QECTOR Claude Plugin
Verified quantum error correction for Claude. Local, deterministic, and
mathematically guaranteed on every machine you work on.
QECTOR integrates the published qector-decoder-v3==1.0.0 engine with
Claude Code and Claude Desktop, turning both into a production grade QEC
engineering environment. Every correction returned by an MCP server is
verified against the parity relation H c = s (mod 2) before it leaves
the process, every claim carries a machine checkable provenance class,
and the default configuration performs no network request of any kind.
4 MCP servers Β· 8 stable / 29 research / 3 admin tools Β· 11 commands
Β· 5 agents Β· 28 skills Β· zero egress by default
Latest release β v1.0.6 Β· Claude.ai
marketplace compliance (launchers to scripts/, canonical manifests),
environment-agnostic /qec-setup, deterministic artifacts. See the
release announcement.
Why v1.0.6
Version 1.0.6 completes the portability and compliance story that 1.0.5
started, then layers on marketplace correctness and universal setup. Two
problems drove it: modern operating systems no longer hand you Python on a
predictable command name (macOS, Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora ship python3
without bare python, while Windows adds its own resolver quirks), and the
claude.ai marketplace approval pipeline rejects plugins that ship
executables in bin/. This release retires both failure classes, permanently.
1. A universal, compliant launcher ships inside every artifact.
- The plugin archive, the source distribution, and the Desktop bundle all
carry
scripts/qector-python (POSIX sh) and scripts/qector-python.cmd
(Windows). They live in scripts/, not bin/: claude.ai-hosted plugins
may not ship bin/ executables because they land on PATH without ever
appearing on the admin approval surface. A validator now hard-fails any
build that reintroduces bin/.
- Resolution is governed, not guessed. An administrator pinned interpreter
wins first, then
python3, then python, with the Windows py launcher
tried ahead of them all.
- The supported window is enforced, not documented. Only Python 3.9
through 3.13 executes, matching the published native wheel matrix; an
out of range machine receives precise remediation guidance instead of
a deep import crash.
- Pinning is first class on both surfaces. Set
QECTOR_PYTHON to an
absolute interpreter path and every launcher honors it above discovery.
2. The marketplace surface is canonical.
Both plugin.json and marketplace.json use only documented fields and a
relative same-repo plugin source β the form every official marketplace uses
and the only form every sync path can resolve. The Desktop MCPB carries a
win32 platform override so Windows always selects the .cmd launcher.
3. Setup works in every environment.
/qec-setup detects sandboxed and remote environments (claude.ai code
execution, Cowork, containers without a project checkout) and falls back to
native diagnostics instead of dead ending on a missing local script β and it
reports honestly which path it used.
| Surface | Install path | Status |
|---|
| Claude Code CLI | marketplace plugin over local stdio | β
Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Claude Desktop | .mcpb bundle with single click install | β
Windows, macOS |
| Web, iOS, Android, Cowork | hosted remote connector (Streamable HTTP with OAuth) | πΊοΈ roadmap 1.1.x |
| Air gapped and restricted estates | local stdio, fully offline default | β
|
Local stdio cannot reach web or mobile by architecture; the hosted
connector is the engineered path to those surfaces and lands in 1.1.x.
Installation
Prerequisites
| Requirement | How to check | Expected |
|---|
| Python 3.9β3.13 | python --version and py -3 --version (Windows) | 3.11.x or 3.12.x recommended; 3.14+ is rejected on purpose |
| pip | python -m pip --version | any recent |
| Claude Code β₯2.0 or Claude Desktop β₯0.10.0 | claude --version | 2.1.x / 1.34+ |
Python with spaces in path (e.g. Anthropic Skills and agents) is now handled β the Desktop extension in v1.0.6 uses python directly (no ${__dirname} launcher) and the Code plugin uses scripts/qector-python. If you still see Server disconnected, set QECTOR_PYTHON (see Troubleshooting).
Option A β Claude Code (marketplace, 30 s)
claude plugin marketplace add GuillaumeLessard/qector-claude-plugin
claude plugin install qector@qector-tools
claude plugin list
claude plugin validate . --strict
python scripts/qector_runtime_check.py
Option B β Claude Desktop (single click)
Via UI (recommended):
- Download
qector-claude-desktop-1.0.6.mcpb from the release page.
- Claude Desktop β Settings β Extensions β Advanced settings β Install Extension β select the
.mcpb β Enable.
- Fully quit Claude Desktop (system tray β Quit) and reopen β the extension needs a full restart to load the 8-tool safe profile.
Via script (same result, auditable):
python scripts/configure_claude_desktop.py --check-only
python scripts/configure_claude_desktop.py --confirm
Verify Desktop:
C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json contains qector-library (if you used the script) and extensions-installations.json contains ant.dir.gh.guillaumelessard.qector.
C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Local\Claude\logs\mcp.log shows QECTOR Server started and connected β initialize β tools/list β result (no Server disconnected).
