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CCDV-F: Claude Certified Developer Foundations

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CCDV-F, short for Claude Certified Developer Foundations, is the Anthropic exam for engineers who ship Claude applications. It has 53 questions, runs 120 minutes and needs a scaled score of 720 on a 100 to 1000 scale to pass. The price is $125 USD before partner discounts and the credential is valid for 12 months.

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Exam at a glance

Questions
53
Minutes
120
Pass score
720 on 100 to 1000
Fee
$125 list
Valid for
12 months
Delivery
Pearson VUE
Open to
Partner orgs
Exam guide
v1.0, July 2026

Eligibility: open only to people at Claude Partner Network organisations. Official registration: register in the Anthropic Partner Academy , delivery is by Pearson VUE.

Facts checked Oct 17, 2026 against the official exam guide PDF (linked from the Partner Academy certifications page ) and the Pearson VUE Anthropic page . Check them again before you pay.

Where the points are

Two domains carry nearly half of CCDV-F. Applications & Integration is 33.1% and Agents & Workflows is 14.7%, together 47.8%. The three lightest domains (Claude Code 3.1%, Evaluation, Testing & Debugging 2.6%, Security & Safety 8.1%) add up to 13.8%. Read the domain pages to see what each one covers.

  • Applications & Integration 33.1%
  • Model Selection & Optimization 16.8%
  • Agents & Workflows 14.7%
  • Prompt & Context Engineering 11.0%
  • Tools & MCPs 10.6%
  • Security & Safety 8.1%
  • Claude Code 3.1%
  • Evaluation, Testing & Debugging 2.6%

Read the full breakdown on the exam guide.

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