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:

2. Install dependencies:

3. Build the project:

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:

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