Your AI agent won't delegate. Your prompt isn't the problem. Session 3 of the CCAF Success Bootcamp is now up. Shin opened up a real Python script and showed the exam guide in action. Two big takeaways: 1. The coordinator needs permission, not persuasion Writing "delegate this" in the prompt does nothing. In the Claude Agent SDK, the coordinator can only hand work to subagents if the Task tool is on its allowed tools list. Exam tell: If the coordinator "never delegates," check its tools before you rewrite the prompt. 2. Fork vs. resume (most people mix these up) - Resume: reopen a closed session, with its full history. - Fork: copy a session into a separate branch. Same starting facts, but the branches never see each other's work. Live demo: a coffee subscription client tests two pricing ideas. One fork tries a 20% annual discount, the other tries free shipping over $35. Same starting facts, no crossover. Analogy: a video game save point. Try something risky without losing your progress. Members get the full breakdown - The full session video - Step-by-step fork commands for the desktop app and the terminal - Shin's daily agent system (scheduled jobs that back up, organize and update her notes while she sleeps) - This week's study plan and flashcards Watch the full session: https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/005ac1b7?md=25166899e0984547a75376590515f289

Hi everyone! Here are your to-dos for week 3. This post stays pinned all week, so come back to it anytime. Try to finish the to-dos before Alice's session on Tuesday to get the most out of the sessions. 1. Watch the last three videos of "CCAF Video Series: Domain 1" in the Classroom https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/0070c7bb?md=bb380175e6f0423aa2e942dc56e3b156 - 1.5 Apply Agent SDK hooks - 1.6 Design task decomposition strategies - 1.7 Manage session state, resumption, and forking 2. Watch the first two videos of "CCAF Video Series: Domain 4" in the Classroom https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/06e14c04?md=2f5a646d38ff402d9b1875dd37928f1d - 4.1 Design prompts with explicit criteria - 4.2 Apply few-shot prompting 3. Do the flashcards on Claude Study Cards (claudestudycards.com) - Prompt Design Criteria & Few-Shot Prompting The cards you miss get flagged, and your misses set the agenda for Thursday. That's where we close the knowledge gap! Live this week - Tue, Nov 17 · 18:00 ET: Alice walks you through the week's concepts. But you still should have watched the videos by then! - Thu, Nov 19 · 12:00 ET: Shin goes through the flashcards you missed, plus a live demo of JSON vs YAML vs frontmatter Times are in Eastern Time. The calendar shows them in your local time. The link to the session is in the ics file and the community calendar. Questions? Drop them below. See you on Tuesday!

Thank you to all who showed up in person yesterday and to @Ronan Keane for sharing his Claude secrets. The best part of this experience isn't just passing the exam, it's also everything we learn together as we go through the wealth of material. Here is the replay link in the classroom: https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/005ac1b7?md=bac13858d64842368696906453faba4d If you haven't already built an agent in Claude or any other AI tool, now is the time to start. Choose something simple and repetitive and observe how the agent behaves and the results you get. Building BAD agents before I even knew what the CCA-F was taught me a LOT about the pitfalls and made the exam material more practical and easier to understand.

For our Intensive Bootcamp members, thank you for joining us yesterday: @Paula Weigel @Ronan Keane @Nicole Gardner @Christine Iskander @Sumanth Bhupalam @Michael Anderson @Bran Finn Here is yesterday's kick off replay: https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/005ac1b7?md=090877c411db47a6b8ad03c5307f51e8 Domain 1 lessons here: https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/0070c7bb?md=ce6c1a5dddd342a3bac1d6c99223508a You should have received your https://claudestudycards.com/ login info from @Anita Ortiz . If you have issues please DM her. See you next Tuesday at 6pm ET for our first review of Domain 1: https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/calendar?eid=7acd978907d745b9a22da4c2b137dead&eoid=1794351600 Then Thursday at 12pm ET with @Hsin-chih Lee for the technical deep dive of Domain 1: https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/calendar?eid=cfecc843cce6417c93d2e9b2b970c692&eoid=1794502800 Please put your questions in the community here in advance.

Hi everyone! Here's your to-dos for week 2. This post stays pinned all week, so come back to it anytime. Try to finish the to-dos before Alice's session on Tuesday to get the most out of the sessions. 1. Install Claude (if you haven't yet) Pick one: - Claude Desktop: claude.com/download - Claude Code in your terminal: code.claude.com/docs/en/setup Claude Code needs a Pro plan or higher. Stuck? Post a screenshot in the comments and we'll help you. 2. Watch the first four videos of "CCAF Video Series: Domain 1" in the Classroom https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/0070c7bb - 1.1 Design and implement agentic loops - 1.2 Orchestrate multi-agent systems - 1.3 Configure subagent - 1.4 Implement multistep workflows with enforcement 3. THEN do the flashcards on Claude Study Cards (claudestudycards.com) - Agentic Loops & Multi-Agent Coordination (23 cards) - Data Normalization & Prompt Chaining (24 cards) The cards you miss get flagged, and your misses set the agenda for Thursday. That’s where we close the knowledge gap! Live this week - Tue, Nov 10 · 18:00 ET: Alice walks you through the week's concepts. But you still should have watched the videos by then! - Thu, Nov 12 · 12:00 ET: Shin goes through the flashcards you missed, plus a live demo of the terminal Times are in Eastern Time. The calendar shows them in your local time. The link to the session is in the ics file and the community calendar. You missed the kick-off? It’s ok – watch the replay here: https://www.skool.com/claude-certified/classroom/005ac1b7?md=090877c411db47a6b8ad03c5307f51e8 The slides from the kick-off is downloadable at the bottom of the page. Questions? Drop them below. If you have done the work, tell the community in the poll! 🗳️