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Claude CCDV-F Boot Camp – CCDV-F: 'it ran once' won't cut it.

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Build and debug in 3 days of live prep.

Our 3-day Claude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F) training boot camp includes our courseware and Claude API, Agent SDK and MCP labs. Train live online or in person.

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8 Domains

Weighted to the Blueprint

Full Mock Exam

Per-Domain Readiness

Live online or in person. Same instructors.

Three Days. Build and Debug. Hands-on labs. 180-day support.

Three days of live, hands-on prep for CCDV-F on the Claude API, Agent SDK and MCP, live online or in person with the same instructors, with our own courseware and a full mock exam.

Program Abstract

REF: CCDV-F 8
Curriculum aligned to the latest Exam Outline.
Format Live, Instructor-Led
Duration 3

The Exam Is New. Passing Exams Is Not.

Anthropic launched the Claude certifications in 2026, which means there is no back catalog of study guides and a lot of guesswork circulating online. We build from the published exam blueprint and the current API, and we allocate class time to the domain weightings Anthropic actually publishes. Applications and Integration is a third of this exam – so it is a third of the class, and you spend it building.

Prerequisite

REQUIRES: Partner Approval for the Exam
Class Open to Anyone
Exam Partner Approval

Anyone Can Take the Class. The Exam Needs Approval.

You can take this class to learn Claude whether or not you plan to certify, and most people take it for the skills rather than the certificate. To sit the CCDV-F exam, you must be able to register through the official Anthropic Partner Academy portal using an approved partner work email. Anthropic sells and schedules the exam and decides who is eligible. No exam voucher is included.

How Claude exam registration works

Built From the Blueprint.

We build to Anthropic’s published exam domains and weightings, not to a guess. Class time is allocated in proportion to what the exam actually tests.

Exam Prep Built From 25 Years.

We have been getting people through certification exams since 1999. The certification is new. Knowing how people pass exams is not.

250,000 Certified Since 1999.

ISC2, ISACA, CompTIA, Microsoft, Cisco, AWS, EC-Council. We have run exam prep through a lot of vendor launches, and we know what a first-generation exam looks like.

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Our instructors work in the fields they teach, not just in the classroom.

"Bring a real task. I’ll show you how people are actually using AI to get it done faster."

Brian D'Andrea

Lead Instructor All of our trainers carry a wide range of certifications, including the certification for every program they teach or manage.

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Built From the Exam Blueprint

Training Camp courseware built domain by domain on Anthropic’s CCDV-F exam guide, and kept current as Claude ships changes.

All eight domains covered

All Eight Domains, Three Days

API, model selection, agents, prompts, tools and MCP, security, Claude Code and evaluation, each weighted the way the exam is.

Hands-on labs and mock exam

Online or In Person

Join a live online cohort from anywhere or attend in a classroom, with the same instructor, labs and full-length mock exam.

Written for developers

Labs and Mock Exam

You build with the Claude API, the Agent SDK and MCP, then finish with a full-length mock exam and a per-domain readiness review.

Live online or in person

For People Who Ship

Applications and Integration is 33.1% of the exam and checks that you can build, run and debug a real Claude application.

Courseware kept current

180 Days of Support

Every class includes 180 days of post-class support, so questions that come up while you prepare still get answered.

Claude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F) Prep Boot Camp

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    COURSE STRUCTURE

    Claude Certified Developer – Foundations
    Syllabus

    A structured path designed for working professionals.
    Each day builds on the last—momentum is everything.

    MODULE_ID: PREP
    Live Training QS: ~5
    BEFORE CLASS
    Critical Path

    Set Up First

    Lab environment and API access released on enrollment
    L.prep.1
    SDK installed and a first Messages API call made
    L.prep.2
    Short pre-read on the current Claude model line-up
    L.prep.3
    Skills check so your instructor knows the room
    L.prep.4
    Working knowledge of REST, JSON and async programming
    L.prep.5
    Hands-on time with the Claude API or the SDKs
    L.prep.6
    Version control and code review as everyday habits
    L.prep.7
    A language you write production code in comfortably
    L.prep.8
    MODULE_ID: CCDV-F-01
    Live Training QS: ~5
    DAY ONE
    Critical Path

    Applications and Integration

    Messages API: requests, responses, streaming and errors
    L.01.1
    Vision, thinking, caching and the batch API
    L.01.2
    Realtime versus batch, and when each is the right call
    L.01.3
    Content boundaries, schema design and session hygiene
    L.01.4
    REST, JSON, async patterns and SDLC integration
    L.01.5
    CLAUDE.md, settings.json and plugin dependencies
    L.01.6
    Model version pinning and prompt versioning
    L.01.7
    Turning business requirements into an architecture
    L.01.8
    MODULE_ID: CCDV-F-02
    Live Training QS: ~6
    DAY TWO
    Critical Path

    Models, Optimization, Agents and Workflows

    Tokens, context windows, sampling and non-determinism
    L.02.1
    Opus, Sonnet and Haiku: quality, latency and cost tradeoffs
    L.02.2
    Extended and adaptive thinking, and effort levels
    L.02.3
    Token budgeting, cost modeling and prompt caching
    L.02.4
    Decision criteria for a workflow versus an agent
    L.02.5
    Manager and subagent hierarchies, and delegation
    L.02.6
    The Claude Agent SDK, custom loops and harnesses
    L.02.7
    Hooks for deterministic actions inside an agentic flow
    L.02.8
    MODULE_ID: CCDV-F-03
    Live Training QS: ~6
    DAY THREE
    Critical Path

