Claude Academy: free training from Anthropic — what courses are available and how to get a certificate

What is Claude Academy

Claude Academy is an educational project by Anthropic on the Skilljar platform. Unlike documentation, which explains how a feature works, Academy builds complete curricula from this — with video lectures, practical assignments, and a final test for each course.

Materials are divided by level of preparation — from basic familiarity with AI principles to advanced use of Claude for development, task automation, and creating AI agents. We have already discussed how to use Claude for work tasks — Academy provides a more structured path to those same skills.

AI Fluency Course — the foundation of the program

The core of the platform is the AI Fluency course, developed by Anthropic in collaboration with Professor Joseph Feller from University College Cork and Professor Rick Dakan from Ringling College. The program is built around the "four Ds" structure:

— Delegation — which tasks should be delegated to AI and which should not

— Description — how to formulate requests

— Discernment — how to evaluate and verify results

— Diligence — how to use AI responsibly and safely.

The course has separate versions for teachers, students, and non-profit organizations — with adapted examples for each specific audience.

Courses on Claude products

A separate block is dedicated to Anthropic products. Each course focuses on one tool:

— Claude.ai — working with the dialogue assistant, composing documents, analyzing data

— Claude Cowork — delegating entire tasks and receiving ready-made results

— Claude Code — development, debugging, and running projects via terminal, IDE, and browser. We have detailed how Claude Code changed the rules of development in a year — the Academy course provides a practical foundation for those just starting

— Claude Tag — team collaboration with Claude in shared channels

— Claude Platform — integrating Claude into your own products via API, Claude Console, and MCP.

For developers working with corporate infrastructure, courses on deploying Claude on AWS and Google Cloud are also available.

How to get a certificate

Each course ends with a final test. After successfully completing it, the user receives a certificate from Anthropic — it can be added to a LinkedIn profile or included in a resume. There are no limits on the number of completed courses and obtained certificates.

How much does it cost and is registration required

Most materials can be studied for free without registration. To save progress and receive a certificate, you need to register with an email address — no subscription or payment is required.

For beginner users, Anthropic recommends starting with the Claude 101 course; for developers — with Claude Code 101 or Claude Platform 101, depending on the tasks.