About IBM Quantum Qiskit Runtime API
Qiskit Runtime is IBM's managed execution service for quantum programs, accessible via REST API and the qiskit-ibm-runtime Python client. It provides two core primitives, Sampler and Estimator, which abstract circuit execution and expectation value computation while applying near-time error suppression and mitigation techniques. Sessions group related jobs to minimize queue wait times during iterative quantum-classical workflows. It underpins all IBM Quantum Platform access plans and is the primary interface for running production quantum workloads.
AI Agent Use Cases
- Sampler and Estimator primitives for standardized circuit execution
- Built-in error mitigation: ZNE, PEC, readout mitigation, dynamical decoupling
- Session mode for iterative quantum-classical algorithms with scheduler priority
- REST API and Python client (qiskit-ibm-runtime) with full documentation
- Noise-aware compilation for optimized circuit transpilation
- Supports all IBM Quantum access plans (Open, Flex, Pay-As-You-Go, Premium)
Available Actions
These are the specific actions that AI agents can perform with this tool