Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server for VS Code

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

MCP server for IBM Quantum computing services through Qiskit IBM Runtime

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qiskit-ibm-token",
      "description": "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-instance",
      "description": "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN": "${input:qiskit-ibm-token}",
        "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE": "${input:qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-instance}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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