Option C β From source (auditable, offline)
git clone https://github.com/GuillaumeLessard/qector-claude-plugin.git
cd qector-claude-plugin
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
py -3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python scripts/qector_runtime_check.py
python scripts/qector_system_setup.py --check-only
python scripts/qector_system_setup.py --confirm
Troubleshooting
| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|
Server disconnected / Unable to connect to extension server | Old mcp 1.26.0 on one Python, or missing scripts/ in installed extension, or path with spaces on old builds | py -3 -m pip show mcp and python -m pip show mcp must both be β₯1.28.1 β run py -3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt --upgrade for each. Re-run python scripts/configure_claude_desktop.py --confirm (now correctly copies launchers) and fully restart Desktop. If still failing, set the extension's Python interpreter field to C:\Program Files\Python311\python.exe (or C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe). |
No Python 3.9-3.13 interpreter found | python not on PATH or only 3.14 available | Install Python 3.11/3.12 from python.org and/or set QECTOR_PYTHON=C:\Program Files\Python311\python.exe (environment variable or extension's interpreter field). |
This extension may not work until all requirements are met | Desktop version <0.10.0 or Python missing | Update Desktop (β₯0.10.0, current 1.34+ is fine) and ensure mcp/qector installed for the Python Desktop actually uses (py -3 on Windows). |
qector-decoder-v3 not found | pip installed to wrong Python | Run python -m pip install -r requirements.txt and py -3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt β check both with * -m pip show qector-decoder-v3. |
The QECTOR surface
| MCP server | Purpose | Tools | Default |
|---|
qector-library | Frozen stable decoding surface, every result verified | 8 | β
enabled |
qector-research | Provisional research and evidence tooling | 29 | explicit opt in |
qector-admin | Privileged local operations with double confirmation | 3 | explicit opt in |
qector-desktop-mcp | Claude Desktop safe profile adapter | 8 | β
on Desktop |
Alongside the servers: 11 slash commands for setup, facts, theorems,
reproduction, threshold sweeps, Wilson intervals, detector error models,
code inspection, benchmarking, sinter templates, and validation;
5 specialized agents (researcher, developer, validator, sysadmin,
hardware engineer); and 28 skills spanning math foundations,
architecture, BP OSD, two stage CSS, space time codes, decoders deep
dive, DEM pipelines, LER methodology, pymatching compatibility, batch
decoding, reproducibility, testing strategy, deployment, release
engineering, licensing, education, and operations.
Artifacts and integrity
The builder is deterministic: fixed timestamps make every rebuild bit
identical, so the hashes below are stable forever.
| Artifact | SHA-256 |
|---|
dist/qector-claude-plugin-1.0.6.zip | 46ae976105d9813ef615985f30fe23cd76cf2ca11d63ee5de86758e4402903c5 |
dist/qector-claude-plugin-source-1.0.6.zip | 4370c322b9e2fa083f841ee7a15e1468b6f991702db56d4779bd8ddb530def11 |
dist/qector-claude-desktop-1.0.6.mcpb | fbf9bb9a1254d4867093279a07b715041862f8c9ce71aff1201409b6cccc616c |
Per artifact sidecars, a combined SHA256SUMS, an SPDX 2.3 SBOM, and
provenance records binding each file to its release commit and runtime
pins live under dist/. The MCP Registry descriptor in server.json
matches the Desktop bundle byte for byte.
System requirements
| Component | Requirement |
|---|
| Python | 3.9 through 3.13, enforced by the shipped launchers |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Backend engine | qector-decoder-v3==1.0.0, native Rust / PyO3 wheels |
| MCP runtime | mcp>=1.28.1,<2 |
| Scientific stack | numpy>=1.26,<2.3, cryptography>=48.0.1,<50 |
| Network | none by default; one explicit PyPI freshness check exists |
| GPU | optional at most; no portable performance claims are published |
Security and privacy
The default installation exposes exactly eight stable tools over local
stdio. Research and administrative servers require deliberate enabling,
privileged operations demand per call confirmation, and every process
enforces its own call budgets so a runaway agent hits a ceiling instead
of your machine. Session hooks persist nothing beyond a tool name and a
timestamp. Full trust boundaries, risk classifications, scanner guidance,
and advisory posture are documented in SECURITY.md, with
the network stance in PRIVACY.md.
Documentation
Development
python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
python scripts/validate_source.py
python scripts/validate_plugin_bundle.py
python scripts/release_validate.py
python scripts/build_release.py --all
CI enforces the same gates on every push to main. Tagging with v*
additionally builds all artifacts, publishes the GitHub release, and
updates the MCP Registry entry automatically.
License
Proprietary. Copyright Β© 2026 Guillaume Lessard / iD01t Productions. See
LICENSE.md. The qector-decoder-v3 backend is free for
personal, academic, educational, and non commercial research; commercial
use requires a license from
qector.store/pricing.
Website https://www.qector.store Β· Licensing admin@qector.store Β·
Support admin@qector.store Β· Security disclosure
admin@qector.store (private)
QECTOR Claude Plugin v1.0.6
Built on qector-decoder-v3 v1.0.0 Β· Rust / PyO3 core
Every correction verified against H c = s (mod 2)