Built and maintained by Amey Thakur after completing the program's curriculum. This is a community resource, not an official Anthropic repository: the official program lives on Anthropic Partner Academy, and exams are delivered by Pearson VUE.

[!NOTE]
I worked through every course and collected all of this while preparing myself. None of it required anything you do not already have: the official material is free, the blueprints tell you exactly what is tested, and the rest is steady work. I put it in one place so your time goes into learning rather than looking. If it helps you get certified, it did its job.

Amey Thakur

The certifications

Each certification has its own folder containing the study guide, the official exam guide PDF, the maintainer's study notes, and original practice questions.

Every exam: 120 minutes, closed book, proctored by Pearson VUE online or at a test center, passing score 720 of 1,000, credential valid 12 months with free renewal, badge via Credly. Fees are list prices in USD; partner tiers receive automatic discounts. Registration requires a Claude Partner Network company email.

[!TIP]
Every course in the program is free on the public Anthropic Academy, no partner account needed. Only the proctored exams require Claude Partner Network membership, so you can learn the whole syllabus before deciding whether to certify.

Prefer one file? The whole guide is a printable companion: claude-certifications-companion.pdf, thirty-three pages in five parts: choose your exam, know it, prepare, sit it, and keep going.

Start here

flowchart TD
    Q{What do you do?}
    Q -->|Advise customers and run engagements| A[Associate - Foundations]
    Q -->|Build with the API, Claude Code, or MCP| D[Developer - Foundations]
    Q -->|Design solutions end to end| RF[Architect - Foundations]
    RF -. then .-> RP[Architect - Professional]

1. Pick your exam. Advising customers: Associate. Building with the API, Claude Code, or MCP: Developer. Designing solutions end to end: Architect Foundations, then Architect Professional. Unsure: how the certifications connect.
2. Study. Read your exam's study guide and notes, then the study strategy for a working plan, the 21 official courses with per-course notes and official resources that teach the material, and the practice engine to test yourself: a shuffled, timed, scored exam drawn from 320 original questions. Clone the repository and open Claude Code inside it, and the built-in exam coach skill quizzes you directly from the blueprints.
3. Book and sit. The registration guide covers everything from partner email issues to the proctoring network allowlist. Policies on retakes, validity, and appeals are in policies, and quick answers in the FAQ.

Flashcards

Every fact, domain weight, rule, and glossary term in this repository, as a deck of 110 cards. Turn them in the browser on the flashcards page, filtered by exam or by topic, or take flashcards.tsv and import the whole deck into Anki, Quizlet, or RemNote.

What is where

Questions and community

Ask questions, share how your exam went, and compare preparation notes in Discussions. Found a broken link or an outdated fact? Open an issue.

[!IMPORTANT]
Every candidate accepts a non-disclosure agreement covering exam questions, answer options, and scenarios, and it extends explicitly to online forums. Never post or request real exam content here. Blueprints, official sample questions, and the practice material in this repository are all fair game.

Preparing someone else? The share kit has the links, ready-to-use copy, and images.

Contributions that keep facts current are welcome; see CONTRIBUTING.md.

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