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Anki Cards (Clanki)

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

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

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MseeP.ai Security Assessment Badge License: MIT

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 installed and running
  • AnkiConnect plugin installed in Anki
  • Node.js 16 or higher

Installation

  1. Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/clanki.git
cd clanki
  1. Install dependencies:
npm install
  1. Build the project:
npm run build

Setup

  1. Make sure Anki is running and the AnkiConnect plugin is installed and enabled

  2. Configure Claude for Desktop to use the server by editing claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clanki": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/clanki/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

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
  2. Rebuild with npm run build
  3. Debug with npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node build/index.js

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Acknowledgments

from github.com/jasperket/clanki

Installing Anki Cards (Clanki)

This server has no published package — it is built from source. Open the repository and follow its README.

▸ github.com/jasperket/clanki

FAQ

Is Anki Cards (Clanki) MCP free?

Yes, Anki Cards (Clanki) MCP is free — one-click install via Unyly at no cost.

Does Anki Cards (Clanki) need an API key?

No, Anki Cards (Clanki) runs without API keys or environment variables.

Is Anki Cards (Clanki) hosted or self-hosted?

Self-hosted: the server runs locally on your machine via the install command above.

How do I install Anki Cards (Clanki) in Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor?

Open Anki Cards (Clanki) on unyly.org, pick your client tab (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor) and press Install — the config is generated automatically, no JSON editing.

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