Anki Workflow

[DrLulz]

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 Note
    • Front side, and optional note
  • Back, B Note
    • Back side and optional note
  • class
    • The theme default is to center all text.
    • To adjust text to the left enter left in the class field.
  • Noty
    • Show an optional note on the back-side of the card.
    • Good for reinforcement.
  • http
    • Entering 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)
• :apath
  • The 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 deck
  • Search 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 deck
  • Search 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 card
  • Currently 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

Edited August 2, 2015 by DrLulz

[macrospect]

I've had trouble getting this workflow to work. I assume it's just no longer being maintained?