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Quantum OpenQASM MCP MCP Server

io.github.markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp

What is the Quantum OpenQASM MCP MCP server?

IBM Quantum OpenQASM 2.0 MCP — list backends, submit QASM, poll jobs, get histograms.

How to install Quantum OpenQASM MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • IBM_API_KEY
    required
    secret

    IBM Cloud API key for IBM Quantum Platform

  • IBM_SERVICE_CRN
    required

    IBM Quantum service instance CRN from quantum.ibm.com

  • IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT

    IBM Quantum API endpoint (default: us-east)

  • IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND

    Default backend name, e.g. ibm_fez

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quantum-openqasm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IBM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_IBM_API_KEY>",
        "IBM_SERVICE_CRN": "<YOUR_IBM_SERVICE_CRN>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quantum-openqasm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IBM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_IBM_API_KEY>",
        "IBM_SERVICE_CRN": "<YOUR_IBM_SERVICE_CRN>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quantum-openqasm-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IBM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_IBM_API_KEY>",
        "IBM_SERVICE_CRN": "<YOUR_IBM_SERVICE_CRN>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "quantum-openqasm-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IBM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_IBM_API_KEY>",
        "IBM_SERVICE_CRN": "<YOUR_IBM_SERVICE_CRN>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT>",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND": "<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add quantum-openqasm-mcp --env IBM_API_KEY=<YOUR_IBM_API_KEY> --env IBM_SERVICE_CRN=<YOUR_IBM_SERVICE_CRN> --env IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT=<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT> --env IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND=<YOUR_IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND> -- npx -y @markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp

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