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Exam blueprint & study guides

The official five domains, their weightings, and a free in-depth guide for each.

1

Agentic Architecture & Orchestration

27% of the exam

The heaviest domain. Design agentic systems: the agentic loop, multi-agent topologies, subagent isolation, sessions, and when to let the model decide vs hard-code control flow.

2

Tool Design & MCP Integration

18% of the exam

Design tools the model can select reliably, handle structured errors, and integrate the Model Context Protocol end to end.

3

Claude Code Configuration & Workflows

20% of the exam

Configure and operate Claude Code: the CLAUDE.md hierarchy, slash commands and Skills, permission models, and headless CI/CD usage.

4

Prompt Engineering & Structured Output

20% of the exam

Write effective prompts and produce reliable structured output with tool use, validation-retry loops, and review patterns.

5

Context Management & Reliability

15% of the exam

Keep long-running systems reliable: manage the context window, propagate errors, annotate provenance, and optimize token budgets.

12-week study plan
A week-by-week plan to go from zero to exam-ready.
Anti-patterns cheatsheet
The wrong answers the exam loves to test — and why they're wrong.