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Claude Certified Architect — Foundations

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Tool Design and MCP Integration

18% of the exam: tool descriptions as the primary selection mechanism, tool_choice strategies and least-privilege tool allocation, MCP servers/resources/configuration, structured isError responses, and the Claude Code built-in toolset.

5 lessons127 questions
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What this topic covers

  1. 01Tool Definitions and Descriptions300m
  2. 02Tool Allocation and tool_choice360m
  3. 03MCP Servers, Resources, and Configuration360m
  4. 04Structured MCP Error Responses300m
  5. 05Built-in Tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob300m

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