Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server MCP Server

Name: Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.Qiskit

io.github.Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server

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What is the Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server MCP server?

MCP server for IBM Quantum computing services through Qiskit IBM Runtime

How to install Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN
required
secret
Your IBM Quantum API token for authentication
QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE
IBM Quantum instance CRN for faster startup (skips instance lookup)

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN>",
        "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN>",
        "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN>",
        "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN>",
        "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE": "<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server --env QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN=<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN> --env QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE=<YOUR_QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE> -- uvx qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server