Qiskit (Claude Skill)

IBM quantum computing framework.

Type	Claude Skill
Supplier	K-Dense Inc. (community OSS)
Availability	GA — part of the actively maintained K-Dense scientific-agent-skills collection
Pricing	Free / OSS (Apache-2.0)
Capabilities	Read/Write — Claude runs the skill’s Python locally (Bash), not as an MCP tool

How to install

• Claude Code / Claude.ai — Skills CLI (recommended):

  npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
  

  Installs the K-Dense collection; enable the qiskit skill when prompted. Works across Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex via the Agent Skills spec (requires Node ≥ 18).

• Claude Code / Claude Desktop — manual clone:

  git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
  cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/qiskit ~/.claude/skills/
  

  Project-scoped alternative: copy into .claude/skills/ instead of ~/.claude/skills/. The skill declares its own Python dependencies in its SKILL.md; install them (the K-Dense skills generally use uv / pip) when prompted on first use.

What it does

IBM quantum computing framework. Use when targeting IBM Quantum hardware, working with Qiskit Runtime for production workloads, or needing IBM optimization tools. Best for IBM hardware execution, quantum error mitigation, and enterprise quantum computing. For Google hardware use cirq; for gradient-based quantum ML use pennylane; for open quantum system simulations use qutip.

Primary use cases: targeting IBM Quantum hardware, working with Qiskit Runtime for production workloads, or needing IBM optimization tools.

Notes

Distributed as a SKILL.md (plus code examples) in the K-Dense collection — Claude executes it locally via Bash/Python rather than as an MCP server. Upstream license: Apache-2.0. The skill name to enable after install is qiskit.

Sources

• K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
• skills/qiskit/SKILL.md

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