Anthropic courses
Every course behind the certification program, one entry each: what it teaches, where to take it, which exam it serves, and the maintainer's completion certificate as proof each one is real and finishable. All 25 are free on the public Claude Academy, no partner account needed; partners see the same courses with prep-path structure on Partner Academy, and several are also on Coursera.
Claude platform
For everyday and platform fluency, and the backbone of Associate – Foundations preparation.
| Course | What it teaches | Take it | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude 101 | Using Claude for everyday work: core features, effective conversations, and where to go deeper | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Claude Platform 101 | The Claude platform end to end: products, features, and how the pieces fit | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Claude Code 101 | Claude Code in the daily development workflow | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Claude Code in Action | Long, hands-off Claude Code sessions you can trust: steer, configure, automate, and verify | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Introduction to Claude Cowork | The Cowork task loop, plugins and skills, file and research workflows, and steering multi-step work | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
Developer and integration
The core technical curriculum for Developer – Foundations and both Architect exams.
| Course | What it teaches | Take it | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building with the Claude API | The full span of working with Anthropic models through the API: messages, tools, streaming, and production patterns | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Introduction to Model Context Protocol | MCP servers and clients from scratch in Python: tools, resources, and prompts | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Model Context Protocol: Advanced Topics | Sampling, notifications, file system access, and transports for production MCP servers | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Introduction to agent skills | Building, configuring, and sharing Skills in Claude Code, from first Skill to team distribution | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Introduction to subagents | Using and creating subagents to manage context, delegate tasks, and build specialized workflows | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
Deployment platforms
Cloud-platform depth for architecture questions about where and how Claude runs.
| Course | What it teaches | Take it | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude with Amazon Bedrock | Running Claude on AWS, from the accreditation program Anthropic built with AWS | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Claude on Google Cloud | Working with Anthropic models on Google Cloud and Vertex AI | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Deploying Claude Enterprise with Confidence | The five organization-wide decisions behind a Claude Enterprise rollout: structure and identity, access, governance, spend, and visibility | Enroll | Badge |
AI Fluency
The collaboration framework: working with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically, and safely, in role-specific editions. Strong grounding for the Associate exam's governance and evaluation domains.
| Course | What it teaches | Take it | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations | The core framework for collaborating with AI systems | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Capabilities and Limitations | How AI works, what it does well, and where it fails | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for Builders | The framework applied to people building AI-powered products | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for educators | Applying AI Fluency to teaching practice and institutional strategy | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for pK-12 Educators | The framework adapted for primary and secondary education | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for students | AI Fluency for learning, career planning, and academic success | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for nonprofits | Increasing organizational impact while staying true to mission and values | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for Small Businesses | The framework applied to small-business operations | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for Creative Work | The framework applied to creative practice, keeping authorship deliberate | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| Teaching AI Fluency | Teaching and assessing AI Fluency in instructor-led settings | Enroll | PDF · Verify · Badge |
| AI Fluency for pK-12 Train the Trainer | A ready-to-run workshop kit for educators leading AI fluency sessions for colleagues, built with the American Federation of Teachers | Enroll | Not yet taken |
| Building Effective Human Agent Teams (Beta) | Moving a team from single-player AI to multiplayer: how the work changes, how a multiplayer agent differs from a chatbot, the team norms that support one, and four principles for healthy human-agent teams | Enroll | Badge |
Suggested order
The maintainer's per-course notes, including what each is worth and what to watch for, are in Course notes.
This is the repository's recommendation: start with Claude 101 and Claude Platform 101 for shared vocabulary, then follow your track. Associate candidates continue through AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations and Introduction to Claude Cowork. Developer and Architect candidates take Building with the Claude API, both MCP courses, Claude Code 101, Claude Code in Action, agent skills, and subagents; add the deployment-platform course matching your cloud. The role-specific AI Fluency editions fit wherever your work does. Certification prep paths on Partner Academy sequence these for each exam.
Facts last verified against the official sources on 2026-09-16. Repository index