yaanki

motivation ✅

Search: ability to quickly look up a card from any anki deck (searching both sides of cards), even if it is not scheduled for review.
- Once reviewed, I would like to record the outcome and get credit for review.
Create: ability to quickly create cards from Alfred.
Study: ability to review scheduled cards ('study') using Alfred.

🚨BACK UP YOUR DECKS!🚨 yaanki is still being developed. you don't want to lose your precious cards. Howto here
Open the 'Configure Workflow' window in paperpAlfred preferences
set the user directory with Anki decks (if needed, the default: ~/Library/Application Support/Anki2/User 1/collection.anki2 should work in most cases).
optional settings (if you are not familiar with these parameters, you can leave the defaults or find additional information in the Anki documentation):
- set AGAININTERVAL (default: 60 seconds). Interval after which a card marked 🔴again becomes due
- set GOODINTERVAL (default: 600 seconds). Interval after which a card marked 🟢good becomes due
- set EASYINTERVAL (default: 4 days). Interval after which a card marked 🍰easy becomes due
- set EASE_FACTOR (default: 2500)
- set EASY_BONUS (default: 1.3)
- set GRAD_INTERVAL (default: 1)
- set INT_MODIFIER (default: 1)

you can create a new card by entering the corresponding keyword (default: !a) or hotkey, then entering (or pasting into Alfred) the text of front and back separated by //. --b will invert front and back. New cards will be added to the deck listed in the DEFAULT_DECK_NEW Alfred environment variable, or – if that is not set – the Default deck.
Universal Action: new cards can also be created by selecting text in any app, then launching Universal Actions and selecting 'Create New Anki Card with yaanki`.

launch yaanki by entering the corresponding keyword (default: !s) or hotkey and search for a card by typing in Alfred. yaanki will show the front of the card, and the deck it is from. The Anki star color will indicate the due status. Hitting Enter will show the back of the card and the times (or days) it will be due based on the outcome you will indicate.
ctrl-Enter will show card details (date creation, number of reviews, due date etc)
option-Enter will show the card front in large type
🖼️ denotes an image present in the card front or back. Hit Shift to show it in preview

you can set the decks from which cards are presented by entering yaanki:decks in Alfred, or setting a hotkey. Shift-Enter will add or remove a deck from the list. THe deck list can also be edited in Alfred's workflow variables.
launch yaanki with keyword or hotkey. if no search text is entered, cards are presented ordered by due date (new cards first), so review all the ones that are overdue

only works with one-line text cards
scheduling algorithm is reverse-engineered and simplified, although some default scheduling options can be set by the user. No 'fuzz factor' delays in review not taken into account etc. It works for my purposes, but I haven't tested all use cases.
limited to one user profile (but can be switched in setting, as in the anki app)
will not work while the anki app is open
only 3 ease level options (instead of the typical 4) when studying:
- Hard (default: 60 sec - can be customized with AGAININTERVAL)
- Good (default: 10 min - can be customized with GOODINTERVAL)
- Piece of cake (default: 4 days - can be customized with EASYINTERVAL)
hidden fields in cards (e.g. ID) are shown if they are present in the card template
need to open the Anki app to sync changes on the Anki server (AnkiWeb)
sub-decks not tested
occasional warnings from the Anki app to 'fix the database', probably in relation to AnkiWeb
currently all the fields beyond the first (front of the card) are joined in one (reverse). this can be changed
Most of the cards I use every day are one-liners. This will not work for cards with complex text, media etc.

option to search questions only (currently searching both questions and answers)
implement tags
delete cards, edit cards
creating cards with images through yannki

@kerrickstaley for the gUId, modelID generating function
Anki icon from papyrus apps
Card icons created by Victoruler - Flaticon
Flash cards icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
Tick icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
Vítor Galvão for OneUpdater and terrific help on the Alfred forum.
Dean Jackson for help on the Alfred forum and for sharing scripts used as inspiration for this workflow.
The Alfred forum community.

Feedback welcome! If you notice a bug, or have ideas for new features, please feel free to get in touch either here, or on the Alfred forum.