name: circuit-optimizer description: Quantum circuit optimization skill for gate reduction, depth minimization, and hardware-aware compilation allowed-tools:
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Circuit Optimizer
Purpose
Provides expert guidance on quantum circuit optimization techniques for reducing gate count, minimizing depth, and adapting circuits to hardware constraints.
Capabilities
- Circuit depth reduction algorithms
- Gate cancellation and merging
- Peephole optimization
- Template matching optimization
- Commutation analysis
- Hardware topology-aware routing
- Two-qubit gate minimization
- Compilation pass orchestration
Usage Guidelines
- Analysis: Profile circuit for optimization opportunities (gate counts, depth, connectivity)
- Gate Reduction: Apply cancellation and merging rules for equivalent gates
- Depth Optimization: Parallelize independent operations where topology allows
- Hardware Mapping: Route circuits to respect hardware connectivity constraints
- Verification: Validate circuit equivalence after optimization
Tools/Libraries
- Qiskit transpiler
- pytket (t|ket>)
- PyZX
- Cirq optimizers
- BQSKit