freeCodeCamp.org: Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F) Certification Course

Prepare to pass the Claude Certified Developer - Foundations (CCDV-F) exam. This exam is Anthropic's official hands-on certification for engineers who build, integrate, and ship production-grade applications using Claude APIs, agents, and workflows.



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Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction

00:06:49 Exam Guide Breakdown



010 Agent Architecture

00:11:29 Agent Architecture

00:15:15 Workflow Architecture

00:17:26 Multi Agent Architecture

01:06:54 Subagents Improving Task Execution



020 Agent Construction with Claude

01:10:35 Agent SDK

01:11:47 Agent SDK Follow Along

01:17:04 What is a Code Harness

01:18:19 PreToolUse and PostToolUse Hooks

01:19:17 PreToolUse and PostToolUse Hooks Follow Along

01:23:28 Claude Managed Agents Follow Along



030 Agent Patterns and Frameworks

01:43:01 The Agentic Loop

01:44:49 The Agentic Loop Tool Calls



040 Claude API Mechanics

01:48:16 Claude Messages and Content

01:50:24 Claude Messages System Prompt

01:52:40 Claude Messages Response Format

01:53:56 Max Tokens

01:54:58 Stop Reason

01:57:48 Streaming Messages

01:59:39 Claude Code Image Reasoning

02:01:14 Claude Code Image Reasoning Follow Along

02:05:43 Prompt Caching

02:08:53 Claude Code API Key via Third Party Providers

02:09:40 Batch Processing Follow Along

02:15:14 Real Time vs Batch API



050 Software Engineering Foundations

02:16:28 Semi structure JSON

02:17:23 Version Control Systems

02:19:26 Version Control Services

02:22:44 Code Review

02:23:45 Simplify Command



060 Claude Application Design

02:24:36 Claude Code Surfaces

02:25:56 Content Boundaries

02:28:06 Session Hygiene

02:30:17 Plugins



070 Configuration Management

02:34:19 CLAUDE md Files

02:36:58 Claude Code Settings Scope

02:38:50 Claude Code Settings

02:50:49 Model version pinning

03:05:54 Prompt Versions



080 Claude Code Operations

03:05:58 Claude Rules

03:06:51 Claude Rules Follow Along

03:19:31 Agent Skills

03:21:49 Skills Follow Along

03:32:41 Resume Command

03:33:30 Resume Command Follow Along

03:37:42 Fork Session

03:38:20 Fork Session Follow Along

03:40:40 Context Command

03:42:09 Rename and Rewind

03:43:14 Rename and Rewind Follow Along

03:45:10 Status Command

03:48:16 Security Review Command

03:49:22 Sub agents

03:51:25 Sub agents Follow Along

03:59:50 Claude Auto Memory

04:02:13 Claude Auto Memory Follow Along

04:06:07 Claude Code Sessions

04:07:08 Headless Tasks

04:09:06 Headless Tasks Follow Along

04:16:39 Enable Auto Mode

04:17:51 Enable Auto Mode Follow Along

04:23:28 Top Level Claude md File

04:24:17 Claude files Follow Along



090 Debugging and Error Handling

04:38:23 Debug Mode

04:39:25 Debug Mode Follow Along



100 LLM Fundamentals

04:42:14 Tokens and Capacity

04:44:37 Context Window Size

04:46:55 Sampling

04:49:29 Non determinism

04:51:00 What is a Large Language Model

04:52:44 Fast Command

04:53:12 Fast Mode Follow Along

04:56:48 Effort Command

04:58:42 Effort Follow Along

05:04:45 Zero Single and Multi Shot



110 Model Selection and Tradeoffs

05:07:17 The Agentic Loop Models

05:09:26 Adaptive Thinking Support

05:11:56 Extended Thinking vs Adaptive Thinking



120 Cost and Token Management

05:13:56 Token Count API

05:14:53 Cost Modeling

05:16:42 Prompt Caching Costs



130 Context Engineering

05:17:46 Tool Output Pruning

05:20:31 Compact and Clear Command

05:22:05 Compact and Clear Follow Along



140 Prompt Engineering

05:27:19 Prompting with Explicit Criteria

05:28:21 Few Shot Prompting

05:29:23 Structured JSON Generation

05:33:04 Refinement Loop

05:33:58 Refinement Loop Follow Along



160 AI Application Security

05:45:53 Prompt Injection Awareness and Mitigation

05:52:21 Data Leakage Prevention and PII Handling



170 Guardrails and Safe Deployment

05:54:00 Permission Rules

05:55:31 Permission Rules Follow Along

06:10:01 Sandboxing

06:12:03 Sandbox Follow Along

06:19:54 Hooks

06:21:33 Security Hook Follow Along



180 Identity Secrets and Key Management

06:58:51 Claude Code via API Key

06:59:57 Permission Modes

07:01:33 Permission Modes Follow Along

07:05:35 Authentication vs Authorization



190 Tool Implementation

07:08:02 Tool Choice

07:10:08 Tool Descriptions

07:11:05 Error handling

07:11:49 Agent Tool

07:14:22 Agent Tool Follow Along



200 MCP Server Deployment

07:25:44 MCP with Claude Code

07:27:52 MCP Resources vs Tools

07:29:12 MCP Resources vs Tools Follow Along

07:37:23 MCP Prompts

07:38:08 Setup Claude Platform on AWS



210 Agent Customization

07:39:34 Built In Tools

07:41:06 Built In Tools Follow Along

07:44:34 Custom Tools

07:45:15 MCP Discovery

07:46:06 MCP Discovery Follow Along