llm-tools-anki

Manage Anki cards with the LLM tool.

Installation

Install this plugin in the same environment as LLM.

llm install llm-tools-anki

Usage

llm -T Anki "my friend miguel loves learning about languages. find a cool card that I can share with him that I've been studying." --td

llm -T Anki "Add 5 new cards to the default deck. The five cards should ask about the colors in spanish for a language learning student" --td --chain-limit 25

llm -T Anki "Take the cards in the Evolve deck and adjust them. Make the cards similar, basically testing the same ideas, but make them different to keep the learning interesting and engaging for the learner. Remove any cards that you evolve" --td --chain-limit 50

llm -T Anki "My friend catdog thinks I don't know big words. Add 5 to 10 cards of big words that I should know so I'm not embarrassed. Add these to the default deck." --td --chain-limit 50

The follow prompt also requires llm-tools-exa to be installed.

llm -T Anki -T web_search "I'm interviewing with Miguel Conner for a data science position in a few hours. Research him and create a few anki cards in my default deck for me to study." --td --chain-limit 50

An unsplash access key needs to be set for the following prompt with llm keys set unsplash. Access keys can be generate on the unsplash website.

llm -T Anki "For each anki card in the evolve deck without an image (ignore cards with images), use Anki_get_image_url to add an image. Make it visible in the front or back of the card, whichever makes more sense for that card. Make sure that the card is formatted as HTML (not markdown) or the image won't render correctly. The goal of the image is to increase visual appeal and improve memory retention." --td --chain-limit 50

Development

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then use uv

uv sync --all-extras
uv run python -m pip install -e '.[test]'

Additional Resources

• Simon's blog post llm tools
• llm-tools-sqlite (for reference code)
• llm tools cookiecutter template
• discord message on --chain-limit
• Homepage for AnkiConnect
• anki-connect-mcp

Additional Notes

• Thanks to Anki and AnkiConnect for their amazing work
• The file ankiconnect.md is an exerpt from anki-connect readme