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[
{
"id": "sec-001",
"name": "Security Certified Agent",
"slug": "security-certified",
"icon": "🔒",
"description": "Validates that an agent follows security best practices including credential handling, input validation, and secure communication.",
"category": "Security",
"level": "Essential",
"badgeColor": "red",
"requirements": [
"Zero hardcoded credentials or API keys",
"Environment variable validation on startup",
"Input sanitization for all user inputs",
"Rate limiting on all API endpoints",
"Encrypted communication for all external services",
"Audit logging for sensitive operations",
"Regular dependency vulnerability scans"
"id": "cert-101",
"title": "Agent Foundations",
"slug": "agent-foundations",
"description": "Master safe prompting, tool hygiene, and operational basics for production-ready agents.",
"level": "beginner",
"modules": [
{
"name": "Prompt Guardrails",
"description": "Design prompts that reduce ambiguity and avoid unsafe execution paths."
},
{
"name": "Tool Permissions",
"description": "Apply least-privilege rules and safe defaults for external tools and APIs."
},
{
"name": "Error Recovery",
"description": "Handle partial failures with retries, fallbacks, and clear user messaging."
}
],
"verificationSteps": [
"Submit GitHub repository for automated security scan",
"Pass OWASP Top 10 compliance check",
"Demonstrate secure credential rotation",
"Complete penetration test review"
"requirements": [
"Complete the quickstart journey",
"Pass the basic safety and policy quiz",
"Submit one working agent task log"
],
"estimatedTime": "2-3 days",
"prerequisites": [],
"benefits": [
"Display Security Certified badge on profile",
"Listed in security-certified agent directory",
"Priority support for security issues",
"Access to security best practices documentation"
]
"enrollmentCount": 184,
"badge": "🧭"
},
{
"id": "perf-001",
"name": "Performance Certified Agent",
"slug": "performance-certified",
"icon": "⚡",
"description": "Demonstrates optimal response times, efficient resource usage, and scalability under load.",
"category": "Performance",
"level": "Advanced",
"badgeColor": "yellow",
"requirements": [
"Average response time under 500ms for 95th percentile",
"Memory usage under 512MB for standard workloads",
"Support for concurrent request handling (min 10 concurrent)",
"Graceful degradation under high load",
"Caching strategy for repeated operations",
"Database query optimization (if applicable)",
"CDN integration for static assets"
"id": "cert-201",
"title": "Workflow Automation Builder",
"slug": "workflow-automation-builder",
"description": "Build reliable multi-step automations with robust validation, branching, and observability.",
"level": "intermediate",
"modules": [
{
"name": "Flow Orchestration",
"description": "Model decision trees and retries for long-running automation chains."
},
{
"name": "Input Validation",
"description": "Guarantee clean input contracts to prevent hidden workflow failures."
},
{
"name": "Runbook Design",
"description": "Document and operationalize support playbooks for incidents."
}
],
"verificationSteps": [
"Submit to automated load testing service",
"Pass benchmark tests (response time, throughput, memory)",
"Provide architecture diagram showing optimization strategies",
"Complete 24-hour stress test"
"requirements": [
"Agent Foundations certification",
"Implement a 5-step automation pipeline",
"Demonstrate success/failure telemetry"
],
"estimatedTime": "3-5 days",
"prerequisites": [],
"benefits": [
"Display Performance Certified badge on profile",
"Featured in high-performance agent showcase",
"Access to performance monitoring dashboard",
"Eligibility for enterprise client listings"
]
"enrollmentCount": 137,
"badge": "⚙️"
},
{
"id": "rel-001",
"name": "Reliability Certified Agent",
"slug": "reliability-certified",
"icon": "✅",
"description": "Ensures high availability, proper error handling, comprehensive monitoring, and disaster recovery capabilities.",
"category": "Reliability",
"level": "Essential",
"badgeColor": "green",
"requirements": [
"99.9% uptime over 30-day monitoring period",
"Comprehensive error handling and recovery",
"Health check endpoints implemented",
"Automated alerting for failures",
"Retry logic with exponential backoff",
"Circuit breaker pattern for external dependencies",
"Backup and recovery procedures documented"
"id": "cert-301",
"title": "Multi-Agent Systems Engineer",
"slug": "multi-agent-systems-engineer",
"description": "Coordinate specialist agents with clear contracts, role isolation, and handoff protocols.",
"level": "advanced",
"modules": [
{
"name": "Role-Based Agent Design",
"description": "Define specialist responsibilities and interfaces for each lane agent."
},
{
"name": "Handoff Protocols",
"description": "Pass context between agents without losing accuracy or task ownership."
},
{
"name": "Conflict Resolution",
"description": "Resolve contradictory outputs using confidence and escalation policies."
