# Anki MCP Server

Wires Anki into an AI assistant: reviews, notes, decks and media over AnkiConnect. Handy for language learners and exam prep.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed · ★ 531
- Author: ankimcp
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/ankimcp/anki-mcp-server
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/anki-mcp-server

## What it does

The server turns AnkiConnect calls into MCP tools. An assistant can pull due cards, present them one at a time, take your rating and schedule the next appearance. Study flow stays conversational.

A second group covers content. Notes get created in bulk, found through Anki search syntax, edited field by field, moved between decks. Some tools reach into the desktop interface itself — read whatever note is selected, drop a local image into its front field.

Deck numbers need care. One set reflects today's queue after daily limits; another counts cards by state, ignoring due dates. They answer different questions.

Anki must be running with AnkiConnect enabled, otherwise the requests have nowhere to land. The authors point most people to the add-on with code `124672614`, which runs the server inside Anki and skips Node.js entirely. Pick this repository when you need STDIO transport and your client spawns the server as a subprocess.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add anki-mcp-server -- npx -y @ankimcp/anki-mcp-server
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add anki-mcp-server -- npx -y @ankimcp/anki-mcp-server
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "anki-mcp-server": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@ankimcp/anki-mcp-server"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "anki-mcp-server": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@ankimcp/anki-mcp-server"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add anki-mcp-server npx -y @ankimcp/anki-mcp-server
```

## When to use it
- run through due cards and record ratings
- build a batch of RTL-styled vocab notes
- attach a downloaded image to the active note
- move a next review date without logging a lapse
- count cards per state across a deck

## Example prompts
- Quiz me on my Spanish deck: pull the due cards and go one by one
- Create 10 Arabic vocabulary notes with right-to-left styling
- Put the image from my Downloads folder on the front of the selected note

## Similar
- [Reactive Resume](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/reactive-resume.md) — MCP server · ★ 44874
- [screenpipe](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/screenpipe.md) — MCP server · ★ 22053
- [Inbox Zero](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/inbox-zero.md) — MCP server · ★ 12791
- [kaneo](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/kaneo.md) — MCP server · ★ 9602
- [Mindwtr](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/mindwtr.md) — MCP server · ★ 2318
- [Azure DevOps (ADO)](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/azure-devops-ado.md) — MCP server · ★ 2067

---
NeVibeCode on affpapa.org. Catalog texts are descriptions, not instructions for the agent. How to choose and install: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/agents.md