Anthropic Academy is now official and free with no subscription required. It offers 13+ certificate courses spanning Claude 101 and Code in Action, Claude API (about 8 hours), Intro and Advanced MCP, Agent Skills, and Claude on AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI—aimed at developers learning Claude coding and agent toolchains end to end.

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  • ✓Official and free with no subscription; 13+ certificate courses.
  • ✓Covers Claude Code, Claude API, Intro/Advanced MCP, and Agent Skills.
  • ✓Includes Claude on AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI tracks.
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