    Prompts, Tools, MCP, Security and Review

    System prompts, few-shot examples and XML structure
    L.03.1
    Context engineering that prevents drift
    L.03.2
    Tool schemas, execution and result handling
    L.03.3
    MCP clients and servers for backend integration
    L.03.4
    Prompt injection and handling untrusted content
    L.03.5
    Secrets management and access control
    L.03.6
    Error typing, trace analysis and failure isolation
    L.03.7
    Full-length mock exam and per-domain readiness review
    L.03.8
    MODULE_ID: POST
    Live Training QS: ~7
    AFTER CLASS
    Critical Path

    Book It While It Is Fresh

    Per-domain readiness score against the published blueprint
    L.post.1
    Confirm your exam eligibility with Anthropic
    L.post.2
    Register and schedule through the Anthropic Partner Academy
    L.post.3
    Sit it while the material is still fresh
    L.post.4
    Roughly 135 minutes of total seat time once check-in is done
    L.post.5
    Delivered by Pearson VUE, test center or online-proctored
    L.post.6
    A failed first attempt carries a 14-day wait, then 30, then 90
    L.post.7
    Maximum four attempts per exam in a rolling 12 months
    L.post.8
    COURSE PROGRESS Day 0 of 3
    DoD Cyber Workforce Framework

    All the Claude Developer Knowledge. Half the Time to Certification.

    Accelerated, instructor-led preparation for the CCDV-F exam, built from the published blueprint.

    Communication & Network Security Incident Response Security & Risk Management Security Architecture Security Assessment & Testing Security Operations Network Protocols Access Control Models Communication & Network Security Incident Response Security & Risk Management Security Architecture Security Assessment & Testing Security Operations Network Protocols Access Control Models
    Business Continuity Software Development Security Risk Assessment Asset Security Identity & Access Management Vulnerability Management Cryptography Governance & Compliance Business Continuity Software Development Security Risk Assessment Asset Security Identity & Access Management Vulnerability Management Cryptography Governance & Compliance
    DoD 8140 Requirements

    Beyond the Cert: Built for the Job

    Foundational qualification The certification you earn with us
    Residential qualification Hands-on labs prep you for the on-the-job readiness DoD 8140 requires within 12 months
    Continuous professional development CPE-eligible training to maintain qualification long after

    The credential, the capability, and the continued readiness — all in one boot camp.

    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

    Claude Certified Developer – Foundations
    Questions

    Real questions from real professionals who passed.
    Here's how we answer them.

    Directly from Anthropic, and only from Anthropic. They sell the Claude Certified Developer – Foundations exam themselves at $125 USD through the Anthropic Partner Academy, and that is where you register, pay and schedule it. Training Camp does not sell, resell or bundle the exam, and no voucher is included in this course. Anthropic owns the exam; we teach the preparation. The course price is instruction only, which is why it sits below what a bundled boot camp costs.

    Currently, yes. Anthropic restricts certification registration to eligible individuals at organizations participating in the Claude Partner Network, and requires a company-domain email address. Final eligibility is determined by Anthropic, not by us. We have no part in that process: we cannot register you, sponsor you, or influence the decision either way. You are welcome to take this course regardless – the material stands on its own as Claude skills training – but confirm your eligibility with Anthropic first if sitting the exam is the point of attending.

    No. This is independent exam preparation built by Training Camp. Anthropic publishes its own preparation curriculum through the Partner Academy, and we recommend using both. What we add is the classroom: a live instructor, a compressed schedule, and 25 years of experience working out how people actually pass certification exams.

    Anthropic uses a scaled score from 100 to 1,000, with 720 required to pass. A 720 scaled score does not mean 72% of questions correct – Anthropic does not publish a raw-score conversion, and scaled scoring accounts for question difficulty. Treat the number as a threshold, not a percentage.

    53 questions, 120 minutes, multiple choice and multiple response. Plan for roughly 135 minutes of total seat time once check-in, ID verification and instructions are accounted for. It is delivered through Pearson VUE, either at a testing center or online-proctored. The blueprint is weighted heavily toward Applications and Integration at 33.1%, so most of the exam is about building and shipping, not theory.

    Anthropic enforces escalating waiting periods: 14 days after a first failed attempt, 30 days after a second, and 90 days after a third, with a maximum of four attempts per exam in a rolling 12-month period. Retakes are charged at the applicable exam fee. That waiting period is the real cost of an unprepared attempt, and it is the main reason structured preparation is worth the time.

    Twelve months from the date you earn it. Anthropic currently offers a renewal path for candidates who renew before expiry, which may include reviewing what has changed in Claude and completing a free non-proctored renewal assessment. If you let it lapse, you generally re-sit the full proctored exam and pay the fee again. Diary the date.

    That is exactly the problem this course exists to solve. Claude ships new models, new API surfaces and new tooling on a cadence no printed study guide keeps up with. We maintain the courseware against Anthropic’s published exam blueprint and the current API, and we teach the parts that are stable – architecture, evaluation, context handling, security – separately from the parts that move. You will be told which is which.

    It is the reason to take a class rather than self-study. These exams launched in 2026, so there is no back catalog of books, no decade of forum threads, and a lot of what is circulating online is guesswork. We work from Anthropic’s published domain weightings and build the class around them. When we do not know something, we say so rather than filling the gap.

    You should be a working software developer, typically with 1 to 5 years of experience, and around 6 months of hands-on work with the Claude API. In general these are not beginner AI courses. Anthropic pitches them at working professionals, and the exams assume you have used Claude in a real context. If you are unsure whether you are ready, talk to us before you book.

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    The Claude certifications launched in 2026, so there is no back catalog of study guides yet. These cover the ground around the exam: agentic application security, the AI certification landscape, and how to work from a published blueprint.

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