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. Course page: https://www.exampro.co/ccdv-f Developed by @ExamProChannel ❤️ Support for this channel comes from our friends at Scrimba – the coding platform that's reinvented interactive learning: https://scrimba.com/freecodecamp 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