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Ready to sit the Claude Developer exam?
Find out in 20 minutes.

A free readiness check for the Claude Certified Developer — Foundations exam. Scored by domain, with a gap report that tells you exactly what to study — and whether you should book the exam at all yet.

CCDV-F20 min~20 questionsNo accountFreeIndependent
Who this is for

You can find the material anywhere. Knowing if you’re ready is the hard part.

The exam is proctored, it costs $125, and a failed attempt starts a waiting period before you can retake it. That makes “am I ready?” a question worth answering properly.

You already build with Claude

You use it daily and you'll probably pass — but you don't know which corners of the exam you've never touched.

You've read a lot, built little

Reading comprehension isn't the same as recall under a timer. The check tells you which it is.

You keep postponing booking it

The exam costs money and a failed attempt starts a waiting period. Knowing where you stand is what unblocks the decision.

What makes this different

Most of what you need is already free.

We’ll say that out loud, because it’s true — Anthropic’s own training is free, and there are good independent question banks. We don’t compete on how much material we can pile up.We do three things those resources don’t.

A diagnosis, not a library

Free question banks give you hundreds of items and no idea where you stand. We give you a score by domain and a list of what to fix — in the order to fix it.

Twenty minutes, not twenty hours

Long enough to be honest about your level. Short enough that you'll actually do it tonight instead of bookmarking it.

A person at the end of it

Material is everywhere and most of it is free. What isn't free is someone who has done this work sitting with you while you get unstuck.

How it works

Four steps, and you only pay at step three.

Nothing here is gated behind an account. You can stop after step one and you’ll still know more than when you arrived.

Step 1

Take the readiness check

About 20 questions, roughly 20 minutes. You get a score broken down by exam domain — not a single number, because a single number tells you nothing about what to do next.

FREE
Step 2

Read your gap report

Which domains you’re solid on, which you aren’t, and what to study for each — pointed at the official material and the good free resources, by name.

FREE
Step 3

Close the gaps with the prep pack

A full-length timed mock in the real exam format, a 14-day study plan, an exam-day guide, and a walkthrough for registering yourself. $49.

PAID
Step 4

Book and sit the exam

You register and pay Anthropic directly — $125, on your own account. We never sit between you and your certification, and we never issue you an email address to do it with.

FREE
The three things we offer

One free. One cheap. One coming soon.

That’s the whole catalogue, and it will stay that small until it works.

Free

Readiness Check

~20 questions, 20 minutes, scored by domain with a written gap report. No account, no card, no catch.

Start the check
$49

CCDV-F Prep Pack

A full-length timed mock in the real format, a 14-day study plan, the exam-day guide, and a self-registration walkthrough.

See what’s inside
Coming soon

1:1 Intensive

Six hours with someone who builds with these tools daily — on your code, your gaps, your questions. $750, small numbers only.

Join the waitlist
Where we stop

Things we deliberately don’t do.

Worth stating plainly, because plenty of people in this space do them.

We don't promise you a job

A certification is a credential, not employment. Anyone telling you a badge gets you hired is selling you something. We're not a placement service and we don't forward your CV anywhere.

We don't sell you exam access

You register on your own footing and pay Anthropic directly. We don't issue you a company email address to certify under ours — your certification should belong to you.

We don't pretend the free stuff isn't good

Anthropic's own training is free and thorough. We point you at it. We charge for the parts nobody gives away: a real diagnosis, and human time.

Questions

The things people actually ask.

Are you affiliated with Anthropic?
No.Hydralogic is an independent study resource. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic. We prepare people for an exam that Anthropic administers — that’s the whole relationship. Claude and Anthropic are trademarks of their respective owner.
Do I need to buy anything to take the readiness check?
No. It’s free, and there’s no account to create. We ask for an email so we can send you the gap report — that’s it.
Can you register me for the exam?
No, and you should be wary of anyone who offers to.Registration requires a company-domain email on an organisation’s partner record — and joining the partner network at the entry tier is free and open. The prep pack includes a walkthrough for doing it yourself, on your own record, so the certification is genuinely yours.
What does the exam itself cost?
$125 per attempt, paid to Anthropic directly — not to us. Certifications are valid for 12 months. Retakes have waiting periods that get longer with each failed attempt, which is exactly why the readiness check exists.
Will this get me a job?
No, and we won’t claim otherwise.Employers hire on demonstrated production experience. A certification can help you get a conversation; it doesn’t substitute for having built things. If that’s what you’re after, the honest advice is to build something real — the certification is a useful way to structure the learning while you do.
Why only one certification?
Because doing one properly is better than doing four badly. We’ll add another when this one works, and not before.
What if the prep pack isn't useful to me?
Ask for a refund and we’ll give you one. The refund policy is written plainly and published before we took a single payment.
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Twenty minutes to know where you actually stand.

Free, no account, and you'll get a gap report you can act on tonight.