The professional standard
for AI practitioners.
The Certified in AI Standards (CAIS) credential proves you can think, build, and lead in AI — by the standards the global profession itself wrote. Authored by GAISB. Earned insidePrompt Atlas, the official GAISB community, through seven real-world builds and one production capstone. Listed in the Public Verification Registry as a permanent, citable, professional record. Four tiers. One Code you can lose the credential for breaking. Public, auditable verification.
There is one way to earn it. There is one registry that records it. There is one standard behind it.
Not a vendor badge. Not a course certificate. A profession’s standard.
| Vendor certifications | University certificates | CAIS · GAISB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governed by | A single vendor | A single institution | A vendor-neutral, practitioner-governed Standards Council constituted under public bylaws |
| Published CBK | No — product training | Syllabus only | Public, citable, biennially reviewed |
| Code of Conduct | None | Rare | Seven canons · due process · revocable |
| Exam validity | Item banks | Coursework grades | Job Task Analysis + Modified Angoff cut scores |
| Framework alignment | To the vendor’s product | Institution-specific | NIST AI RMF · EU AI Act · ISO 42001 · OECD |
| Continuing competence | Recertify the product | None | 40 CPE credits annually · 5 categories |
| Delivery | On-demand video | Classroom cohort | Prompt Atlas — the official GAISB community · self-paced curriculum + live cohorts + 7 builds + capstone |
| Verification | Proprietary lookup | Transcript request | Public Registry · real-time · maintained under bylaws |
| Issued on | PDF / proprietary DB | Paper transcript | GAISB Public Verification Registry · publicly auditable |
| Can it be lost? | Only if you stop paying | No | Yes — and that is the point |
A four-tier profession. A four-tier career architecture.
CAIS tiers are not levels of difficulty. They are levels of professional responsibility. Each tier has an explicit scope of practice, required evidence, and examination blueprint.
Practitioner
Applies AI fluently in professional work. Understands the full CBK at a competence level. Can reason about risk, ethics, and strategy at a domain-aware level.
Builder
Designs and ships AI systems. Selects models, engineers prompts, architects agentic workflows, integrates into real production environments. Capstone required.
Operator
Deploys AI systems into production and operates them at scale. Documents operational outcomes and incidents across a portfolio of live systems.
Architect
Shapes the field through Standards, Frameworks, Policy, or Ecosystems. Council-eligible. No proctored examination — the credential is awarded for documented contribution.
One Official Route. One Community.
Seven Builds. One Capstone.
The CAIS credential cannot be bought, granted, or earned through any alternate program. Candidates enter Prompt Atlas — the official community of GAISB — complete the seven-course curriculum, ship seven real-world builds mapped one-to-one to the seven CBK domains, deploy a production capstone, and are assessed against a public Code of Professional Conduct. No shortcuts. No substitutes. No alternate route exists.
Prompt Atlas.
Prompt Atlas is the sole delivery environment for the CAIS program. Already live. Already active with members across multiple continents. Operated under GAISB governance. Every build is submitted inside the community. Every capstone is reviewed inside the community. Every cohort runs inside the community.
What happens inside: self-paced curriculum, live cohort sessions, panel-reviewed builds, governed capstone review, peer community of certificants-in-progress and certified practitioners, and direct engagement with Working Group contributors and Council faculty.
- Delivery formatSelf-paced + live cohorts
- Build submissionPanel-reviewed
- Live eventsRegular cadence
- GovernanceUnder GAISB bylaws
Mapped one-to-one
to the Common Body of Knowledge.
Each of the seven CBK domains corresponds to one required Build. Each Build is shipped as real-world work — not a homework assignment. The Capstone ties them into one deployed, production-grade system.
- B1Strategic AI ThesisAIS-101
- B2LLM Selection MatrixAIS-120
- B3Prompt Engineering PlaybookAIS-130
- B4Agent Workflow BlueprintAIS-140
- B5Responsible AI AssessmentAIS-160
- B6AI Transformation RoadmapAIS-210
- B7Applied AI System DossierAIS-230
- CProduction Capstone — deployed, 30+ days liveTIER II+
“Seven builds that would each stand on their own as portfolio pieces.
One capstone that runs in production. Shipped — not submitted.”
A credential recorded in a registry
that does not lie.
Every CAIS credential is recorded in the GAISB Public Verification Registry — the official, publicly auditable record of every CAIS holder. Maintained under public bylaws. A citable instrument, not a PDF.
A record that outlasts the application.
A traditional certificate lives inside the issuing organization's database. If the database goes down, the credential goes silent. The Public Verification Registry is mirrored, archived, and governed under bylaws — designed to outlast platforms, vendors, and individual administrations.
Public verification without phone calls.
Employers, regulators, and governments verify a CAIS credential directly through the Public Registry — open API, no authentication required for read access, no contact with GAISB needed. Every record is citable, every status change is logged.
A forgery that cannot exist.
Only credentials issued by the GAISB Standards Council appear in the Public Registry. Any PDF, badge, or LinkedIn claim that doesn't resolve to a real registry record is, by definition, not a CAIS credential.
The exam is not a quiz. It is a psychometric instrument.
Every CAIS examination is built from a formal Job Task Analysis, blueprinted to the CBK weightings, item-bank validated, and cut-scored by panel using the Modified Angoff method. Its defensibility is the reason an employer or regulator can rely on it.
This is the same methodology behind CFA, CISSP, and every ISO/IEC 17024-accredited credential in the world. It is the standard a personnel certification must meet if it wants to be referenced by employers, regulators, and governments — and so it is the standard we hold ourselves to.
