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    Applications and Integration

    33.1% of the exam · about 17.5 of 53 items

    Applications and Integration

    33.1% of the published blueprint, which works out at about 17.5 items on a 53-item form. These are expected values across forms, not a promise about the form you sit.

    6 published sub-domains, each separately weighted

    • Claude Application Design

      8.6% · 4.6 items2+ items

      Design considerations for building Claude applications, including how Claude interprets instructions across interfaces (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai, API, SDKs), content boundaries, schema design, session hygiene, and plugin management.

    • Software Engineering Foundations

      7.4% · 3.9 items2+ items

      Core software engineering principles and practices, including REST APIs, JSON, asynchronous programming, version control, SDLC integration, code review, and small- and large-scale refactoring.

    • Claude API Mechanics

      6.8% · 3.6 items2+ items

      Claude API behavior and mechanics, including messages, tools, streaming, vision, thinking, caching, invoking Claude through third-party vendors, Messages API data access patterns, batch API use, and tradeoffs between realtime and batch API selection.

    • Configuration Management

      4.1% · 2.2 items2+ items

      Configuration management for Claude system components, including CLAUDE.md files, settings.json, model version pinning, prompt versioning, and plugin dependencies.

    • Understanding Requirements

      3.4% · 1.8 items1–2 items

      Functional and infrastructure requirements based on business requirements and solution architecture.

    • Systems Life Cycle

      2.8% · 1.5 items1–2 items

      Systems life cycle management concepts and frameworks used to develop, implement, operate, and maintain IT systems.

    10 concept cards — tap one for the example, the instinct and the trap

    Primary sources for this domain

    The guide’s “How to Prepare” section says to review official Anthropic documentation for the Claude API, models, prompt engineering, Claude Code, Skills and MCP. These are those pages, taken from each site’s own llms.txt manifest rather than from a search.

    Applications and Integration

    Working the whole blueprint? The study guide carries the eligibility rules, the exam logistics and the full sub-domain allocation table.

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