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Qiskit IBM Runtime MCP Server

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MCP server for IBM Quantum computing services through Qiskit IBM Runtime

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)
Env varsQISKIT_IBM_TOKEN QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --env QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN= --env QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE= qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server -- uvx qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server
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If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.

VS Code 
code --add-mcp '{"name":"qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server","command":"uvx","args":["qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server"],"env":{"QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN":"","QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE":""}}'
JSON 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qiskit-ibm-runtime-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QISKIT_IBM_TOKEN": "",
        "QISKIT_IBM_RUNTIME_MCP_INSTANCE": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.