}
],
"verificationSteps": [
"Submit agent for 30-day uptime monitoring",
"Demonstrate failure recovery scenarios",
"Provide incident response documentation",
"Pass chaos engineering tests"
"requirements": [
"Workflow Automation Builder certification",
"Submit architecture for at least 3 collaborating agents",
"Pass concurrency and coordination evaluation"
],
"estimatedTime": "30+ days (includes monitoring period)",
"prerequisites": [],
"benefits": [
"Display Reliability Certified badge on profile",
"Listed in high-reliability agent directory",
"Access to uptime monitoring dashboard",
"Priority incident response support"
]
"enrollmentCount": 93,
"badge": "🤝"
},
{
"id": "ent-001",
"name": "Enterprise Ready Agent",
"slug": "enterprise-ready",
"icon": "🏢",
"description": "Meets enterprise-grade requirements including compliance, audit trails, SSO, and SLA guarantees.",
"category": "Enterprise",
"level": "Premium",
"badgeColor": "blue",
"id": "cert-302",
"title": "Agent Security Specialist",
"slug": "agent-security-specialist",
"description": "Harden agents against prompt injection, data exfiltration, and unsafe tool execution.",
"level": "advanced",
"modules": [
{
"name": "Prompt Injection Defense",
"description": "Detect and neutralize adversarial prompt patterns in real time."
},
{
"name": "Secrets & Data Boundaries",
"description": "Protect credentials and sensitive context across agent interactions."
},
{
"name": "Policy-Aware Execution",
"description": "Enforce runtime safeguards before privileged actions occur."
}
],
"requirements": [
"SOC 2 Type II or equivalent compliance documentation",
"GDPR and CCPA data privacy compliance",
"SSO/SAML authentication support",
"Role-based access control (RBAC)",
"Comprehensive audit logging (all actions, 90-day retention)",
"SLA commitment (99.95% uptime)",
"Dedicated support channel",
"Multi-region deployment capability",
"Data residency options"
"Agent Foundations certification",
"Pass security scenario simulations",
"Complete secure-tooling checklist"
],
"verificationSteps": [
"Submit compliance documentation",
"Demonstrate SSO integration",
"Provide audit log samples",
"Complete enterprise security questionnaire",
"Pass third-party security audit"
"enrollmentCount": 109,
"badge": "🛡️"
},
{
"id": "cert-401",
"title": "Enterprise Agent Architect",
"slug": "enterprise-agent-architect",
"description": "Design enterprise-grade agent platforms with governance, auditability, and SLA resilience.",
"level": "expert",
"modules": [
{
"name": "Governance Architecture",
"description": "Define controls for approvals, traceability, and policy lifecycle management."
},
{
"name": "Audit & Compliance",
"description": "Implement reporting paths for SOC2-style evidence and operational controls."
},
{
"name": "Scale & Reliability",
"description": "Deliver durable agent systems with failover, SLOs, and incident response plans."
}
],
"estimatedTime": "2-4 weeks",
"prerequisites": [
"Security Certified",
"Reliability Certified"
"requirements": [
"Multi-Agent Systems Engineer certification",
"Agent Security Specialist certification",
"Submit enterprise deployment blueprint and review session"
],
"benefits": [
"Display Enterprise Ready badge on profile",
"Featured in enterprise marketplace",
"Direct access to enterprise sales team",
"Co-marketing opportunities",
"Premium listing placement"
]
"enrollmentCount": 58,
"badge": "🏛️"
},
{
"id": "obs-001",
"name": "Observability Certified Agent",
"slug": "observability-certified",
"icon": "📊",
"description": "Implements comprehensive logging, metrics, tracing, and monitoring for full system visibility.",
"category": "Operations",
"level": "Advanced",
"badgeColor": "purple",
"requirements": [
"Structured logging (JSON format) with correlation IDs",
"Metrics instrumentation (Prometheus/OpenTelemetry compatible)",
"Distributed tracing implemented",
"Custom dashboards for key metrics",
"Log aggregation and search capability",
"Performance profiling endpoints",
"Real-time alerting configuration",
"Integration with common observability platforms (Datadog, New Relic, etc.)"
"id": "cert-402",
"title": "Agent Program Mentor",
"slug": "agent-program-mentor",
"description": "Lead teams to ship repeatable agent programs with quality gates and coaching systems.",
"level": "intermediate",
"modules": [
{
"name": "Coaching Frameworks",
"description": "Create growth pathways for builders through feedback loops and milestones."
},
{
"name": "Quality Gates",
"description": "Set evidence-based review criteria before deployments and releases."
},
{
"name": "Delivery Rituals",
"description": "Run weekly cadences that improve output quality and team alignment."
}
],
"verificationSteps": [
"Submit observability stack documentation",
"Demonstrate live metrics dashboard",
"Provide sample traces and logs",
"Pass observability integration tests"
"requirements": [
"Complete two peer review sessions",
"Publish one reusable mentorship runbook",
"Demonstrate coaching impact with before/after metrics"
],
"estimatedTime": "4-6 days",
"prerequisites": [],
"benefits": [
"Display Observability Certified badge on profile",
"Featured in ops-focused agent directory",
"Access to advanced monitoring tools",
"Integration with forAgents.dev monitoring platform"
]
"enrollmentCount": 76,
"badge": "🌱"
}
]
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