Claude Certifications Builder Track Guide — Developer + Architect exams (discussion & updates)

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Discussion thread for the Builder Track Guide, covering the three technical Claude certifications in one core-first guide:

Exam Code Fee Items
Developer – Foundations CCDV-F $125 53
Architect – Foundations CCAR-F $125 60
Architect – Professional CCAR-P $175 63

Roughly 40–50% of what these exams test is shared — the guide teaches that core once (API, prompting, tools & MCP, agents, Claude Code), then gives each credential its own path section with blueprint, add-ons, and official sample questions.

Read it here: https://promptgoblins.ai/library/builder-track/ (PDF on the page)

Updates posted as replies. If you’ve sat any of these exams, your (NDA-safe) impressions of the difficulty and domain balance are gold.

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v1.1 — September 26, 2026: Claude Academy migration

Anthropic’s free courses moved from Skilljar to Claude Academy (academy.claude.com) around August 20. Updated guide: Claude Certifications: Builder Track — Developer & Architect Exam Prep | Prompt Goblins

  • All course links repointed to academy.claude.com (Building with the Claude API has a new slug).
  • Claude Code 101 added to the Core as the intro course; Claude Code in Action is now Anthropic’s advanced Claude Code course (long sessions, hooks, headless runs, GitHub Actions, plugins) and the cliffs notes cover it.
  • The AI-native SDLC playbook added to the Architect – Professional path add-ons (plan mode by default, hooks as approval gates, evals in CI, PR review loop).
  • Durations corrected to the new site’s figures; Core total ~24h → ~28h. Optional pointer to Claude Platform 101 for API newcomers.
  • “Migrating from Skilljar” note: progress doesn’t auto-transfer (import banner only if your emails match).

Exams unchanged: CCDV-F $125/53 items, CCAR-F $125/60, CCAR-P $175/63, Pearson VUE, registration still via the Partner Academy.