Free certification prep: build-first study paths for all four Claude credentials

[rohitg00]

The curriculum now includes a free certification preparation program: build-first study paths that turn public exam blueprints into lessons, labs, diagnostics, and original mock exams.

Independent community material. This program is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or authorized by Anthropic. It contains no live exam questions and makes no pass guarantees. Public exam guides define coverage; every lesson and practice question here is original.

What shipped

The first program covers all four Claude credentials from the July 2026 exam guides:

Exam	Credential	Core route
CCAO-F	Claude Certified Associate - Foundations	9 lessons
CCDV-F	Claude Certified Developer - Foundations	15 lessons
CCAR-F	Claude Certified Architect - Foundations	21 lessons
CCAR-P	Claude Certified Architect - Professional	25 lessons

Across the four tracks: 33 in-depth lessons, runnable labs, shipped artifacts, diagnostics, 295 original assessment questions, and capstones. Note that as of August 9, official exam registration is limited to Claude Partner Network organizations; the curriculum stays open to everyone, including learners who want the skills without sitting an exam.

Two ways to study

On the website. Track pages, lesson reader, and assessments live at aiengineeringfromscratch.com/certifications.html, with progress saved in your browser.

With an AI tutor, in your terminal. The curriculum is AI-native. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, or any agent that reads SKILL.md can teach a route step by step, run the checked-in labs, review the artifact you build, administer quizzes, and resume from saved progress:

npx skills add rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch
/claude-certification

Start points: certifications/README.md and the GitHub learner guide.

Ground rules the program follows

• Public exam guides define coverage and weighting; official docs define technical behavior.
• No exam dumps, confidential questions, pass guarantees, or answer-pattern tricks.
• Practice results are raw curriculum scores, not official scaled scores.
• Hands-on artifacts matter more than passive reading.

Feedback, corrections, and requests for the next certification program to cover: reply here or open an issue.