Source: ai-research/anthropic-partner-academy-2026-06-08.md, ai-research/anthropic-academy-catalog-2026-05-04.md
anthropic-partners.skilljar.com is the Anthropic Partner Academy — the partner-gated training portal Anthropic runs on Skilljar (a SOC 2 LMS) for members of the Claude Partner Network. It is the same Skilljar tenant as the public Anthropic Academy but adds a separate partner-themed storefront with partner-exclusive, customer-facing enablement courses, a CPN Connect On-Demand Library, and a Partner Network Learning Path positioned as “the first step toward unlocking certification” — i.e., the on-ramp to the CCA-F credential. Where partner-network documents the program and architect-certification documents the exam, this article documents the training platform that sits between them.
Key Takeaways
- Two storefronts, one platform.
anthropic.skilljar.com(public Academy, no gate) andanthropic-partners.skilljar.com(Partner Academy, sign-in/partner validation) serve from the same Skilljar instructor tenant. The partner site adds nav the public site lacks: CPN Connect On-Demand Library, All Courses, and gated Partner Exclusive Courses. - Partner-exclusive courses are seller/customer-facing enablement, not builder tutorials. Four are live: Claude Security, Opus 4.7 and Cyber, What’s New With Opus 4.7, and What’s new with Opus 4.8 — all framed around “how to use it with customers” and “before your next customer conversation.”
- The Learning Path unlocks certification. The Claude Partner Network Learning Path is the “introductory foundation … and the first step toward unlocking certification” — the gated route to CCA-F for Partner Network members.
- No Anthropic account required to learn. Course access only needs a Skilljar account; an Anthropic account is separate and only needed to actually use Claude/Console afterward.
- Free to enter via the (free) Partner Network. Membership in the Claude Partner Network is free; the first 5,000 partner employees get the CCA-F exam free.
- Skilljar tracks learning analytics only (progress, completion, quiz scores, time-on-material) for issuing completion certificates; deletion via
academy-support@anthropic.com.
Two Academies: Public vs Partner
| Public Academy | Partner Academy | |
|---|---|---|
| URL | anthropic.skilljar.com | anthropic-partners.skilljar.com |
| Gate | None (Skilljar account to take courses) | Sign-in + Partner Network validation for exclusive content |
| Audience | Anyone — builders, students, educators, nonprofits | Claude Partner Network members (sellers + implementation teams) |
| Signature content | AI Fluency, Claude API, MCP, Claude Code, Claude 101 (17-course catalog) | Partner Exclusive Courses, CPN Connect On-Demand Library, Partner Network Learning Path |
| Purpose | Skill-building / certification prep | Customer-facing enablement + on-ramp to CCA-F |
The split matters operationally: the public courses are the same ones the wiki’s onboarding course anchors on (Claude 101, AI Fluency) and the same ones CCA-F cites as free prep. The partner courses are a different genre — they teach partners how to position and sell new Claude capabilities to enterprise customers.
Partner-Exclusive Courses
Tagline: “Training built for the Claude Partner Network.” Four courses currently published:
- Claude Security — Claude Security “finds real vulnerabilities in code, validates each one before surfacing it, and proposes the fix.” Course covers how it works and how to use it with customers.
- Opus 4.7 and Cyber — five lessons on Opus 4.7 finding decades-old production vulnerabilities: the discovery methodology, the Mythos comparison, the custom harness pattern, and the governance requirements that follow. (The “Mythos comparison” is the same internal frontier reference model documented in Claude Mythos Preview — the partner course benchmarks Opus 4.7’s cyber capability against it.^[inferred])
- What’s New With Opus 4.7 — five lessons covering the new Claude family, Managed Agents, Advisor Strategy, Task Budgets, and the three smaller updates customers ask about most. Each lesson ends with an activity to “lock in the key framings before your next customer conversation.”
- What’s new with Opus 4.8 — enablement for the Opus 4.8 launch.
These are versioned to the model-release cadence (4.7 → 4.8), so expect them to refresh on each major Claude release.
