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: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use read_file with specific line ranges (e.g., L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question

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Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L37-L45	Diagnosing Azure Quantum connection/job failures and understanding support, escalation, and issue-handling policies for IonQ, PASQAL, Quantinuum, and Rigetti providers.
Best Practices	L46-L52	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	L53-L62	Guidance on Azure Quantum costs, provider pricing/regions, workspace migration, Q# dev environment choices, and planning quantum-safe cryptography with the resource estimator
Architecture & Design Patterns	L63-L67	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	L68-L74	Provider-specific job limits, quotas, and timeouts, plus how to run long Q# experiments and manage sessions to avoid interruptions or failures.
Security	L75-L85	Managing secure access to Azure Quantum workspaces: RBAC and bulk assignment, access control configuration, ARM locks, managed identities, service principals, and safe handling of access keys
Configuration	L86-L105	Setting up QDK tools and environments, configuring simulators and hardware targets (IonQ, PASQAL, Quantinuum, Rigetti), and tuning/optimizing Quantum Resource Estimator runs and parameters
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L106-L116	Integrating QDK with Azure Quantum: connecting via qdk.azure, running hybrid jobs, and submitting QIR/OpenQASM/Pulser, Qiskit, and Cirq circuits through QDK to Azure Quantum.
Deployment	L117-L122	Deploying and managing Azure Quantum workspaces via ARM/Bicep and Azure CLI, and configuring VS Code to submit, run, and manage Q# programs on Azure Quantum.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Troubleshoot common Azure Quantum connection and job 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 PASQAL on Azure Quantum	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-support-pasqal
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
Use Copilot agent mode effectively with QDK in VS Code	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-vscode-agent-setup
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
Understand Azure Quantum job costs and billing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-job-cost-billing
Migrate Azure Quantum workspace 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
Azure Quantum provider limits and quotas	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/azure-quantum-quotas
Run long-duration Q# experiments on Azure Quantum	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-long-running-experiments
Manage Azure Quantum sessions and avoid timeouts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-work-with-sessions

Security

Topic	URL
Bulk assign Azure Quantum workspace access	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
Run Microsoft Quantum resource estimator locally and online	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-submit-re-jobs
Install and use the QDK molecule visualizer in Jupyter	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-use-molecule-visualizer
Generate and view quantum circuit diagrams with Q# tools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-visualize-circuits
Structure and manage multi-file Q# projects and libraries	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-work-with-qsharp-projects
Set up QDK VS Code extension and environment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/install-overview-qdk
Install QDK Chemistry Python library on all platforms	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/install-qdk-chemistry
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 PASQAL simulators and QPUs in Azure Quantum	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-pasqal
Configure Quantinuum quantum targets in Azure Quantum	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-quantinuum
Configure Rigetti quantum processors and targets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/provider-rigetti
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
Use QDK extension commands and features in Visual Studio Code	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/vscode-qsharp-reference

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
Run OpenQASM programs in the Quantum Development Kit	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-openqasm-integration
Use Qiskit and Cirq with the Quantum Development Kit	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qdk-qiskit-cirq-overview
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
Submit Qiskit circuits to Azure Quantum with QDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/quickstart-microsoft-qiskit

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Azure Quantum workspaces using ARM/Bicep	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-with-azure-resource-manager
Manage Azure Quantum workspaces with Azure CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-manage-quantum-workspaces-with-the-azure-cli
Submit and run Q# programs on Azure Quantum from VS Code	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/how-to-submit-jobs

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