cirq - Framework for designing and running quantum circuits.
Cirq is a Python framework for designing, simulating, optimizing, and executing quantum circuits on simulators and quantum hardware.
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Updated: 2026-09-23Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Build quantum circuits
- Simulate quantum circuits
- Optimize quantum circuits
- Compile circuits for hardware
- Model quantum noise
- Execute circuits on hardware
- Run parameter sweep experiments
Inputs
- Quantum circuit definitions
- Symbolic parameters and parameter sweeps
- Target quantum hardware configurations
- Noise model specifications
Outputs
- Measurement histogram results
- Quantum state vectors and density matrices
- Hardware job execution results
- Exported OpenQASM and JSON files
Requirements
- Python runtime environment
- cirq package and optional hardware providers
- Authentication credentials for hardware access