Quantum AI Basic — 013: stress-test transpilation ladders on `Two-qubit basis and CNOT scaffolding` — memo `737175 [13]`

Lesson 013: Two-qubit basis and CNOT scaffolding

Focus

Separate statistical noise from calibration drift before claiming algorithm wins. Token Two-qubit basis and CNOT scaffolding:13 keeps neighbouring lessons differentiable.

Key ideas

• Thread: Two-qubit basis and CNOT scaffolding · drill v3 · spin 515345.
• Habit: pair each job with shot budget, mitigation profile, and a calibration fingerprint you could paste.
• Guardrail: write one line about where classical cost dominated the timeline.

Deep dive notebook

Synthetic drill artefacts

Shot budget tableau

1. Target CI width `0.07` @ confidence `96`
2. Pilot shots `768` expanding to `5556` if variance plateaus
3. Telemetry fields `job_id,device_tz,mitigation_bundle`
4. Stop rule `halt if RB infidelity > 0.002094`

Practice

Practice Attach rollback notes if transpilation swaps exceed a chosen depth ceiling. — 13 Bump literals mindset by 30.