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title: unitary_synthesis_plugin_names (v1.3)
description: API reference for qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.plugin.unitary_synthesis_plugin_names in qiskit v1.3
source: https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/qiskit/1.3/qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.plugin.unitary_synthesis_plugin_names
---

# qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.plugin.unitary\_synthesis\_plugin\_names

`qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.plugin.unitary_synthesis_plugin_names()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.3/qiskit/transpiler/passes/synthesis/plugin.py#L647-L657)

Return a list of installed unitary synthesis plugin names

**Returns**

A list of the installed unitary synthesis plugin names. The plugin names are valid values for the [`transpile()`](/docs/api/qiskit/1.3/compiler#qiskit.compiler.transpile "qiskit.compiler.transpile") kwarg `unitary_synthesis_method`.

**Return type**

[list](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list)