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QISKIT IBM RUNTIME MCP SERVER TOOLS

62 tools from the Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server MCP Server, categorised by risk level.

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// ALL 62 QISKIT IBM RUNTIME MCP SERVER TOOLS

READ 61 tools

Read account_info Account details including channel, url, token (masked for security) Read accounts Dictionary of saved accounts (keyed by account name) Read adjacency_list Neighbor mapping for each qubit Read average_path_length Mean shortest path between qubit pairs Read backend Name of the backend used Read backend_name Name of the backend (e.g., `ibm_brisbane`) Read bidirectional Whether all connections work in both directions Read CANCELLED Job was cancelled Read chain_length Number of qubits in the chain (default: 5, range: 2-20) Read channel Service channel (default: `"ibm_quantum_platform"`) Read circuit Quantum circuit (OpenQASM 3.0/2.0 string or base64-encoded QPY). Must include measurement operations. Read circuit_format `"auto"` (default), `"qasm3"`, or `"qpy"` Read combined Weighted combination of gate errors, readout, and coherence Read connectivity Maximize internal edges and minimize path lengths Read connectivity_ratio internal_edges / max_possible_edges Read counts Dictionary of measurement outcomes and their counts (e.g., `{"00": 2048, "11": 2048}`) Read dd_sequence DD pulse sequence: `"XX"`, `"XpXm"`, or `"XY4"` (default) Read deleted Boolean indicating if deletion was successful Read DONE Job completed successfully Read dynamical_decoupling Suppress decoherence during idle periods (default: True) Read edge_errors Two-qubit gate error for each internal edge Read edges List of [control, target] qubit connection pairs Read ERROR Job failed with an error Read execution_time Quantum execution time in seconds (if available) Read faulty_gates List of non-operational gates with affected qubits Read faulty_qubits List of non-operational qubit indices Read gate_error Minimize total two-qubit gate errors on internal edges Read INITIALIZING Job is being prepared Read instance_crn The CRN string identifying the active instance Read instances List of available instances with CRN, plan, name, and pricing info Read internal_edges Number of edges within the subgraph Read job_id Get quantum job details by ID Read job_status Current status of the job Read limit The N of jobs to retrieve Read measure_twirling Measurement twirling for readout error mitigation (default: True) Read message Status message Read metric Scoring metric to optimize: Read num_qubits Number of qubits in the subgraph (default: 5, range: 2-10) Read num_results Number of top subgraphs to return (default: 5, max: 20) Read observables Observable(s) to measure. Accepts: Read optimization_level Transpilation level 0-3 (default: 1) Read qubit_details T1, T2, readout_error for each qubit Read qubits List of qubit indices in the subgraph (sorted) Read QUEUED Job is waiting in the queue Read qv_optimized Balanced scoring for QV (connectivity + errors + coherence) (default) Read readout_error Minimize sum of measurement errors Read resilience_level Error mitigation level 0-2 (default: 1) Read RUNNING Job is currently executing Read score Total score (lower is better) Read shots Number of measurement repetitions (default: 4096) Read status "success" or "error" Read total_instances Count of available instances Read twirling Pauli twirling on 2-qubit gates (default: True) Read two_qubit_error Minimize sum of CX/ECR gate errors (default) Read usage Usage metrics including: Read usage_consumed_seconds Time consumed this period Read usage_limit_reached Boolean indicating if limit is reached Read usage_limit_seconds Total quota for the period Read usage_period Current billing period Read usage_remaining_seconds Remaining quota Read zne_mitigation Enable Zero Noise Extrapolation (default: True)

DESTRUCTIVE 1 tools

Destructive account_name Delete a saved IBM Quantum account

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The Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server MCP server exposes 62 tools across 2 categories: Read, Destructive.

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Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server tools are categorised as Read (61), Destructive (1). Each category has a recommended default policy.

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