Course 1 of 3
MCP Fundamentals
Learn how the Model Context Protocol lets AI agents call APIs. Connect the APIVerve MCP server to a real client, read tool schemas, and limit what an agent's key can spend.
4 lessons1.9 hours
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APIVerve Certified: AI Agents
Connect AI agents to real tools and live data with the APIVerve MCP server, handle errors and costs, and build agent workflows you can test and trust.
- Courses3 · 12 lessons
- Study timeabout 7 hours
- Exam30 questions · 60 min
- Passing score700 / 1000
- ValidityValid 3 years, free renewal
- PriceFree
The path to APV-220
Developers adding tools and live data to AI assistants and agents. Three courses, taken in order; finish one and its badge is yours, finish all three and the exam is waiting at the end. New to APIs? Start with APV-100.
- Course 2 of 3
Give AI Agents Live Data
Stop AI agents from guessing about facts that change. Connect them to live APIs through a few clear tools, handle errors, and keep each conversation within a cost and time budget.
4 lessons2.3 hours0 of 4 lessonsStart course - Course 3 of 3
Build Agent Workflows
Build your own AI agents that call APIs as tools: a research agent that cites its sources, an agent that reviews suspicious signups, and the tests and safeguards both need before launch.
4 lessons3 hours0 of 4 lessonsStart course - Exam APV-220
APIVerve Certified Developer: AI Agents
30 questions in 60 minutes, some of them hands-on with real API requests. Pass with 700 out of 1000 and get a credential anyone can verify.
Skills measured
Three skill areas, weighted equally
Each course is one skill area, 10 questions each, drawn fresh for every attempt.
MCP Fundamentals
33%- Explain tools, resources and prompts, and what a client and a server each own
- Connect the APIVerve MCP server to an editor or desktop client and prove it works
- Read input and output schemas, structuredContent and null or premium fields correctly
- Give each agent its own scoped sub-key with a bounded spend
- Treat tool results as untrusted input and keep prompt injection away from your actions
Study: MCP Fundamentals · 4 lessons
Give AI Agents Live Data
33%- Decide which questions an agent must answer with a tool instead of from memory
- Design a small, well-named tool set and narrow wrappers instead of exposing raw APIs
- Return tool errors the model can act on, and stop an agent loop on fatal ones
- Cache, parallelise and budget tool calls so each conversation has a known cost
- Measure tokens, credits and latency per turn with real numbers
Study: Give AI Agents Live Data · 4 lessons
Build Agent Workflows
33%- Generate tool definitions from an API's published parameters and run the tool-use loop server-side
- Build a research agent that reads pages, summarises them and cites only sources it actually read
- Build a triage agent that gathers verification evidence and writes a recommendation for a human
- Test agents against a fixed case set, checking which tools were called and with what arguments
- Add budgets, input validation, human approval and structured logs before an agent goes live
Study: Build Agent Workflows · 4 lessons
What to expect
How exam APV-220 works
Two kinds of question
Most are multiple choice: a scenario, a snippet of code or a response, and four options. A few are hands-on: the exam shows you a real API request, you run it, and type the value from the live response. Those runs are free and don't use your credits.
Hands-on answers need a real run
A hands-on answer counts only if you ran its request during the exam. Running the call is the skill being measured.
Timed, open book
You have 60 minutes from the moment you start. The lessons and the docs are fair game, which is how you'll work on the job anyway.
A score report, pass or fail
Scores are out of 1000 and 700 passes. Pass or fail, you get a report of how you did in each skill area, saved to your account to print or keep as a PDF.
Retakes
If you don't pass, you can retake the exam after 24 hours. After two attempts in a row without a pass, the next one opens after 7 days.
Your credential
Pass and you're issued a credential ID with a public verification page, one-click LinkedIn and a shareable transcript. It's valid for three years, and renewal is free.
Is the exam proctored?
No. It's an open-book online exam. The hands-on questions keep it honest: an answer only counts if you ran its request during the exam.
Does the certification expire?
Yes. Associate certifications are valid for three years from the date you pass, so the credential reflects the platform as it is now. Renewal is free: from six months before the expiry date until six months after it, pass a 15-question, 30-minute assessment and the same credential ID is valid for another three years. Renewing early doesn't cost you any time.
Does it cost anything?
No. The courses, the exam and the credential are free, and the exam's hands-on requests don't use your credits.
Do I need another certification first?
No, but APV-100 covers the HTTP, JSON, error handling and key safety that this path assumes. If any of that is new, start there.
Can I change the name on my certificate?
You set the name when you start the exam. If it needs correcting after you've passed, contact us from the account that holds the credential.
Other certifications
Each one is its own three-course path and exam.
APV-100API FundamentalsAPIVerve Certified DeveloperLearn to call, read, secure and build with REST APIs. The starting point for students and developers new to APIs.APV-200VerificationsAPIVerve Certified DeveloperCheck emails, phone numbers, addresses, IP addresses, cards, bank details and sanctions lists, and combine the results into fraud and risk decisions.APV-210Web DataAPIVerve Certified DeveloperTurn websites into structured data: extract text, Markdown, metadata and screenshots, run SEO and domain checks, and build pipelines that crawl responsibly at scale.APV-230Document AutomationAPIVerve Certified DeveloperGenerate and process documents and images: PDFs from HTML and Office files, image conversion and OCR, QR codes, barcodes, invoices and charts.APV-300Production IntegrationsAPIVerve Certified EngineerRun API integrations in production: handle errors and retries, stay inside rate limits and credit budgets, cache and batch calls, manage keys, verify webhooks, monitor and test.APV-400Solutions ArchitectureAPIVerve Certified ArchitectDesign systems built on many APIs: choose and combine APIs into workflows and pipelines, architect agent and MCP platforms, plan for outages and scale, and handle personal data.