https://bjcoombs.github.io/pass-the-architect/ en-gb A two-host study series for the Claude Certified Architect - Professional exam: every blueprint domain, drills, and the traps the distractors set. A two-host study series for the Claude Certified Architect - Professional exam: every blueprint domain, drills, and the traps the distractors set. Pass the Architect https://bjcoombs.github.io/pass-the-architect/cover-ccar-p.pnghttps://bjcoombs.github.io/pass-the-architect/ serial Yes false A short bonus episode on five platform facts a practice exam tested and the series had not covered: thinking block retention by model, append-only history on Fable 5.1, the scope of zero data retention, effort sweeps before orchestration, and keeping your own instructions out of tool results. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-12-practice-gaps-4f4fc3ca Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:12:00 +0000 0:14:52 full Thirty-five rapid-fire items across all seven domains, weighted like the exam, then the distractor families to reject on sight and a calm walk through exam-day logistics. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-09-final-drill-b1c57aa2 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:11:00 +0000 0:21:47 full A bonus episode on the applied configuration and API mechanics that both Architect exams test inside their scenarios: enforcement versus guidance, settings and M C P scope, tool sequencing, the agentic loop, extraction schemas, review routing and feedback loops. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-11-foundations-gaps-8d9456f7 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:10:00 +0000 0:29:22 full A bonus episode on the five answering habits that cost marks at Foundations, with a one-line self-check and a trap-built drill for each, the guide's thesis, and a pacing plan for the Pearson VUE interface. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-10-miss-patterns-dd3f6d11 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:09:00 +0000 0:21:04 full The smallest domain, covered tight: shared Claude Code configuration and Skills distribution for teams, keeping engineering judgment in AI-assisted workflows, and turning operational symptoms into architecture causes. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-08-dev-productivity-32a3d1c0 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:08:00 +0000 0:17:59 full Discovery that finds the hidden constraint, tradeoffs framed with reversal cost, feedback loops and SLAs that decide rather than display, documentation that survives the handoff, and the lifecycle gates between them. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-07-stakeholders-c5554654 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:07:00 +0000 0:28:47 full The layered safety stack and who owns each layer, guardrail placement and fail-closed design, risk assessment, review routing by stakes, compliance as control plus owner plus evidence, and fairness you can reconstruct. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-06-governance-c2ce4866 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:06:00 +0000 0:28:32 full Evals as acceptance criteria, the grading ladder, A/B tests that don't overclaim, diagnosing the component the trigger touched, the demo-cost trap, and observability that catches slow decay. Domain four, sixteen percent of the exam. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-05-evaluation-5f03448b Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:05:00 +0000 0:30:23 full The second half of Integration, the heaviest domain on the exam: chunking by document structure, indexing by query pattern, retrieval versus live tool calls, silent retrieval drift, defending a cost-latency configuration, and monitoring at scale. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-04-integration-rag-b4015e25 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:04:00 +0000 0:24:25 full The first of two episodes on Integration, the heaviest domain on the CCAR-P exam. Least-privilege tool configuration, where identity and authorization must be enforced, what belongs in the context window, choosing between M C P, direct A P I and agent-to-agent, and progressive versus monolithic context. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-03-integration-security-4c7ad4de Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:03:00 +0000 0:25:45 full Model tiers chosen by eval rather than reflex, system prompts that hold at scale, when zero-shot, few-shot and chain-of-thought earn their tokens, context budgets, and prompt caching that actually hits. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-02-models-prompting-a98b6516 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:02:00 +0000 0:27:51 full Domain 1, seventeen percent of the exam: decomposing work across Claude, systems and humans, choosing between an augmented call, a workflow and an agent, designing multi-agent orchestration, and tying it all to business value. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-01-solution-design-6a064810 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:01:00 +0000 0:25:04 full How the CCAR-P exam is built, where the marks sit, how to handle choose-two items, and a four-question method for dissecting any item, demonstrated on the three official samples. pass-the-architect-ccar-p-00-game-plan-052c4842 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 0:15:39 full