This certification,Anthropic's Free 7-Hour Claude Code Course: From CLI to Agent SDK (Video Course),takes you from first CLI steps to building production-ready agents with the Agent SDK. You'll learn to make Claude Code a real teammate, driving increased productivity, a competitive advantage, better decision-making, and a future-proof skill set. Enroll now for hands-on, job-ready practice as Claude reads your repo, plans work, edits files, runs tests, and opens PRs so you can focus on the hard parts.
This certification covers the following topics:
- The mental model of Claude Code and the LLM-tool framework
- Setup and project-scoped launch, including /init
- Context strategies: project memory, @-file inputs, and visual context
- Workflow control: interrupt, rewind, compact, and verification loops
- Thinking and planning modes for deeper reasoning
- Custom commands and reusable patterns
- Hooks for policy enforcement and automatic checks
- GitHub integration for reviews, tests, and PR automation
- MCP servers to extend capabilities with external tools
- Agent SDK fundamentals for building specialized AI agents
- Security, privacy, and long-term context management
- End-to-end example and troubleshooting best practices
