I passed the Claude Certified Architect: Foundations exam in June 2026. This is the full study companion I put together while revising, all five domains in one sitting.

The Architect's Notebook is a study podcast for the CCA-F exam. Two voices host it, Maya asks the questions a first-time candidate actually has and Theo answers them. Each script was built by feeding the official exam guide into Claude, so it tracks the guide closely and hits every domain: agentic architecture and orchestration, tool design and MCP, Claude Code configuration, prompt engineering and structured output, and context management and reliability. This overview episode interleaves all five domains the way the exam does, then closes with a lightning round of exam traps and an exam-day recap. Produced with HyperFrames.

If you only watch one before the exam, watch this. The five domain deep-dives are in the playlist when you want more on any one area.

Exam snapshot: 60 questions, 120 minutes, $125 USD, pass mark 720 out of 1000, online-proctored via Pearson VUE. Registration and the official guide are linked below.

⏱ Chapters
0:00    Intro
0:31    Exam Foundations
3:39    The Claude API Engine
8:16    Tools and tool_use
12:37   The Agentic Loop
14:19   Hub-and-Spoke Agents
17:42   Agent SDK Hooks
19:24   Model Context Protocol
23:03   Claude Code Configuration
25:55   Skills and Sessions
31:16   Prompt Engineering
37:27   Message Batches API
39:30   Task Decomposition
41:04   Escalation and Handoff
44:26   Error Handling
46:54   Context Management
49:00   Preserving Provenance
50:25   Built-in Tools
51:26   Exam Traps: Lightning Round
53:23   Wrap-up and Exam Day
55:38   Outro

This is a study companion, not a replacement for the official CCA-F exam guide. Work through the guide yourself as well.

🔗 Links
Official CCA-F exam guide and registration: https://anthropic-partners.skilljar.c...
Website: https://benglyn.com
Book a free 30-min discovery call: https://benglyn.com/book

👤 About
Ben Glyn Pty Ltd is an AI consultancy in Brisbane helping small and medium businesses adopt Claude in practical, measurable ways. 25 years of business process work across investment, asset management, real estate, government financial services, and hospitality.

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