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Domains & Competencies

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MCP Fundamentals16%

MCP Purpose & Scope
Core MCP Concepts
Interoperability & Value

Architecture & Components14%

Schemas & Structured Data
MCP Hosts, Clients and Servers
Model Interaction Flow

Interactions & Execution26%

Interaction Patterns & Response Handling
Error Handling
Tool Invocation Lifecycle
Protocol Primitives

Security & Governance24%

Trust Boundaries
Permissions & Consent
Risk & Safety Controls
Auditability & Observability

Use Cases & Ecosystem20%

Roles, Responsibilities & Adoption
Operational Use Cases
Ecosystem & Portability

Exam Details & Resources

This exam is an online, proctored, multiple-choice exam.

About the MCPA

The exam focuses on MCP internals, including architecture, message flow, client-server interactions, capabilities, tools, resources, prompts, transports, and security considerations. Candidates should be comfortable reasoning about how the protocol works and how its components communicate. Please refer to the latest release 2026-07-28 when preparing for the certification exam.

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Prerequisites

While there are no pre-requisites for this exam, we recommend that candidates have the following experience:

Foundational knowledge of JSON-RPC or similar message-based protocols.
Experience interacting with LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, or local models via Ollama).
Understanding of Agentic AI concepts (e.g., ReAct patterns, tool-use, or chain-of-thought).
Basic literacy in security concepts (API keys, OAuth 2.1 and token handling, authentication headers).
Ability to read and interpret MCP server manifests and capability definitions.