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Solution Design & Architecture
17%of the exam
AnthropicProfessionalExam update
Claude CertifiedArchitect – Professional
Validates that an individual can design, build, and deliver production-grade AI solutions using Anthropic's Claude platform.
What this certification assesses
The seven content domains of the CCAR-P exam guide, with the approximate share of scored items drawn from each.
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Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering
13%of the exam
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Integration
19%of the exam
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Evaluation, Testing & Optimization
16%of the exam
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Governance, Safety & Risk Management
14%of the exam
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Stakeholder Communication & Lifecycle Management
14%of the exam
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Developer Productivity & Operational Enablement
7%of the exam
Section names and weights are the published exam blueprint's own. The blueprint itself, with every objective under these sections, is in Official references.
Exam overview
What Anthropic publishes about the CCAR-P exam, read from the exam guide and the Partner Academy pages. Follow the sources for the authoritative version of any of it.
- Professional
- Level
- CCAR-P
- Exam code
- 63
- Questions
- 120 minutes
- Duration
- $175 USD
- Fee
- Partners only
- Access
Published detail
- Assessment
- Multiple-choice and multiple-response items, each stating how many responses to select
- Questions
- 63
- Duration
- 120 minutes. Anthropic advises planning about 135 minutes of seat time, including check-in, instructions, and a short post-exam survey
- Passing score
- A scaled score of 720 on a 100–1,000 scale. Results are pass/fail, and the score report adds the percentage correct in each domain
- Exam provider
- Pearson VUE
- Delivery
- Proctored, online or at a Pearson VUE test centre. The exam is closed book
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Registration fee
- $175 USD, paid by card on Anthropic Partner Academy. Select, Preferred, and Global Premier partners receive 50% off, applied at checkout
- Cancelling or rescheduling
- At least 48 hours before the appointment
- Eligibility
- People at organisations in the Claude Partner Network, registering with a company email on a domain listed in their organisation's partner record. Candidates must be 18 or older
- Prerequisites
- None. Claude Certified Architect – Foundations is not required, and it does not convert into this credential
- Validity
- 12 months from the date the credential is awarded
- Recertification
- Renew on time with a free, non-proctored assessment on Anthropic Partner Academy. A lapsed credential requires the full exam at the full fee
- Retakes
- Waits of 14, 30, and 90 days after the first, second, and third failed attempts, and at most 4 attempts in a rolling 12 months. Each retake costs the exam fee again
- Recommended experience
- A foundation in software engineering practice, 3+ years in systems architecture or platform engineering, 6+ months hands-on with Claude or comparable LLM systems in production, and experience delivering end-to-end systems from discovery to operation
- Candidate profile
- Mid- to senior-level technical professionals who design, build, and deliver production-grade AI solutions — primarily solution architects, AI/ML engineers, technical leads, and senior software engineers. Not intended for entry-level developers
- Partner standing
- Counts toward Claude Partner Network eligibility
Based on Anthropic's CCAR-P exam guide, Version 1.0, effective July 2026.
Exam update
Anthropic is updating the Architect – Professional exam: exams taken on or after 7 December 2026 include updated content, and the updated exam guide is published on 17 November 2026. If you plan to test on 7 December or later, prepare with the updated guide.
This page and its study guide follow the current exam guide, Version 1.0, effective July 2026, until the updated guide is published.
Who this certification is for
Our reading of who this certification is most relevant to. This framing is editorial — not something the vendor publishes.
- Solution architects
- Architects who own the full design of an enterprise Claude solution, from model and pattern selection to governance.
- Technical leads
- Leads and senior engineers who run discovery, defend architectural trade-offs to stakeholders, and carry a system through handoff and iteration.
- Partner practitioners
- Engineers inside Claude Partner Network organisations delivering Claude systems for clients, with or without Architect – Foundations.
These groups are editorial. The experience the vendor actually recommends for the exam is a published fact, and it is in Exam overview.
Official references
Primary sources for everything on this page. Follow them for the authoritative version of any certification fact.
- Certification page (opens in a new tab)The credential's page on Anthropic Partner Academy: the price and registration.
- CCAR-P exam guide (opens in a new tab)The authoritative reference: exam details, the seven domains with their tasks, sample questions, scoring, and policies.
- Claude Certification program (opens in a new tab)Every Claude certification on one page, with its role, level, price, prep courses, and exam guide.
- Who can take an exam (opens in a new tab)Eligibility: Claude Partner Network membership, the company-email requirement, and the age and ID rules.
- Certification FAQ (opens in a new tab)How Professional relates to Foundations, languages, seat time, partner-tier discounts, retakes, and renewal.
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Study guide
Study for the Claude Certified Architect – Professional exam
The guide follows this blueprint section by section, one decision per bite. Read it in order to prepare, or open a single bite later as a reference.
- Guide version
- October 2026
- Cost
- Free, no account
- Progress
- Stays in your browser