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CCDV-F is the developer credential in Anthropic's Claude certification programme, aimed at software developers, AI engineers and technical consultants building applications on the Claude API, Claude Code and Model Context Protocol.
One thing stands out in the blueprint: Applications and Integration is 33.1% of the exam - a third of it. This is not a theory paper. It tests whether you can build, ship and operate a Claude application, including the software engineering fundamentals underneath it.
Target role: Developers and AI engineers.
Anthropic publishes the domain weightings below. They are the most reliable guide to where study time belongs.
The largest domain by a wide margin. Claude API requests and responses, SDK usage, application architecture, streaming, error handling, authentication and configuration, plus the software engineering fundamentals and lifecycle behind a production Claude application.
Selecting Claude models, cost and performance tradeoffs, latency, token usage, prompt caching and optimization strategies.
Agent design and agent loops, deciding between a workflow and an autonomous agent, multi-step workflows, orchestration, human-in-the-loop design and stopping conditions.
System prompts, structured prompts, few-shot examples, XML structures, context-window management and maintaining useful context.
Claude tool use, tool schemas and execution, Model Context Protocol, MCP clients and servers, and external-system integration.
Prompt injection, untrusted content, protecting secrets, access control, security controls and safe deployment.
Claude Code workflows, configuration, permissions and integration into a development workflow.
Evaluation frameworks, testing, debugging, regression testing and measuring application quality.
Registration is currently gated. Candidates generally need to be employed by an organisation participating in the Claude Partner Network, have access to the Anthropic Partner Academy, use a recognised company-domain email address, and be at least 18 years old. Personal email addresses generally cannot be used. Final eligibility is determined by Anthropic.
CCDV-F counts toward Claude Partner Network certification eligibility. If your organisation is working toward or maintaining partner tier, this is one of the credentials that contributes.
The programme is role-based rather than a single ladder. Architect Foundations is not a prerequisite for Architect Professional — the two are separate credentials and you can sit Professional first.
A third of it is a single domain. Applications and Integration is 33.1%, covering Claude API requests and responses, SDK usage, streaming, error handling and authentication, plus the engineering fundamentals underneath a production application. This is a build exam rather than a theory paper.
3.1%, which is less than most people assume. Evaluation, Testing and Debugging is smaller still at 2.6%. Together those two are under 6% of the paper, while Applications and Integration plus Model Selection and Optimization come to just under half of it.
$125 USD, paid directly to Anthropic. Organisations in the Claude Partner Network may pay less depending on partner level. Training Camp does not sell the exam, so you book and pay for it with Anthropic rather than through us.
720 on a scaled range of 100 to 1,000. That is not the same as getting 72% of the questions right, and Anthropic does not publish a raw score conversion, so treat any practice test that claims a 72% threshold with suspicion.
120 minutes for 53 questions, which is about 2 minutes 16 seconds per question. Budget roughly 135 minutes of seat time once check-in, ID verification and the instruction screens are done.
No. Registration is gated. Candidates generally need to work for an organisation in the Claude Partner Network, have access to the Anthropic Partner Academy, use a company-domain email address and be at least 18. Personal email addresses generally will not work, and Anthropic makes the final decision.
12 months. Anthropic currently offers a renewal path before expiry that may include a free non-proctored renewal assessment. Miss that window and you generally re-sit the full proctored exam and pay again, so put the expiry date in a calendar the day you pass.
Four attempts per exam in any rolling 12 month period. The waits are 14 days after a first failure, 30 days after a second and 90 days after a third, which adds up to 134 days, so a candidate who has failed three times is more than four months away from a fourth attempt. Every attempt is charged at the full fee as well, so using all four on CCDV-F costs $500. Prepare properly for the first sitting.
Through Pearson VUE, either at a test centre or online with a proctor. Once you pass, the digital credential is issued through Credly.
Yes. CCDV-F is one of the credentials that contributes to Claude Partner Network certification eligibility, which matters if your organisation is working toward or holding a partner tier.
Pick by role rather than by level, because the programme is not a ladder. CCAO-F suits people who use Claude without writing code, CCDV-F suits developers building on the API, and the two Architect exams suit people designing systems. Architect Foundations is not a prerequisite for Architect Professional.
These exams launched in 2026. There is no back catalogue of study guides, no decade of forum threads, and a good deal of what circulates online is guesswork. Anthropic publishes its own preparation curriculum through the Partner Academy, and that should be your first stop.
Training Camp runs independent instructor-led preparation built against the published domain weightings above. We are not an Anthropic authorised training partner and we do not sell the exam — you book that directly with Anthropic. What we add is a live instructor, a compressed schedule, and 25 years of working out how people pass certification exams.