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anki-skill

Claude skill for creating and parsing ANKI decks

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Set up

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README

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AnkiSkill

A Python tool for creating, parsing, and editing Anki flashcard decks (.apkg files). Designed as a "skill" for AI assistants to work with Anki decks programmatically using JSON as an intermediate format.

Installation

Requires Python 3.13+ and uv.

# Install globally as a uv tool (recommended for Claude Code skill)
uv tool install -e .

# Or for local development only
uv sync

Claude Code Skill Setup

To use this as a Claude Code skill across all your projects:

Install the commands globally:
```
uv tool install -e /path/to/AnkiSkill
```

Copy the skill definition:

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/anki
cp SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/anki/

Use it: In any project, ask Claude to create flashcards or work with Anki decks. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill.

Usage

Creating a Deck

Create a JSON file with your cards:

{
  "deck_name": "My Flashcards",
  "cards": [
    {"front": "What is the capital of France?", "back": "Paris"},
    {"front": "H2O", "back": "Water", "type": "reversed"},
    {"front": "The {{c1::mitochondria}} is the powerhouse of the {{c2::cell}}", "back": "", "type": "cloze"}
  ]
}

Generate the .apkg file:

uv run create-deck input.json output.apkg

Parsing a Deck

Extract cards from an existing .apkg file to JSON:

uv run parse-deck deck.apkg > cards.json

Editing a Deck

Parse the existing deck to JSON
Modify the JSON
Recreate the deck

uv run parse-deck original.apkg > cards.json
# Edit cards.json
uv run create-deck cards.json modified.apkg

Card Types

Type	Description	Example
`basic`	Standard front/back card (default)	`{"front": "Q", "back": "A"}`
`reversed`	Creates two cards (front→back and back→front)	`{"front": "Term", "back": "Definition", "type": "reversed"}`
`cloze`	Cloze deletion cards	`{"front": "{{c1::Answer}} in context", "back": "Extra info", "type": "cloze"}`

Development

# Install dev dependencies
uv sync

# Run type checker
uv run pyright

# Run linter
uv run ruff check

License

MIT