What's new in the documentation

IBM Quantum documentation recently added a number of user-facing improvements, including content updates and new features. Many of these changes are a result of specific user requests! Check out the highlights below.

Updated content

New pages

Visit the newest content in the documentation!

• Introductory and get-started material for these Qiskit addons:

  • Sample-based quantum diagonalization (SQD)
  • Approximate quantum compiler with tensor networks (AQC-Tensor)
  • Operator backpropagation (OBP)
  • Multi-product formulas (MPF)

• Debug Qiskit Runtime jobs with the NEAT class

• Integrate external quantum resources with Qiskit guide in Open-source resources

• New migration guide: Migrate from Qiskit Pulse to fractional gates

• New Qiskit Functions guide: Singularity Machine Learning - Classification

• Use Qiskit Code Assistant in local mode

Content additions and improvements

• Guidance on how to securely manage your API token, as part of the guide to set up an IBM Quantum channel

• Revisions by Qunasys to the Qiskit Functions QURI Chemistry guide

• Updated code examples to fix a bug in Get started with primitives

• Updates to Introduction to options to include the new gen3-turbo options

• Copyediting and typo fixes across the documentation, including bugs reported by open-source contributors - thank you!

New API reference documentation

• Qiskit SDK v1.3
• qiskit-ibm-runtime v0.32-0.34
• qiskit-ibm-transpiler v0.9
• Qiskit addons:
  • qiskit-addon-aqc-tensor
  • qiskit-addon-cutting
  • qiskit-addon-obp
  • qiskit-addon-mpf
  • qiskit-addon-sqd
  • qiskit-addon-utils

User experience improvements

Updates to the infrastructure and design of the documentation include the following:

• The required versions of packages used in code examples are now listed at the top of each guide
• Bug in menu view on mobile devices is now fixed
• Search bar is now bigger for increased discoverability, and your search query is preserved after you close the search modal
• All code examples have been updated to work with Qiskit SDK v1.3 and Qiskit Runtime v0.34

A huge thank you goes out to everyone in the open-source community who contributed and gave feedback! Please open an issue if you find a bug, have a suggestion, or want to share your experience.