Claude Solution Architecture.

You will learn how to design a Claude solution end to end: platform choice, architecture pattern, evaluation, cost model, and safety plan — the five decisions every deployment stands or falls on. End state is a completed architecture one-pager for a real use case from your organisation, defensible in front of both engineers and a steering committee. After this module you can choose between the Claude API, Bedrock, and Vertex deliberately, pick the simplest architecture that meets the requirement, and put numbers on quality and cost before go-live. This is the ground Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect exams cover.

1. Choose a deployment platform — Claude API, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex — from data residency, procurement, and ops constraints
2. Pick the right architecture pattern: single call, workflow, RAG, tool-using agent, multi-agent — and default to the simplest that works
3. Design an evaluation strategy: golden sets, LLM-as-judge, regression gates before prompt changes ship
4. Build a cost model: token math, caching, model tiering, and where the real money goes
5. Plan for safety and governance: guardrails, human-in-the-loop points, data handling, failure modes

• Anthropic, "Choosing a model" — the capability-against-cost decision, which is the first architectural choice: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/choosing-a-model
• Anthropic, "Amazon Bedrock", "Google Cloud" and "Microsoft Foundry" — the deployment options this module weighs: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-amazon-bedrock and https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-on-vertex-ai and https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-microsoft-foundry
• Anthropic, "Agent SDK overview" — the reference harness when the architecture calls for agents rather than calls: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview
• Anthropic, "Building Effective Agents": https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents
• Anthropic Partner Academy (Architect exam guides): https://anthropic-partners.skilljar.com
• Anthropic quickstarts: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-quickstarts