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AI
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The Claude certifications, and whether you can actually take one
Four exams exist. Most people reading this are not eligible to sit them, which is worth knowing before you spend a weekend studying.
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CCAO-F: the Claude exam for people who don't build things
The associate exam is the only one of the four written for non-technical roles. It is also the only one that does not count toward your employer's partner status.
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CCAR-F: the architect exam that tests what you normally look up
Sixty questions built from six published scenarios, and the most detail-heavy exam of the four. "Foundations" describes the level of detail, not the difficulty.
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CCAR-P: the exam that asks you to justify, not to configure
The only Professional-level exam of the four, and the most expensive. Its objectives use verbs like evaluate and justify, and two of seven domains are about talking to people.
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CCDV-F: the developer exam, and the two domains not to overstudy
One domain is a third of the exam. Two others are worth about three questions between them. This is the only one of the four that publishes a weight for every skill.
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Argue me out of it
You've mostly decided. Find the questions you haven't asked before you commit.
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Read this before you sign it
Use AI to understand a lease, a contract, or a policy, and know exactly where it will let you down.
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The letter you've been putting off
Disputing a charge, canceling something that resists canceling, saying no to someone you'll see again.
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How to add an MCP server to Claude Desktop
The one-click way, then the way that works when the thing you want isn't in the list.
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Your first useful hour with AI
Three small tasks to try before you decide whether any of this is worth your time.
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Build your own MCP server
For when nothing in the directory does the job. This is the one guide here that asks you to open a terminal.
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How to check its work
It writes wrong answers in the same confident tone as right ones. Three ways to tell them apart.
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Stop retyping yourself
You type the same five facts about your job every day. There are two places to put them instead, and a rule for which goes where.
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What you should never paste, and why
A short, clear line between what's fine to share and what could get you in trouble, plus what to do if you already pasted it.
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Why it forgot what you told it
Long conversations quietly get worse. The tells, and how to move to a fresh one without losing the work.
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Why your answer was disappointing, and the four fixes
The output was vague because the input was. The four things missing, in the order they matter.
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How to use AI without connecting it to your Salesforce org
Security said no. Requirements, logic design, and specs were never the blocked part. Here is the four-step workflow, with the prompts.