CCAR-P · Study Guide

← Build Exercises

Domain 7

Developer Productivity & Operational Enablement

3 build exercises to practice the concepts in this domain.

7.1Beginner35 minutes

7.1 — Stand up a team Claude Code standard for an engineering org

What you will learn

  • Separate project-scoped config from personal preference
  • Enforce secret hygiene for MCP and API credentials
  • Publish shared rules, skills, and MCP allowlists
  • Document and dry-run a new-hire bootstrap
7.2Intermediate35 minutes

7.2 — Design an AI-assisted PR and docs workflow with intact gates

What you will learn

  • Rank high-friction assist candidates
  • Separate assist steps from merge/release gates
  • Define time-saved and error-rate metrics
  • Pilot with stop conditions if quality drops
7.3Advanced40 minutes

7.3 — Build an evidence-first debug loop for agent and MCP failures

What you will learn

  • Collect identifying logs and traces safely
  • Reproduce with minimal fixtures
  • Classify product vs prompt/tool/MCP bugs
  • Publish a reusable ops runbook