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Quantum OpenQASM MCP for VS Code

io.github.markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp

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

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Quantum OpenQASM MCP in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ibm-api-key",
      "description": "IBM_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ibm-service-crn",
      "description": "IBM_SERVICE_CRN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ibm-quantum-endpoint",
      "description": "IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ibm-quantum-backend",
      "description": "IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "quantum-openqasm-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/quantum-openqasm-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IBM_API_KEY": "${input:ibm-api-key}",
        "IBM_SERVICE_CRN": "${input:ibm-service-crn}",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_ENDPOINT": "${input:ibm-quantum-endpoint}",
        "IBM_QUANTUM_BACKEND": "${input:ibm-quantum-backend}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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