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npx versuz@latest install microsoftdocs-agent-skills-skills-azure-quantumgit clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.gitcp Agent-Skills/SKILL.MD ~/.claude/skills/microsoftdocs-agent-skills-skills-azure-quantum/SKILL.md--- name: azure-quantum description: Expert knowledge for Azure Quantum development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when using Azure Quantum workspaces, QDK/Q#, QIR/OpenQASM circuits, IonQ/PASQAL/Quantinuum/Rigetti targets, or hybrid jobs, and other Azure Quantum related development tasks. Not for Azure HPC Cache (use azure-hpc-cache), Azure Batch (use azure-batch), Azure Databricks (use azure-databricks), Azure Machine Learning (use azure-machine-learning). compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-05-03" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0" --- # Azure Quantum Skill This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Quantum. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities. ## How to Use This Skill > **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file > **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md) This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content: - **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown. - **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown. ## Category Index | Category | Lines | Description | |----------|-------|-------------| | Troubleshooting | L37-L44 | Troubleshooting Azure Quantum provider issues: diagnosing job failures and understanding support/escalation policies and limits for IonQ, PASQAL, Quantinuum, and Rigetti. | | Best Practices | L45-L50 | Best practices for using QDK in VS Code with Copilot, optimizing large Q# programs via resource estimation, and systematically testing and debugging quantum code. | | Decision Making | L51-L59 | Guidance on Azure Quantum costs, provider pricing and regions, workspace migration, choosing Q# dev tools, and planning quantum-safe cryptography with the resource estimator. | | Architecture & Design Patterns | L60-L64 | Guidance on designing hybrid quantum-classical workflows in Azure Quantum, including architecture options, orchestration patterns, and when to offload tasks to quantum hardware. | | Limits & Quotas | L65-L71 | Managing Azure Quantum quotas, job/session limits, timeouts, and Rigetti-specific hardware constraints and target capabilities. | | Security | L72-L82 | Managing secure access to Azure Quantum workspaces: RBAC and access control, bulk user assignment, ARM locks, managed identities, service principals, and secure handling of access keys. | | Configuration | L83-L96 | Configuring Azure Quantum workspaces, QDK tools, simulators, noise models, and hardware targets (IonQ, PASQAL, Quantinuum, Rigetti), plus tuning and batching resource estimator runs. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L97-L104 | Using the Azure Quantum QDK and SDKs to connect workspaces and submit/run circuits and programs (QIR, OpenQASM, Pulser, Qiskit, Cirq) and hybrid jobs with Adaptive RI | | Deployment | L105-L109 | Deploying Azure Quantum workspaces with Bicep and running/submitting Q# quantum programs from VS Code to Azure Quantum backends | ### Troubleshooting | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Diagnose and fix common Azure Quantum issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-common-issues | | Support and escalation policy for IonQ on Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-ionq | | Support policy for Quantinuum on Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-quantinuum | | Support policy for Rigetti on Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-rigetti | ### Best Practices | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Optimize large Q# programs with the Quantum resource estimator | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/resource-estimator-handle-large-programs | | Test and debug quantum programs with the Quantum Development Kit | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/testing-debugging | ### Decision Making | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Migrate Azure Quantum workspace data between regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/migration-guide | | Compare Azure Quantum provider pricing plans | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/pricing | | Check regional availability of Azure Quantum providers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-global-availability | | Select development environments for Q# and the Quantum Development Kit | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qsharp-ways-to-work | | Plan quantum-safe cryptography with the Quantum resource estimator | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/resource-estimator-quantum-safe-planning | ### Architecture & Design Patterns | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Choose hybrid quantum computing architectures in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/hybrid-computing-overview | ### Limits & Quotas | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Review and manage Azure Quantum usage quotas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-quotas | | Manage Azure Quantum sessions and avoid timeouts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-work-with-sessions | | Rigetti provider targets and hardware limits in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-rigetti | ### Security | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Bulk assign Azure Quantum workspace access via CSV | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/bulk-add-users-to-a-workspace | | Protect Azure Quantum resources with ARM locks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-set-resource-locks | | Share Azure Quantum workspace using RBAC roles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-share-access-quantum-workspace | | Configure Azure Quantum workspace access control | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/manage-workspace-access | | Authenticate to Azure Quantum using managed identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/optimization-authenticate-managed-identity | | Authenticate to Azure Quantum using service principals | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/optimization-authenticate-service-principal | | Manage Azure Quantum workspace access keys securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/security-manage-access-keys | ### Configuration | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure Azure Quantum workspaces with Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-with-the-azure-cli | | Run Microsoft Quantum resource estimator locally and online | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-submit-re-jobs | | Set up QDK VS Code extension and environment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/install-overview-qdk | | Install and run neutral atom device simulators in QDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/install-qdk-neutral-atom-simulators | | Configure target parameters for the Quantum resource estimator | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/overview-resources-estimator | | Configure and use IonQ targets in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-ionq | | Configure Quantinuum quantum targets in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-quantinuum | | Configure noise models for neutral atom simulations in QDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-simulator-noise-models | | Batch and compare multiple resource estimator configurations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/resource-estimator-batching | | Use known estimates to optimize Quantum resource estimator runs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/resource-estimator-known-estimates | ### Integrations & Coding Patterns | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Connect to Azure Quantum workspace via qdk.azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-connect-workspace | | Run integrated hybrid quantum jobs with Adaptive RI in Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/hybrid-computing-integrated | | Submit Cirq circuits to Azure Quantum with QDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/quickstart-microsoft-cirq | | Submit QIR, OpenQASM, and Pulser circuits to Azure Quantum | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/quickstart-microsoft-provider-format | ### Deployment | Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Deploy Azure Quantum workspaces using Bicep templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-using-bicep | | Submit and run Q# programs on Azure Quantum from VS Code | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-submit-jobs |