Qiskit Documentation MCP Server
PYPI · QISKIT-DOCS-MCP-SERVER
MCP server for querying and retrieving Qiskit documentation, guides, and API references
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Last scanned (22 hours ago)
Scores higher than 74% of PyPI servers
Category Code Search and Documentation
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security49
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 2 of 25 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to Qiskit/mcp-servers). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 113 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability87
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1132 tokens (~125/item across 9 items; 3 tools + 6 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management67
- Stability observed for 20 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 3 Nov 26 −5
- Stability: pass → 0.63 functional
- 2 Nov 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 28 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 22 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 21 Oct 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 20 Oct 26 0
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 19 Oct 26 0
- Security disclosure: fail → unverified ▼ functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 4 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/qiskit-docs-mcp-server@0.3.0
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | Qiskit/mcp-servers |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/Qiskit/mcp-servers/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml@refs/tags/docs-v0.3.0 |
| Rekor log index | 2165386463 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:0fab294d649b5462758da56142e3b4dcf1c51ffe3e9b30a318e9fe0c6d1929f0 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | hatchling.build |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 25 packages
| Packages resolved | 25 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 2 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_page_tool ~272
Fetch a Qiskit documentation page and return its content as markdown. Accepts any URL from the Qiskit documentation site. Use search_docs_tool first to find the right page, or use URLs from the resource lists. Returns documentation in markdown format with pagination support. Default max_length is 20000 chars. Set max_length=0 for unlimited. Use offset to retrieve subsequent pages when has_more is true. This tool can fetch ANY page in the Qiskit documentation, including: - SDK module API references (e.g., 'api/qiskit/circuit') - Individual class pages (e.g., 'api/qiskit/qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit') - Addon documentation (e.g., 'api/qiskit-addon-sqd') - Implementation guides (e.g., 'guides/transpile') - Any other documentation page
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| max_length | integer | – | Maximum characters to return (default: 20000, 0 for unlimited) |
| offset | integer | – | Character offset for pagination (default: 0) |
| url | string | yes | Documentation page URL. Accepts: - Full URL: 'https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/guides/transpile' - Relative path: 'guides/transpile', 'api/qiskit/circuit' |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
lookup_error_code_tool ~107
Look up a Qiskit or IBM Quantum error code to get its description and solution. Use this when a user encounters a numeric error code from Qiskit or IBM Quantum services. Returns the error message and suggested fix. Read the qiskit-docs://error-codes resource for error code categories.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | string | yes | 4-digit numeric error code as a string (e.g., '1002', '7001'). Must be exactly 4 digits. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
search_docs_tool ~316
Search across the entire Qiskit documentation for relevant content. Use this as the primary entry point to discover documentation pages. Returns a small set of ranked results, each with a short query-centered snippet plus its title, URL, and section. This keeps the response compact for repeated use inside an agent. To read a page in full, pass a result's URL to get_page_tool.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| detail | string | – | Per-result content level. 'snippet' (default) returns a short excerpt, a trimmed field set, and a small ranked subset; 'full' restores the original behavior — every match by default, each with its fu… |
| query | string | yes | Search query string (e.g., 'error mitigation', 'QuantumCircuit', 'transpiler optimization'). More specific queries yield better results. |
| scope | string | – | Search scope filter (case-sensitive). Valid values: 'all' — Search everything (default) 'documentation' — Guides and general docs 'api' — API reference pages only 'learning' — Learning resources and… |
| top_k | – | – | Maximum number of results to return. Left unset, snippet mode returns up to 5 and full mode returns every match. An explicit value is capped at 10 in snippet mode; full mode honors it as-is. |
Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Qiskit Documentation MCP Server server?
Qiskit Documentation MCP Server runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx qiskit-docs-mcp-server. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · qiskit-docs-mcp-server
claude mcp add qiskit-qiskit-docs-mcp-server -- uvx qiskit-docs-mcp-server
What is the Qiskit Documentation MCP Server server?
Qiskit Documentation MCP Server is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Qiskit/qiskit-docs-mcp-server. MCP server for querying and retrieving Qiskit documentation, guides, and API references. This page covers its PyPI package (qiskit-docs-mcp-server).
Is the Qiskit Documentation MCP Server server safe to use?
Qiskit Documentation MCP Server scores 77 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Qiskit Documentation MCP Server server expose?
Qiskit Documentation MCP Server exposes 3 tools: search_docs_tool, get_page_tool, lookup_error_code_tool. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 695 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Qiskit Documentation MCP Server server still maintained?
Qiskit Documentation MCP Server is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Qiskit Documentation MCP Server server under?
Qiskit Documentation MCP Server declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.