Claude Code for FDE: Architect Track
Get ready for Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect exam. Hamza Farooq walks through all five exam domains with sample questions, the rules of thumb that matter and a study plan, in 12 short chapters. Ask Moment Search anything: it answers from the recording and plays the exact second.
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A live session Hamza ran for people preparing for the exam, cut into chapters you can jump between, with the practice exam and study guide alongside.
- 12Chapters
- 1h 05mOf class
- 5Exam domains
- FreeTo watch
The five exam domains.
Each domain gets its own chapter, with a sample question in the exam's style.
- 01
Agentic Architecture
The agentic loop and stop reason, hub-and-spoke coordinators, sub-agents, and pre and post hooks.
Domain 127% of the exam · Chapter 4 · 5:28
- 02
Tool Design & MCP
Choosing and scoping tools, MCP, misrouting and structured errors.
Domain 218% of the exam · Chapter 5 · 1:55
- 03
Claude Code Configuration
Where CLAUDE.md sits at user, project and directory level, skills, and planning before prompting.
Domain 320% of the exam · Chapter 6 · 4:08
- 04
Prompt Engineering
Few-shot prompting, batching, tool-use schemas and defending against prompt injection.
Domain 420% of the exam · Chapter 7 · 7:15
- 05
Context Management
The summarization trap, escalation triggers and exploring code with grep and find.
Domain 515% of the exam · Chapter 8 · 5:19
12 chapters, about an hour.
Watch in order, or jump straight to the domain you need.
- 01Welcome & Free Resources5:42
- 02Getting Access9:46
- 03The Five Exam Domains1:17
- 04Domain 1: Agentic Architecture5:28
- 05Domain 2: Tool Design & MCP1:55
- 06Domain 3: Claude Code Configuration4:08
- 07Domain 4: Prompt Engineering7:15
- 08Domain 5: Context Management5:19
- 09Exam Rules of Thumb2:10
- 10Practice Quiz and Study Plan7:41
- 11Q&A: Who It's For4:13
- 12Q&A: Learning and Careers10:15
Your free study kit.
Everything Hamza recommends in the session, in the order to use it.
- 01
Watch the track
Start here: what the exam tests, a sample question for each domain, how to get access, and the rules of thumb to remember.
- 02
Take Anthropic's free courses
The courses on Anthropic's own learning path for the exam. Hamza's pick to start with: Building with the Claude API.
- 03
Read the domain cheat sheets
One study guide for each of the five domains, with what it tests and the common traps, plus official sample questions explained.
- 04
Take the practice exam
A full practice exam across all five domains, in your browser. A wrong answer tells you why it is wrong. Take it more than once.
- 05
Practice hands-on
The exam rewards building, not memorizing. Work through starter projects and an interactive guide from skills to production agents. Hamza suggests about a month of hands-on preparation.
Your instructor.
Hamza Farooq
Founder & CEO, Traversaal.ai
Adjunct Professor at UCLA