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🏅 Official Certification Pathways • Anthropic Claude & General AI

AI Certification Prep Programs

Master hands-on agent engineering, structured tool use, and enterprise system design. Prepare for official Claude credentials with tuition from Europe's first Claude Certified Architect and personalized classroom support from our Teaching Assistant.

Rifat Erdem Sahin
Rifat Erdem Sahin
Lead Instructor / Trainer • Claude Certified Architect
Marianna Nechypor
Marianna Nechypor
Teaching Assistant (TA) & Program Coordinator
Track Syllabus

4 Certification Prep Tracks

From fundamental prompt evaluation to multi-agent production architecture on Fly.io and Azure.

Foundational Track Comprehensive

1. General AI Engineering Certification Prep

Industry-standard curriculum covering universal LLM application patterns, vector search, tool calling standards, and automated evaluation frameworks.

Key Modules & Learning Objectives:

  • Agent Loops & ReAct: Perception, Reasoning, Action, Reflection cycles and self-healing error recovery.
  • RAG & Vector Databases: Chunking strategies, similarity embeddings, hybrid search, and persistent knowledge stores.
  • Evaluation & Benchmarking: LLM-as-a-judge, deterministic regression suites, latency & token budget optimization.
  • Safety & Guardrails: Preventing prompt injection, output schema validation, and PII anonymization.
TA Support: Marianna provides hands-on code reviews, environment troubleshooting, and syntax guidance during laboratory hours.
Anthropic Track • Level 1 Associate

2. Claude Associate Course Prep

Master Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Haiku, and Opus models, XML prompt engineering boundaries, and conversational state patterns.

Key Modules & Learning Objectives:

  • Claude Family Taxonomy: Choosing between Sonnet (speed/intelligence balance), Haiku (low latency), and Opus.
  • Anthropic XML Prompt Engineering: Structuring context with <context>, <rules>, <examples>, and <thinking>.
  • Parameter Tuning: Temperature, top_p, top_k, max_tokens, and stop sequences.
  • Exam Practice: Mock scenario analysis, prompt grading exercises, and official credential review.
Tuition Format: In-person workshops at Edge Coffee Cambridge + take-home interactive quiz simulator.
Anthropic Track • Level 2 Developer

3. Claude Developer Course Prep

Deep dive into the Anthropic Messages API, Tool Calling (function calling), JSON Schema output enforcement, and custom MCP integrations.

Key Modules & Learning Objectives:

  • Anthropic Messages API: Streaming responses, multi-turn message objects, and system prompt formatting.
  • Tool Calling Architecture: Defining JSON Schema tool definitions, executing function returns, and multi-tool chains.
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP): Building custom MCP servers (Node.js & Python) to expose internal APIs to Claude.
  • Live Laboratory Project: Build and test a functional research and calculation agent with automated verification.
Hands-on Pairing: 1-on-1 desk pairing with Lead Trainer Rifat Erdem Sahin and TA Marianna Nechypor.
Anthropic Track • Level 3 Architect

4. Claude Architect Course Prep

Advanced enterprise architecture for autonomous multi-agent teams, prompt caching optimization, Azure Key Vault security, and Fly.io edge scaling.

Key Modules & Learning Objectives:

  • Multi-Agent Orchestration: Supervisor-worker topologies, agent delegation, state machines, and human-in-the-loop gates.
  • Context Window & Prompt Caching: 200k token context management, prompt caching techniques saving 90% on API cost.
  • Production Deployment: Containerizing agents in Docker, zero-secret storage with Azure Key Vault, edge hosting on Fly.io.
  • Credly Badge Verification: Structured prep modeled on Rifat's official Claude Certified Architect credential.
Elite Verification: Walk out with a production-ready repository deployed to the cloud with full CI/CD.
Instructional Team

Teaching Architecture & Team Roles

Our dual-coordinator approach combines deep cloud systems architecture with dedicated pedagogical and 1-on-1 attendee support.

Rifat Erdem Sahin

Rifat Erdem Sahin

Lead Instructor / Trainer • Lead AI Architect

Lead instructor delivering live curriculum lecturing, architecture walk-throughs, agent loop orchestration, MCP demos, and production Fly.io / Azure deployments.

Marianna Nechypor

Marianna Nechypor

Teaching Assistant (TA) • Program Coordinator

Extensive background in training, pedagogy, and professional education. Serving as classroom Teaching Assistant (TA): 1-on-1 attendee debugging, beginner guidance, setup support, workshop pacing, and Skool community onboarding.

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Join our standalone practical workshops at Hills Road Sixth Form College, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PE. £20 per attended meeting • Early community price locked forever (rises in 2027) • Strictly capped at 24 attendees. Complete hardware and room setup provided before each meeting, plus free session watching on the Skool community.

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