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AI-Assisted Developer: Claude Code

This certification is designed for developers who use Claude Code as a serious engineering tool, not just as a conversational assistant. It validates the ability to guide AI-assisted development through clear task scoping, relevant context selection, safe iteration, verification, and disciplined review.

The exam covers practical Claude Code workflows, including prompting strategy, project memory, CLAUDE.md guidance, rules, permissions, sandboxing, hooks, MCP servers, skills, plugins, subagents, CLI usage, IDE and cloud workflows, Agent SDK usage, provider configuration, and enterprise security controls.

Candidates are expected to understand how Claude Code behaves in real projects: how to constrain edits, preserve public APIs, inspect failing tests, handle production context safely, avoid prompt injection, protect secrets, configure approval boundaries, and use automation without weakening engineering review.

The certification also evaluates advanced operational judgment. This includes choosing when to use MCP instead of pasted context, when to use hooks instead of reminders, when to delegate work to subagents, how to structure CI review flows, and how to apply governance controls for teams working in regulated or production environments.

This certification is suitable for developers, technical leads, platform engineers, and AI-assisted development practitioners who want to demonstrate that they can use Claude Code effectively, safely, and responsibly across everyday coding tasks and advanced team workflows.
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What this certification proves

Clear scope for candidates. Clear meaning for reviewers.

Passing result

What a pass confirms

This certificate confirms that the candidate demonstrated practical Claude Code competence in AI-assisted software development, including task scoping, context management, tool configuration, verification discipline, security awareness, and responsible automation in real engineering workflows.

Scope

What the exam validates

Scope includes Claude Code prompting workflows, project memory, CLAUDE.md and rules, permissions, sandboxing, MCP, hooks, skills, plugins, subagents, CLI usage, IDE and cloud workflows, Agent SDK, provider configuration, CI review, security controls, and governance practices.

For reviewers

What someone can verify later

The public certificate page shows the holder name, score, issue date, certificate ID, and current verification status without relying on screenshots.

Share flow

Share one record, not a bundle of files

Use the certificate page as the primary proof. PDF stays available as a convenient copy, but the live page is the canonical record.

Official certificate page

What the verifier will see

  • Candidate name
  • Score and pass outcome
  • Date and certificate ID
  • Current verification status

Preparation topics

Topics covered by the exam question set.

Use this topic map as a preparation checklist. Questions in this certification are built from these concrete topic areas.

Prompting Workflow

  • Task scoping
  • Acceptance criteria
  • Context selection
  • Bug fixing
  • Test failures
  • Production errors
  • API preservation
  • Course correction
  • Final summaries
  • Verification commands

Project Memory

  • CLAUDE.md
  • AGENTS import
  • Rule files
  • Path rules
  • Rule activation
  • Memory audit
  • Auto memory
  • Memory redirects
  • Instruction precedence
  • Monorepo excludes
  • Managed memory

Permissions Sandbox

  • Permission modes
  • Allow rules
  • Ask rules
  • Deny rules
  • Permission precedence
  • Bash permissions
  • File permissions
  • Sandboxing
  • Network sandboxing
  • Fail closed
  • Secret blocking

MCP

  • MCP servers
  • MCP scopes
  • MCP OAuth
  • MCP resources
  • MCP prompts
  • MCP tools
  • Tool search
  • Output limits
  • Dynamic updates
  • Least privilege
  • Prompt injection

Hooks

  • PreToolUse
  • PostToolUse
  • Stop hooks
  • PermissionRequest
  • PermissionDenied
  • UserPromptSubmit
  • UserPromptExpansion
  • PostToolBatch
  • Async hooks
  • HTTP hooks
  • Hook security

Skills Plugins

  • Skill triggers
  • Manual skills
  • Skill migration
  • Plugin manifests
  • Plugin marketplaces
  • Plugin versions
  • Plugin data
  • Plugin hooks
  • Plugin MCP
  • Plugin governance
  • Marketplace pinning

Subagents

  • Subagent roles
  • Tool allowlists
  • Readonly agents
  • Security review
  • Parallel agents
  • Agent isolation
  • Agent priority
  • Agent orchestration
  • Managed agents

CLI Basics

  • Native install
  • Homebrew install
  • WinGet install
  • Version check
  • Doctor check
  • Login flow
  • Auth status
  • Logout
  • Updates
  • Uninstall
  • Configuration removal

Commands Interface

  • Interactive mode
  • Print mode
  • Resume sessions
  • Continue sessions
  • Clear command
  • Compact command
  • Usage command
  • Status line
  • Multiline prompts
  • Terminal setup

Models Modes

  • Model switching
  • Model aliases
  • Opusplan
  • Effort levels
  • Fast mode
  • Output styles
  • Learning style
  • Custom styles
  • Plan mode
  • Accept edits

IDE Cloud

  • VS Code
  • Terminal context
  • Worktrees
  • Image inputs
  • Directory mentions
  • Cloud sessions
  • Remote sessions
  • Teleport handoff
  • GitHub auth
  • Desktop context

Agent SDK

  • SDK queries
  • Streaming input
  • Result messages
  • Max turns
  • Structured output
  • Custom tools
  • Tool availability
  • SDK permissions
  • Usage tracking
  • Telemetry

Enterprise Providers

  • Bedrock setup
  • Vertex setup
  • Foundry setup
  • Provider auth
  • Gateway routing
  • Model pinning
  • Context suffix
  • Proxy variables
  • Rate limits
  • Workspace limits

Security Governance

  • ZDR
  • Data retention
  • Secret handling
  • Credential proxy
  • Container isolation
  • gVisor
  • Firecracker
  • Devcontainers
  • Audit evidence
  • Human approval
  • CI gates

How the certification works

From voucher purchase to public certificate.

Once the candidate decides to pursue this certification, the path is simple: buy a voucher, exchange it for this certification, complete the exam, and receive the official certificate after a successful result.

Step 01

Buy a voucher for account balance

The candidate tops up voucher balance first. DevCerts does not sell this certification as a direct one-off checkout item.

Step 02

Choose this certification and exchange the voucher

When the candidate is ready, one voucher is consumed and DevCerts opens exam access for this certification.

Step 03

Pass and receive the official certificate page

After a successful valid result is recorded, DevCerts issues the certificate, publishes the public verification page, and keeps PDF available as a secondary copy.

Current certificate policy

What this certification page promises today

  • A certificate is issued only after a successful valid result.
  • The public verification page is the canonical certificate artifact.
  • The issued certificate is active and non-expiring in the current MVP.

Before the exam

Read the exam rules and recommendations first

Review the time limit, pass score, retake policy, proctoring warning limits, full-screen recommendation, and preparation checklist before starting the attempt.

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