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qFold on Amazon Braket

Quick guide to deploying the quantum protein folding algorithm on AWS Braket.

1
Console access: Log in to your AWS account and navigate to Amazon Braket. Make sure you are in a region that supports the required devices (e.g., us-east-1).
2
Create a notebook: In the left menu, select NotebooksCreate notebook instance.
  • Name: qfold-instance
  • Type: ml.t3.medium (minimum sufficient)
3
Open Jupyter: When the status changes to InService, click Open JupyterLab.
4
Find qFold: Navigate to amazon-braket-examples / examples / hybrid_quantum_algorithms / qfold and open the file qfold.ipynb.
5
Device configuration: In the code, find the device variable.
  • For free test: LocalSimulator()
  • For QPU: provide ARN (e.g., Rigetti or IonQ).
Note: Running on real QPU is paid. First debug on a local simulator.
6
Run: Click Run → Run All Cells. The protein structure optimization results will appear in the bottom cells.
Interactive Console
$ Welcome to qFold demo terminal
$ Type 'help' to see available commands
$ Example: device = LocalSimulator()
$ ─────────────────────────────
💡 help — show commands  |  clear — clear console  |  run_qfold — simulate qFold execution