Qiskit IBM Transpiler MCP Server

Overview

Qiskit IBM Transpiler MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol server that exposes IBM Quantum transpiler services as tools for AI assistants. It integrates quantum circuit optimization capabilities directly into your AI workflow, enabling intelligent transpilation of quantum programs through natural language interaction.

The server runs locally as a Python package installed via uvx qiskit-ibm-transpiler-mcp-server. It communicates with your MCP client over stdio and requires the QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN environment variable for authentication. Version v0.4.1 is available under the Apache-2.0 license, with source code maintained at Qiskit/mcp-servers on GitHub.

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Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qiskit_ibm_transpiler_mcp_server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qiskit-ibm-transpiler-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN": "<qiskit-ibm-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN