Official Study Resources & Documentation
A curated index of official Anthropic learning materials, documentation links, video courses, and practice exams across all certification tracks.
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1. Official Anthropic Partner Academy (Free Skilljar Courses)
If your organization belongs to the Claude Partner Network, you have access to free, self-paced certification preparation courses on the Anthropic Partner Academy (Skilljar):
- Claude 101: Overview of model capabilities, capabilities matrix, and prompting basics.
- Prompting with Claude: System prompts, XML tags, few-shot examples, and chain-of-thought prompting.
- Building with the Claude API: Messages API, multi-turn conversations, parameter configuration, and streaming.
- Tool Use with Claude: JSON schema tool definitions, function calling loops, and error handling.
- Introduction to Model Context Protocol (MCP): MCP client/server architecture, stdio/SSE transports, and security.
- Architecting with Claude: Production scalability, prompt caching ROI, and reliability patterns.
2. Essential Anthropic Documentation & Cookbook
Read the following official technical documentation pages thoroughly before taking the Developer or Architect exams:
- Anthropic Prompt Engineering Guide: Best practices for XML tags, chain-of-thought, and output constraints.
- Tool Use (Function Calling) Guide: Exact API payload schemas, tool results, and multi-turn loops.
- Prompt Caching Mechanics: Token minimums, 5-minute TTL refresh rules, and pricing structure.
- Message Batches API: 50% discount asynchronous workload processing.
- Anthropic Cookbook (GitHub): Code examples for multi-agent workflows, evaluation harnesses, and RAG architectures.
3. Recommended Video Masterclasses
- The Complete Agentic AI Engineering Course (Ed Donner on Udemy): Outstanding technical deep dive into generative AI, LLM tool calling, and agent frameworks. Highly recommended for CCDV-F and CCAR-F candidates.
- Krish Naik Gen AI Masterclasses: Widely recognized hands-on courses covering API integration, prompt engineering, and RAG pipelines.
4. Full-Length Mock Exams on Udemy
Realistic timed practice tests modeled on the official Pearson VUE exam formats: