My initial attempt at an Anki workflow. More to come after boards (have to put away addicting things such as Alfred ). I welcome any and all suggestions.
Download, GitHub, Packal.
Requirements:
Alfred
Anki
Commands:
:anki
:aset
:apath
Anki Terminology:
Collection = Group of Decks
Notes = Collection of Facts
Cards = Representation of Facts
A note has a one to many relationship with cards, while a card can have only one associated note.
Custom Dark Theme:
Cards (notes) created from the workflow use this theme.
Once the first card is created (from within workflow) the theme is available within Anki.
The theme comes loaded with jQuery v1.11.2 and plugins Zoom, Magnific Popup, Panzoom (mobile only), and Noty.
You can find it in Anki under Tools > Manage Note Types > Alfred Dark.
If creating cards from inside Anki the theme has optional fields.
Front, F NoteFront side, and optional note
Back, B NoteBack side and optional note
classThe theme default is to center all text.
To adjust text to the left enter left in the class field.
NotyShow an optional note on the back-side of the card.
Good for reinforcement.
httpEntering a URL in this field displays a link in the bottom right on the back-side.
Accepts www.site.com without http
video - Accepts youtube and vimeo urls. Link to the video is displayed in the upper left on the back-side.
Workflow Progression:
1. :aset
As of now contains two actionable items.Update collection (manual collection refresh)
Set Anki collection path (redirects to :apath)
:apathThe workflow looks for the Anki collection in the most typical locations.
If the path is not found the user will be prompted to enter the path manually.The default directory is /Users/OSX_NAME/Documents/ANKI_USER/collection.anki2
The default ANKI_USER created when Anki is first run is User 1. If you have changed this, enter your Anki user name.
If the path is found :apath is only useful if needing to switch between collections.
2. :anki
Search the collection for a deckSearch by name, or deck id
If the deck doesn’t exist you can create a new deck with the query as the title.
Select deck
Search for notes within selected deckSearch by facts, or tags
If the card is not found you can create a basic, two-sided card (cloze additions on the to-do list). The theme is the custom dark theme described above.
Select cardCurrently the only option after selecting a card is to modify its tags.
tags are entered as #tag1 #tag2 #tag3
Credits:
This workflow uses the python workflow library Alfred-Workflow (by deanishe).
The internal structure borrows *heavily* from the FuzzyFolders and Reddit workflows (also by deanishe).
The new_card.py was written by (guess who) deanishe, as a demo for my edification.
TO-DO:
Anki Sync
File Action to import csv’s
Sort decks by new, reviewing, missed
More robust display of deck/card statistics
Open Anki to a specific deck
Choose model (theme) when adding cards
Allow for cloze cards
Rename decks