CPN Connect Library + Learning Path → Certification
- CPN Connect On-Demand Library (
/page/cpnc-on-demand-library) — on-demand session recordings for the Claude Partner Network (CPN Connect being the partner event/webinar series).^[inferred] - Claude Partner Network Learning Path — the introductory foundation that is “the first step toward unlocking certification.” Completing it is the documented route into the CCA-F exam pipeline for partners. This corroborates the partner-network article’s note that Academy completion is a soft/hard prerequisite for both partnership and certification.
Public Academy Course Catalog (brief)
The partner root also surfaces the public catalog. Headline courses: AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations, Building with the Claude API, Claude Code in Action, Introduction to MCP + MCP: Advanced Topics, Claude with Amazon Bedrock, Claude with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, Claude 101, plus the AI Fluency family (educators / students / nonprofits / Teaching AI Fluency). The full 17-course catalog (as of 2026-05-04, including Claude Code 101, Intro to Cowork, Intro to agent skills, Intro to subagents, AI Capabilities and Limitations) lives in ai-research/anthropic-academy-catalog-2026-05-04.md. For a WEO-tailored path through these, see the WEO onboarding course.
Access & Data / Privacy
- Skilljar account is all that’s needed to take a course; no Anthropic account required to learn (only to use Claude/Console afterward at claude.ai).
- Skilljar is SOC 2 compliant; data encryption, secure hosting, regular audits.
- What’s tracked: course progress, lesson completion, quiz scores, time-on-material — used to issue completion certificates.
- Deletion: learning activity via
academy-support@anthropic.com; full Skilljar account viasupport@skilljar.com.
Try It
For WEO Marketly (pursuing / holding Claude Partner Network membership):
- Confirm partner sign-in works. Once accepted into the Partner Network, log in at
anthropic-partners.skilljar.comand verify the Partner Exclusive Courses and CPN Connect nav are visible (they’re the signal that validation landed). - Run the seller-enablement courses before client conversations. “What’s New With Opus 4.7” and “What’s new with Opus 4.8” are explicitly built to give your team customer-ready framings — assign them ahead of any dental-client AI pitch touching the latest models.
- Use Claude Security + Opus 4.7 and Cyber as a services wedge. They teach how to run Claude’s vulnerability-finding with customers — a concrete billable offering for the agency’s technically-inclined clients.
- Treat the Learning Path as the CCA-F on-ramp. Have at least one team member complete the Partner Network Learning Path, then book CCA-F (free for the first 5,000 partner employees). See the study guide for domain prioritization.
- Public courses for the rest of the team. Non-partner staff can do the public Academy courses (Claude 101, AI Fluency) with just a Skilljar account — no partner seat consumed.
Related
- Claude Partner Network — Eligibility, Tiers, and What Anthropic Actually Asks For — the program this academy serves
- Claude Certified Architect — Foundations (CCA-F) — the credential the learning path unlocks
- CCA-F Official Exam Guide — what the exam tests
- CCA-F Study Guide — domain-by-domain prep plan
- WEO Claude Onboarding Course — WEO-tailored path through the public Academy courses
- Claude Opus 4.8 — subject of the partner “What’s new” enablement courses
- Claude Mythos Preview — the frontier reference model behind the “Mythos comparison” in the Cyber course
- Claude Managed Agents — covered in the “What’s New With Opus 4.7” partner course
Open Questions
- Full partner-exclusive catalog behind the login. Only four courses are visible pre-auth; the gated catalog (and any seller / developer certification tracks beyond CCA-F) needs a partner login to enumerate.
- CPN Connect cadence. Is “CPN Connect” a recurring live partner webinar series feeding the on-demand library, and on what schedule? Not stated on the public-facing pages.
- Does the Learning Path gate the CCA-F exam, or merely recommend it? The page says “first step toward unlocking certification” — whether completion is a hard prerequisite or a soft recommendation is unconfirmed (the partner-network article flags the same ambiguity for Academy modules generally).
- Seller / developer certifications — Anthropic has signaled a certification ladder (seller, developer, advanced architect) beyond CCA-F; whether those live inside the Partner Academy is not yet visible externally.