cirq

Google quantum computing framework. Use when targeting Google Quantum AI hardware, designing noise-aware circuits, or running quantum characterization experiments. Best for Google hardware, noise modeling, and low-level circuit design. For IBM hardware use qiskit; for quantum ML with autodiff use pennylane; for physics simulations use qutip.

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name: cirq
description: Google quantum computing framework. Use when targeting Google Quantum AI hardware, designing noise-aware circuits, or running quantum characterization experiments. Best for Google hardware, noise modeling, and low-level circuit design. For IBM hardware use qiskit; for quantum ML with autodiff use pennylane; for physics simulations use qutip.
license: Apache-2.0 license
metadata:
    skill-author: K-Dense Inc.
---

# Cirq - Quantum Computing with Python

Cirq is Google
How to Use

Recommended: Install to project (local)

mkdir -p .claude/skills
curl -o .claude/skills/cirq.md \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/main/scientific-skills/cirq/SKILL.md

Skill is scoped to this project only. Add .claude/skills/ to your .gitignoreif you don't want to commit it.

Alternative: Clone full repo

git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills

Then reference at scientific-skills/cirq/SKILL.md

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