- 01Job Task AnalysisFormal survey of practicing AI professionals across 12+ countries identifies the tasks, knowledge, and skills a competent practitioner must perform.
- 02Blueprint + WeightingJTA results are translated into the seven-domain CBK blueprint with explicit weightings. Every item on every exam maps back to a blueprint cell.
- 03Item Development & ReviewSubject matter experts author, peer-review, and bias-audit every item. Items go through pilot testing before live deployment.
- 04Modified Angoff Cut ScoreAn independent panel of qualified judges sets the pass threshold based on minimally-competent-candidate performance. Cut scores are documented and defensible.
- 05Psychometric ValidationReliability, difficulty, discrimination, and differential item functioning are measured every cycle. Results publish in the annual Exam Validity Report.
Domain weights by tier. Item typology. Modified Angoff standard-setting in full. Form equating. Mantel-Haenszel DIF. Exam security regime. Retake policy. Document Control. Written to ISO/IEC 17024 §9.2 principles.
Open Exam Blueprint →You do not graduate by answering.
You graduate by shipping.
The seven builds are the spine of the CAIS credential. One build per CBK domain. Each panel-reviewed inside Prompt Atlas. Every Tier II and above additionally requires a deployed Capstone operating in production for 30+ days, evaluated by panel, and traceable end-to-end to the CBK blueprint.
One build per CBK domain.
Every CAIS candidate ships seven real-world builds — one for each of the seven weighted domains of the Common Body of Knowledge. Each build is panel-reviewed inside Prompt Atlas before it counts toward certification. Evidence is documented. Work is shipped. Quality is governed. No auto-grading. No busywork.
- D1 Strategic AI Thesis
- D2 LLM Selection Matrix
- D3 Prompt Engineering Playbook
- D4 Agent Workflow Blueprint
- D5 Responsible AI Assessment
- D6 AI Transformation Roadmap
- D7 Applied AI System Dossier
A real system. In production. For 30+ days.
The CAIS Capstone is not a classroom project. Candidates design, build, deploy, and operate a real AI system that runs in production for at least 30 days — serving real users or real business processes — with documented metrics, logged incidents, risk assessment, and a Code-of-Conduct review.
Submissions are reviewed asynchronously by a panel of Standards Council members and Tier III+ operators convened inside Prompt Atlas. Each candidate submits a mandatory 10–15 minute on-camera project walkthroughalongside their written dossier — narrating decisions, tradeoffs, and lessons on their own work. Pass rates, common reasons for non-pass, and category-level outcomes publish in the annual Outcomes Report. On pass, the credential is recorded in the Public Verification Registry and the holder is publicly listed.
Tier-specific prompts. Asynchronous four-reviewer panel (Faculty Chair, Domain SME, Ethics Reviewer, Peer Panelist) with mandatory 10–15 min candidate video walkthrough. Six-dimension weighted rubric. 75 / 60 pass rule. Appeal & re-sit policy. Verification posture. Document Control. Written to ISO/IEC 17024 §9.2 principles.
Open Capstone Specification →The four things that make a credential real.
Code of Professional Conduct
Seven canons. Independent Professional Responsibility Office. Disciplinary Panel adjudication. Single right of appeal to the Standards Council. Sanctions from reprimand through revocation are public on the Registry.
Continuing Professional Education
40 CPE credits annually across five categories: technical practice, governance & ethics, teaching & mentoring, contribution to the standard, and peer review. The credential stays current — or it stops being a credential.
Public Verification Registry
Every CAIS holder is verifiable in real time. Status, tier, CPE year, and sanctions are publicly visible. Employers and procurement teams can bulk-verify cohorts via API. Suspensions and revocations become part of the permanent record.
Public Sanction Process
Sanctions are recorded publicly with the originating canon, the Disciplinary Panel ruling reference, and right-of-appeal status. Revocation is a documented, reviewable act of the Standards Council. Nothing happens in the dark. Nothing is rewritten. The record outlives the institution.
From Candidate to Council.
Apply for the credential the profession wrote.
Tier IPractitioner
- Prompt Atlas community access
- Full 7-course curriculum
- Seven in-course builds (formative practice)
- Proctored 75-question CAIS exam (3 hr)
- On-chain credential + Registry
Tier IIBuilder
- Everything in Tier I
- Proctored 50-question Builder exam (2 hr)
- Capstone deliverable — 30+ days live
- Video defense + SME panel review
- Case inclusion in Outcomes Report
Tier IIIOperator
- Everything in Tier II
- Proctored 50-question Operator exam (2 hr)
- Portfolio of deployed AI systems in production
- Documented operational outcomes & incident log
- SME panel portfolio review
- Eligible as Peer Panelist on Tier II Capstones
Tier IVArchitect
- Holds CAIS-Operator for ≥ 12 months in good standing
- Documented contribution to a Standard, Framework, Policy, or Ecosystem
- Standards Council vote (2/3 supermajority)
- Standards Council & ERB seat eligibility
- Capstone panel Chair & final-review authority
All tiers include lifetime access to the CBK, membership in Prompt Atlas (the official GAISB community), annual CPE reporting, listing on the public Verification Registry, and eligibility for the global Standards Council. CAIS is governed under GAISB due-process policies. Refunds, accommodations, and appeals are published in the Candidate Handbook.
Apply now. Be measured against the standard.
Every CFA, CISSP, and PMP charterholder in the world was once Candidate Number One. The AI profession’s standard is being set now. Your path runs throughPrompt Atlas. Your record lives in the Public Verification Registry. Both are permanent. Both are public. Both are yours.
Authored by GAISB · Earned inside Prompt Atlas · Proven by Real Builds