I built the practice banks on this site against all four published Claude exam guides, and I sat and passed CCAR-P with 965 out of 1000. This page is about an exam that has no guide yet, so I have been strict about which statements rest on a source and which do not.
What is confirmed
- The name. Claude Certified Developer – Professional. It sits on the Developer track, above Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F).
- The status: Coming H2 2026. That label appeared on the certification framework slide in Claude Partner Network Connect Episode 4, the partner-only livestream. Anthropic's own listing for that episode says it covered "partner training and certification updates." The presenters said Q4 2026 is likely.
- It is not live. As of 21 September 2026, Anthropic's certification pages list four exams: Associate – Foundations, Developer – Foundations, Architect – Foundations and Architect – Professional.
- Still unannounced on 2 October 2026. That day Anthropic announced Claude Frontier Academy, a nomination-only residency with its own two badges. The announcement does not mention Developer – Professional.
- It completes a pattern Anthropic already described. The July 2026 launch post says every path to getting credentialed "starts with a foundation-level certification and advances to the professional-level." The Architect track already works that way. This is the Developer track catching up.
What is not known yet
No exam guide, no domains, no weights, no fee, no item count, no launch date and no registration page. Anyone publishing a Developer – Professional blueprint or "exam questions" today is guessing, and anyone selling them is selling the guess.
What is reasonable to expect, and why it is only an expectation
The one Professional exam that already exists, CCAR-P, is a useful reference but not a promise:
| CCAR-P (live) | Developer – Professional | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | $175 | Not published |
| Time | 120 minutes | Not published |
| Scoring | 100–1000, 720 to pass | Not published |
| Prerequisite | None. You can skip Foundations | Not stated |
| Eligibility | Partner Network members, partner email | Very likely the same |
Every Claude exam so far has been 120 minutes, scored 100–1000 with 720 to pass, and open only to Claude Partner Network members. That consistency is why most people expect the same here. It is still an expectation.
How to prepare now
Study the Foundations exam on the same track. CCDV-F is the published base of the Developer path: API mechanics, tool calls and MCP, agents and workflows, context engineering, model selection and evaluation. A Professional exam on that track will almost certainly assume all of it.
If you already design agentic systems, CCAR-F covers the adjacent build-and-design ground. CCAR-P shows what a Professional-level Claude exam actually asks: questions where two answers are both defensible and you have to know why only one is credited.
For choosing between the four live exams, see which Claude certification to take.
When this page changes
I will update this page as soon as Anthropic publishes an exam guide, and practice questions will follow the published blueprint. Until then, there is nothing honest to practice against except the Foundations exam beneath it.
Practice sets on this site
When Developer – Professional launches, its practice sets will be written against the published exam guide and go live within days of the exam. They join full access, which covers every Claude certification: anyone who owns full access by then gets them included, at no extra cost.
The full access price rises to $59 when Developer – Professional launches (regional prices stay lower). Until then it is the current price, and if you already bought a single exam, it counts toward upgrading.