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KNOLO CERTIFICATION / KCD

KCD
Knolo Certified Developer

Prove you can build verifiable knowledge systems with Knolo.

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LEVELDeveloper
FORMATOnline practical exam
LEARNING MODULES9
PRACTICAL LABS10
EXAM VERSIONKCD-01
CREDENTIAL VALIDITY2 years
COMPETENCY MATRIX

What the exam measures.

EXAM / KCD-01
01Runtime foundationsHost vs runtime, Knowledge Images, deterministic behavior15%
02Build and mountBuild a pack/image and mount it in the target runtime20%
03Deterministic retrievalLexical-first retrieval without a mandatory vector database20%
04Verification and receiptsDigests, provenance, receipts, and replayable results20%
05Policy and authoritySignatures, trust boundaries, and safe integration decisions15%
06Production integrationHost/runtime boundaries and production delivery patterns10%
CURRICULUM

Nine modules. One runtime model.

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01Runtime foundationsWhat Knolo owns, what the host owns, Knowledge Images, and deterministic first principles.21 min4 lessonsAVAILABLE02Build a v4 packDocs in, a v4 pack out. The lab hashes those bytes. The next module mounts a V5 Knowledge Image.20 min4 lessonsAVAILABLE03Mount everywhereNode filesystem, browser bytes, URLs, and runtime-safe mounting.21 min4 lessonsAVAILABLE04Deterministic retrievalLexical grounding, topK, stable ranking, and reproducible results.21 min4 lessonsAVAILABLE05Optional semantic rerankingSemantic after lexical retrieval. No vector database requirement.14 min3 lessonsAVAILABLE06State and portabilityState roots, compatibility, and migration principles.15 min3 lessonsAVAILABLE07Verification and receiptsDigests, provenance, receipts, replay, and failure interpretation.31 min6 lessonsAVAILABLE08Policy and authoritySigning, bounded trust, authority, and policy boundaries.14 min3 lessonsAVAILABLE09Production integrationHost responsibilities, credentials, error handling, and delivery patterns.15 min3 lessonsAVAILABLE
SAMPLE PRACTICAL

Verify a Knowledge Image.

Inspect the artifact, compare the state root, and produce a receipt that another engineer can replay.

Preview the lab
LAB 07 / VERIFY•••
$ knolo verify knowledge.knolo

artifact      VALID
state_root    9c44f1e2...
objects       428
receipt       generated

✓ expected deterministic state matched
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Build toward proof, then sit the official KCD exam. Founding price for the first 100 candidates.

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