Not exam-scored

Foundations

Start here if you're new to Claude and agentic systems.

The core concepts you need before the certification content: what LLMs are, how the Claude API works, prompt basics, tools, agents, and MCP. Not on the exam — but everything on the exam assumes you know this.

Lessons

  1. What is a Large Language Model?
    6 sections
  2. Meet Claude — the API model
    6 sections
  3. Prompt engineering, the basics
    6 sections
  4. What is a tool? (Function calling)
    6 sections
  5. Agents 101 — LLMs in a loop
    6 sections
  6. MCP — Model Context Protocol intro
    6 sections