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Anki Cards (Clanki)

Integrates with Anki flashcards to provide card creation and deck management capabilities.

Created byApr 23, 2025

Clanki - Claude's Anki Integration

An MCP server that enables AI assistants like Claude to interact with Anki flashcard decks through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Features

  • Create and manage Anki decks
  • Create basic flashcards with front/back content
  • Create cloze deletion cards
  • Update existing cards and cloze deletions
  • Add and manage tags
  • View deck contents and card information
  • Full integration with AnkiConnect

Prerequisites

  • [Anki](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) installed and running
  • [AnkiConnect](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2055492159) plugin installed in Anki
  • Node.js 16 or higher

Installation

  1. Clone this repository:
  1. Install dependencies:
  1. Build the project:

Setup

  1. Make sure Anki is running and the AnkiConnect plugin is installed and enabled
  1. Configure Claude for Desktop to use the server by editing `claude_desktop_config.json`:
Replace `/absolute/path/to/clanki` with the actual path to your clanki installation.

Available Tools

create-deck

Creates a new Anki deck
  • Parameters: - `name`: Name for the new deck

create-card

Creates a new basic flashcard in a specified deck
  • Parameters: - `deckName`: Name of the deck to add the card to - `front`: Front side content of the card - `back`: Back side content of the card - `tags`: (Optional) Array of tags for the card

create-cloze-card

Creates a new cloze deletion card in a specified deck
  • Parameters: - `deckName`: Name of the deck to add the card to - `text`: Text containing cloze deletions using {{c1::text}} syntax - `backExtra`: (Optional) Extra information to show on the back of the card - `tags`: (Optional) Array of tags for the card

update-card

Updates an existing basic flashcard
  • Parameters: - `noteId`: ID of the note to update - `front`: (Optional) New front side content - `back`: (Optional) New back side content - `tags`: (Optional) New tags for the card

update-cloze-card

Updates an existing cloze deletion card
  • Parameters: - `noteId`: ID of the note to update - `text`: (Optional) New text with cloze deletions - `backExtra`: (Optional) New extra information for the back - `tags`: (Optional) New tags for the card

Development

To modify or extend the server:
  1. Make changes to `src/index.ts`
  1. Rebuild with `npm run build`
  1. Debug with `npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node build/index.js`