Anki Connect Skill

anki-connect skill

AI agent skill for controlling Anki flashcards via the Anki-Connect HTTP API. Works with Claude Code, OpenCode, and GitHub Copilot CLI. Built from the [official Anki-Connect documentation](https://foosoft.net/projects/anki-connect/).

Enable your AI coding assistant to create flashcards, manage decks, search notes, customize card templates, and fully automate Anki — all through `curl` commands via the Anki-Connect REST API.

Features

• Create flashcards — single or bulk, with media (audio/images/video)
• Manage decks — create, delete, move cards, configure scheduling
• Search notes and cards — full Anki query syntax support
• Customize note types — templates, fields, CSS styling
• Manage tags — add, remove, replace, clear unused
• Control Anki GUI — browse, review, card dialogs
• Handle media files — upload, retrieve, delete
• Statistics and review history — per-deck and collection-wide
• Full card control — suspend, unsuspend, forget, relearn, answer
• Export/import decks — .apkg file support
• Sync with AnkiWeb

Compatibility

AI Tool	Supported
Claude Code	✅
OpenCode	✅
GitHub Copilot CLI	✅

Prerequisites

1. Anki installed and running
2. Anki-Connect add-on installed (code: 2055492159)

Install Anki-Connect

1. Open Anki
2. Go to Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons...
3. Enter code: 2055492159
4. Restart Anki

Anki-Connect exposes a local HTTP server at `http://localhost:8765`.

Installation

Claude Code

claude mcp install https://github.com/crisak/anki-connect-skill

Or manually copy `SKILL.md` to your skills directory:

**macOS / Linux:**

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/anki-connect
curl -o ~/.claude/skills/anki-connect/SKILL.md \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crisak/anki-connect-skill/main/SKILL.md

**Windows (PowerShell):** ```powershell