Domain 8·10.6% of exam·8 concepts
Tools and MCPs
Implement tools and MCP servers for Claude and choose between built-in tools, custom tools, Skills, and MCPs for each use case.
Official prep for this domain
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8.1
Tool Implementation (4.4%): Tool implementation practices for Claude applications, including tool use and function calling, configuration for external system interaction, tool description writing, error handling, tool usage patterns (agentic harness dispatch, client-side vs. server-side tools, approval patterns), and tool set construction best practices.
8.2
MCP Server Development (2.1%): MCP server development practices, including server authoring, deployment, integration with Claude applications, MCP resources, tools, and prompts, and communication patterns (stdio, sockets, client vs. server).
8.3