#16588·qiskit

Implement a Cliffordness checker

Author: ica574Created Jul 14, 2026Updated Sep 20, 2026
Labelstype: feature requestmod: quantum info

What should we add?

Qiskit should have a Cliffordness checker where the API allows you to pass a quantum circuit as an argument to a function called is_clifford() which returns True if the circuit is Clifford. As a proof of concept, I've added a small function that tries to build a Clifford circuit with the Clifford class. If the circuit is NOT Clifford, the function handles an exception which leads to a False result. However, it would be more appropriate to have a proper Cliffordness checking algorithm.