Anthropic · CCAO-F
Decomposition and iteration
CCAO-F · Lesson 2 of 14 · 9:26
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In this lesson
Prepare for the Claude Certified Associate – Foundations exam, on the exam guide version 1.0, effective July 2026. In this lesson: breaking a complex request into substeps with one goal and one output each, asking for a plan or clarifying questions first, checking each stage, feeding each output into the next step, rewriting the prompt instead of stacking fixes, and specific feedback on what to keep and what to change. Includes three original practice questions.
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- A manager asks Claude, in one message, for a full guest survey: the questions, the invitation email, the analysis plan, and a results dashboard. The answer is shallow on every part. What is the best next step?
- After six rounds of corrections in one chat, a staff handbook draft is still off, because the first prompt described the wrong audience. What is the most effective next step?
- A draft of the spa menu sounds too formal for Seabright’s relaxed brand. Which feedback will help Claude the most?