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The Claude certification program moves monthly. This page logs every change we detect and verify — it's the reason facts on CruxLevel carry dates. Quiet weeks stay quiet; when this page speaks, something actually changed.

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  1. 2026-08-01

    All four blueprints now verified against the official exam guides (v1.0)

    We obtained Anthropic's official exam guide PDFs for all four certifications and re-verified every fact on this site against them. Confirmed: official exam codes are CCAO-F, CCDV-F, CCAR-F, and CCAR-P; the Developer exam is 53 items and Architect Professional is 63. Biggest find: the CCAR-F exam is scenario-based, and the official guide publishes all 6 scenarios — 4 appear per sitting. They're now listed on our Architect exam guide.

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  2. 2026-07-31

    Architect (CCA-F) and Developer (CCDV-F) blueprints verified and published

    The CCA-F blueprint spans 5 domains, with Agentic Architecture and Orchestration the heaviest at 27%. The CCDV-F blueprint spans 8 domains led by Applications and Integration at 33.1% — and note: the Developer exam is 53 questions, not 60. Both blueprints are now on their exam guide pages with weightings.

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  3. 2026-07-13

    Claude Certified Associate exam opens for registration

    The Associate exam (CCA) launched at $99 — 60 questions, 120 minutes, seven domains with Output Evaluation and Validation the heaviest at 21%. Delivery via Pearson VUE OnVUE (online proctored) or test centers. No prerequisites.

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  4. 2026-07-01

    Developer and Architect Professional exams open; delivery moves to Pearson VUE OnVUE

    The July expansion opened Claude Certified Developer, Foundations ($125) and Claude Certified Architect, Professional ($175) for registration, with online proctoring now available alongside test centers.

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  5. 2026-06-03

    Anthropic announces the Services Track and Partner Hub

    The Partner Hub ranks agencies by certified headcount and live Claude deployments. Select tier requires 10 active certified staff, 2 joint customers in production, and 1 public customer story — making bulk certification a business requirement for agencies.

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  6. 2026-03-12

    Claude Certification Program launches with CCA-F

    Anthropic's first proctored certification — Claude Certified Architect, Foundations — launched alongside the Claude Partner Network, backed by a $100M ecosystem investment. 60 questions, scaled 100–1,000, cut score 720.

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