G Role quick-start guides · CCAO-F

Each guide gives a first week of practice for one role. Doing these tasks for real builds the hands-on experience the exam guide recommends, and every task maps to at least one exam domain.

Operations

Day Task Domains

1 Create an Operations Project with your SOP template, two existing SOPs and a short instruction set D5 2 Turn rough notes on one undocumented process into a draft SOP; have the process owner review it D1, D2 3 Upload a non-sensitive operations dataset and ask for weekly trends with code; reconcile two figures D3, D2 4 Map one weekly process and score each step for fit D4

5 Review what went wrong this week and move each fix into the Project instructions D7, D5

Marketing and communications

Day Task Domains

1 Build a Brand Voice Project with your style guide, personas and five strong past pieces D5 2 Draft a blog post with the brief pattern; edit with targeted feedback D1 3 Use Research mode for a market statistic; open and verify every source D3, D2 4 Repurpose the blog into channel-specific posts; check every claim D4, D2 5 Review your content against your organization's disclosure and claims policies D6

Project management

Day Task Domains

1 Create a Project for one live project with the charter, plan and latest status report D5 2 Use the "interview me" pattern to draft a risk register; validate it with the team D1, D2 3 Turn a meeting transcript into decisions and action items; check owners and dates D1, D2 4 Draft executive and team versions of a status report from the same inputs D2, D4 5 Decide which reporting steps to keep, augment or redesign D4

Education and training

Day Task Domains

1 Set up a Course Project with learning outcomes, learner profile and assessment rules D5 2 Draft a lesson outline and activities; check alignment with outcomes D1, D2 3 Generate a quiz with answers and explanations; have a subject expert check every item D2 4 Create a rubric and check it for fairness and clarity D2, D6

5 Write a short note for colleagues on where Claude helps and where teachers must decide D4, D6

Consulting and knowledge work

Day Task Domains

1 Create one Project per client with context, standards and boundaries D5 2 Synthesize anonymized interview notes into themes with supporting quotes D1, D2 3 Run a Research-mode benchmark and verify the sources behind key claims D3, D2 4 Draft a client deliverable section and critique it as a skeptical partner would D1, D7 5 Confirm that every upload this week met the client's data-sharing terms D6

Final-week exam checklist

Reread the official CCAO-F exam guide, especially the task statements under each domain Retake any practice exam where you scored under 75%, and run the drills for your two weakest domains

Review the flashcards and the distractor patterns in Chapter 10

Confirm your Pearson VUE appointment, time zone and ID name match For online proctoring, run the system test and clear your desk the day before Sleep well; arrive or log in early

Sources and verification log

Exam facts were checked on 29 October 2026. Anthropic's exam guide is the primary source; anything found only on third-party sites is marked [Unconfirmed] in the text. Fact Source Status

CCAO-F format, do‐
mains and weights,
fee, scoring,
policies, renewal,
sample questions

Claude Certified Associate – Foundations Exam Guide v1.0 (Anthropic, July

2026) https://everpath-course-content.s3-acceler‐

Anthropic Partner Academy: Partner certifications https://anthropicpartners.skilljar.com/page/partner-certificationsOfficial Program overview,

$99 and $125 fees,
domain lists, 12-
month validity

Udemy blog: Claude certifications guide https://blog.udemy.com/claudecertifications-guide/Third party; consistent with offi‐

cial sources
Item counts and
audiences for all four
exams

Claude Certification Guide https://claudecertificationguide.com/ and its CCAO-F page https://claudecertificationguide.com/ccao-f (independent, not affiliated with Anthropic)

YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0BOi_PBUw&t=95 Not reviewed; fee confirmed by

Partner Academy

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