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title: LayerSynthesisClifford (v2.0)
description: API reference for qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.hls_plugins.LayerSynthesisClifford in qiskit v2.0
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/qiskit/2.0/qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.hls_plugins.LayerSynthesisClifford
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# LayerSynthesisClifford

*class* `qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.hls_plugins.LayerSynthesisClifford`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/2.0/qiskit/transpiler/passes/synthesis/hls_plugins.py#L622-L636)

Bases: [`HighLevelSynthesisPlugin`](/docs/api/qiskit/2.0/qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.plugin.HighLevelSynthesisPlugin "qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.plugin.HighLevelSynthesisPlugin")

Clifford synthesis plugin based on the Bravyi-Maslov method to synthesize Cliffords into layers.

This plugin name is :`clifford.layers` which can be used as the key on an [`HLSConfig`](/docs/api/qiskit/2.0/qiskit.transpiler.passes.HLSConfig "qiskit.transpiler.passes.HLSConfig") object to use this method with [`HighLevelSynthesis`](/docs/api/qiskit/2.0/qiskit.transpiler.passes.HighLevelSynthesis "qiskit.transpiler.passes.HighLevelSynthesis").

## Methods

### run

`run(high_level_object, coupling_map=None, target=None, qubits=None, **options)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/2.0/qiskit/transpiler/passes/synthesis/hls_plugins.py#L630-L636)

Run synthesis for the given Clifford.