📌Overview

Purpose: To facilitate connection and interaction between a locally running Anki desktop app and a server for card review and creation.

Overview: The Anki MCP Server is an implementation that leverages the Anki desktop application along with the Anki-Connect add-on, enabling users to manage card reviews and creation through a server-based interface.

Key Features:

• Card Search Resources: Provides multiple search endpoints including those for current deck cards, due cards, and unseen cards using URLs tailored to the Anki query syntax.

• Card Management Tools: Offers functions for updating card statuses (like marking cards as answered), adding new cards to the default deck, and retrieving a specified number of due or new cards for review.

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Anki MCP Server

An MCP server implementation that connects to a locally running Anki, providing card review and creation.

This server is designed to work with the Anki desktop app and the Anki-Connect add-on. Make sure you have the add-on installed before using.

Resources

• anki://search/deckcurrent
  Returns all cards from current deck (Equivalent of deck:current in Anki)

• anki://search/isdue
  Returns cards in review and learning waiting to be studied (Equivalent of is:due in Anki)

• anki://search/isnew
  Returns all unseen cards (Equivalent of is:new in Anki)

Tools

• update_cards
  Marks cards with given card IDs as answered and gives them an ease score between 1 (Again) and 4 (Easy)
  Inputs:

  • answers (array): Array of objects with cardId (number) and ease (number) fields

• add_card
  Creates a new card in the Default Anki deck
  Inputs:

  • front (string): Front of card
  • back (string): Back of card

• get_due_cards
  Returns n number of cards currently due for review
  Inputs:

  • num (number): Number of cards

• get_new_cards
  Returns n number of new cards
  Inputs:

  • num (number): Number of cards

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the server:

npm run build

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Configuration

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anki-mcp-server": {
      "command": "/path/to/anki-mcp-server/build/index.js"
    }
  }
}

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. Using the MCP Inspector package script is recommended:

npm run inspector

The Inspector provides a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.