Claude Certified Developer - Foundations

CCDV-F has 53 scored questions in 120 minutes, so time pressure is lower than on the architect exams. It covers eight domains, with Applications and Integration (33%) and Model Selection and Optimization (17%) weighted heaviest, followed by Agents and Workflows (15%), Prompt and Context Engineering (11%), Tools and MCPs (10%), Security and Safety (8%), and small Claude Code and Eval/Testing/Debugging domains (3% each).

720 on a scaled 0-1000 scale. Scaled scoring adjusts for small differences between exam forms, so there is no fixed number of correct answers required. Consistent 75%+ on full-length practice tests is a reasonable readiness signal.

The exam fee is $125 USD. Registration goes through the Anthropic Partner Academy, which requires free membership in the Claude Partner Network; the exam itself is delivered by Pearson VUE, either online proctored or at a test center.

The credential is valid for 1 year. Anthropic offers a free, non-proctored renewal assessment on the Partner Academy before the 12-month expiration; if the credential lapses, a full proctored retake is required.

CCDV-F is the developer track: building applications and agents on the Claude API and Agent SDK, operating Claude Code, writing evals, selecting model tiers, and building tools and MCP servers. CCA-F is the architect track at Foundations level and leans on system design and orchestration decisions. Developers shipping Claude features day to day usually start with CCDV-F; those designing multi-agent systems and team-wide Claude Code setups start with CCA-F.

One to five years of software engineering plus about six months of hands-on work with Claude or comparable LLM systems; comfort with Python and/or TypeScript, REST APIs, and CLI tools; and familiarity with LLM fundamentals, agents, context management, and MCP. Building one small agent with the Agent SDK and one MCP server before the exam covers a large share of the practical questions.

Six full-length practice tests with explanations for every option, a 500-card flashcard deck, hands-on build-and-submit developer projects, and a free 20-question sampler. $19.99 one-time with lifetime access, or included in Preporato Pro.