CCDV-F Deep Dive 04/25: Configuration Management (Domain 2, 4.1%) | Claude Certified Developer

Configuration Management explained for the CCDV-F exam: keep anything that changes behavior in versioned configuration and secrets out of it, pin the model ID and upgrade only after evals, version prompts like code, and in Claude Code remember that CLAUDE.md is context while settings are enforced: five scopes from managed to user, lists merge, and a deny rule at any scope wins. Configuration Management carries 4.1% of the Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F) exam weight, in Domain 2: Applications and Integration (33.1%). This exam-prep deep dive is for developers preparing for the Claude Certified Developer Foundations (CCDV-F) exam who want more than the short Configuration Management lesson. It covers what belongs in configuration, secrets and environments, pinned model IDs and the model lifecycle, deliberate upgrades with evals, prompt versioning, CLAUDE.md versus settings.json, the five Claude Code settings scopes, how lists merge, why deny wins across scopes, what to commit and what to keep local, CLAUDE.md placement and path-scoped rules, and plugins as versioned dependencies. It is an independent study video, not official Anthropic material, and the practice questions are original. What you will learn: • What belongs in configuration, and why secrets never do • Running development, staging, and production from the same code • Why to pin the model ID, and the Active, Legacy, Deprecated, Retired lifecycle • Upgrading a model, prompt, or plugin deliberately with evals and rollback • Prompt versioning: version control, eval results, change log, rollback • CLAUDE.md guides, settings.json enforces • The five Claude Code settings scopes, list merging, and why deny always wins • What to commit, what to keep local, CLAUDE.md placement, and plugin dependencies CHAPTERS 00:00 Configuration Management deep dive for the CCDV-F exam 00:39 What belongs in configuration: model ID, prompt version, limits, permissions 01:18 Secrets management: API keys in environment variables or a secrets manager 02:00 Development, staging, and production environments: promote configuration 02:43 Model version pinning and the model lifecycle: active, legacy, deprecated, retired 03:29 Upgrading a model, prompt, or plugin version safely with evals and rollback 04:12 Prompt versioning: version control, eval results, change log, and rollback 04:52 CLAUDE.md versus settings.json: context versus enforced configuration 05:38 Claude Code settings precedence: managed, command line, local, project, user 06:24 Settings arrays merge across scopes: permission allow and deny lists combine 07:04 Permission rule order: deny, then ask, then allow; deny wins across scopes 07:43 What to commit: shared settings.json versus settings.local.json and CLAUDE.local.md 08:26 CLAUDE.md placement: managed, user, project, local, and path-scoped rules 09:11 Claude Code plugins: versions, plugin dependencies, install scopes, marketplace policy 09:55 Practice questions and answers: Configuration Management CCDV-F deep-dive series: video 04 of 25. Each deep dive goes further than the matching short lesson in the CCDV-F full course; watch that lesson first if the topic is new. Previous: CCDV-F Deep Dive 03/25, Claude API Mechanics:    • CCDV-F Deep Dive 03/25: Claude API Mechani...   Go deeper on this channel: CCDV-F 04/25: Configuration Management (Domain 2, 4.1%) | Claude Certified Developer Foundations:    • CCDV-F 04/25: Configuration Management (Do...   Exam format: 53 multiple-choice and multiple-response questions, 120 minutes, pass mark 720 of 1000 (scaled). Weights and format come from third-party summaries of Anthropic's CCDV-F Exam Guide v1.0 (July 2026); confirm them against Anthropic's official guide before you sit the exam. Subscribe to Core Concept Learning for clear, visual explanations of AI and software engineering concepts. #CCDVF #ClaudeCertifiedDeveloper #ClaudeCode