Anki

Create, search, review, and schedule Anki flashcards on your computer via the Toolforest Bridge add-on.

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Setup

Connect the Anki toolkit to your local Anki desktop app with the Toolforest Bridge add-on. The bridge keeps card, deck, review, and sync operations on your computer while Toolforest gives your AI assistant controlled access to them.

Prerequisites

Before connecting Anki, ensure you have:

Configured an MCP server in your toolforest.io dashboard.
Installed Anki desktop.
Signed in to Toolforest in your browser.

Step 1: Install Toolforest Bridge

Install Toolforest Bridge from AnkiWeb:

In Anki, choose Tools > Add-ons > Get Add-ons.
Enter the add-on code 1897413075.
Restart Anki.
Open Tools > Toolforest Bridge and connect to Toolforest.

AnkiWeb listing: Toolforest Bridge

Install detail	Value
AnkiWeb code	`1897413075`
Version	`0.1.3`
Tag	`v0.1.3`
Commit	`bc88fda`
Asset	`toolforest_bridge.ankiaddon`
SHA-256	`c8fe6f2242619ae25ae9585659fd74c0a78a0ff5393a30ae5a20602e4511eec6`

Manual fallback: Toolforest Bridge v0.1.3 release

Step 2: Connect the installed bridge

This video starts after the Toolforest Bridge add-on is already installed in Anki.

Open Anki and click Toolforest in the toolbar.
Click Connect.
Copy the device code and open the activation page.
Paste the code into Toolforest and click Connect Anki.
When Toolforest shows Anki connected, click Done.
In the Toolforest portal, open the Learning tab to confirm that Anki is connected.

Managing Your Connection

Disconnect

To disconnect the toolkit:

Open Tools > Toolforest Bridge in Anki.
Disconnect from Toolforest.
In Toolforest, confirm the Anki toolkit no longer shows an active bridge connection.

Update the bridge

Anki checks for add-on updates from AnkiWeb. To update manually, open Tools > Add-ons, select Toolforest Bridge, and click Check for Updates. If you installed from a release file, download the newest .ankiaddon file from the Toolforest Bridge releases page, install it in Anki, and restart Anki.

Using the Anki toolkit

Once the Bridge is connected, your assistant works directly in your Anki collection. You describe what you want in plain language, and it creates, finds, and edits real cards and decks, not a file you import afterward.

Two habits keep it reliable. Say Toolforest in the request, so your assistant acts through the toolkit instead of writing the cards out in its reply. And when you’re creating or scoping cards, name the Anki deck, so it knows where they go. That’s why the examples below take the shape “Use Toolforest to … in Anki.”

Build cards from your material

Generate cards from notes you paste, a topic you name, or a file you provide.

Use Toolforest to make 12 Basic cards from the notes I just pasted, in my Biology deck in Anki.

Use Toolforest to turn these 30 French verbs into cloze cards in my French deck.

Use Toolforest to read this PDF and add cards for the key definitions to my Pharmacology deck in Anki.

Combine Anki with your other tools

Reach across your connected tools and land the result in Anki, in a single request. This requires the other toolkit to be connected.

Use Toolforest to turn the key points from this Google Doc into flashcards in a new Anki deck called Doc Notes.

Use Toolforest to pull the foreign words from my last 10 emails and add them as flashcards to my Vocabulary deck in Anki.

Image flashcards

Create a card with an image, or add one to a card you describe. You can paste an image, link to one, or point to a file on the computer running Anki.

Use Toolforest to make a card in my Anatomy deck with this image on the front and the question "Which bone is this?", in Anki.

Use Toolforest to find my Anki card about the mitral valve and add this diagram to it.

Links are fetched safely: the Bridge checks the address before downloading, so it pulls public web images but won’t reach addresses on your own network or machine. Local files are read straight off disk, which is a separate path, so pointing at a file on the Anki computer always works. A Commons link looks like https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thigh_bone_-_Femur_--_Smart-Servier.jpg.

Audio flashcards

Good for language learning. Attach a clip you recorded, link to one, or point to a file on the computer running Anki.

Use Toolforest to create a Spanish vocab card for "perro" and attach the audio from this link, in Anki.

Use Toolforest to add the pronunciation audio from this link to my "konnichiwa" card in Anki.

Free pronunciation sources like Wikimedia Commons and Wiktionary work well. A Commons link looks like https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ja-konnichiwa.ogg. The same fetch rule applies: public links work, addresses on your own network or machine don’t.

Review what you’re struggling with

Ask about due cards, leeches, and your recent activity.

Use Toolforest to show which of my Anki cards are leeches.

Use Toolforest to list what's due in my Spanish deck today, and how many.

Use Toolforest to count how many cards I've added in Anki this week.

Keep your collection tidy

Tag, dedupe, and reorganize in bulk.

Use Toolforest to tag every Anki card that mentions mitosis with biology.

Use Toolforest to look for possible duplicate cards in my History deck in Anki.

Use Toolforest to move all my JLPT cards into a new JLPT N3 deck in Anki.

Tips

Name the deck and note type when it matters.
For media, you can paste a file, link to one, or give a local file path.
The assistant can read a Doc or PDF and build a full set of cards in one pass.

Capabilities

Category	Capabilities
Bridge	Check whether the Toolforest Bridge is connected for the current user.
Decks	List, create, delete, and inspect deck statistics for local Anki decks.
Notes	Add one or many notes, update fields, manage tags, delete notes, and search notes with Anki query syntax.
Cards	Find cards, get due cards, submit review answers, reschedule cards, suspend or unsuspend cards, and move cards between decks.
Models	List note types, inspect model schemas, create custom note types, and delete unused models.
Sync	Sync local Anki changes to AnkiWeb when you want changes to appear on other devices.