4
Fees are from Anthropic's Partner Academy certifications page. CCAO-F format is from its official exam guide. Item counts for the other three come from a third-party prep site and are confirmed in each of their own books. Shared rules across the program. All four are delivered by Pearson VUE, scored on a 100–1,000 scale with 720 to pass, valid for 12 months, and built for Anthropic partners. Foundations exams are the entry level. CCAR-P is the advanced tier and assumes Foundations-level knowledge. Where to go after CCAO-F. If you start building with the Claude API or connecting tools through MCP, CCDV-F is the natural next step. If you design end-to-end Claude solutions for clients, look at CCAR-F, then CCAR-P. Note that CCAO-F does not count toward Claude Partner Network tier eligibility.