AnkiWeb addon 1189727298
Links Anki study goals to an AI accountability partner via IFTTT, tracking Pomodoro focus sessions, streaks, and progress, then reporting honestly so it can message, call, or charge you.
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| Min Anki | Max Anki | Updated |
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| 2.1.1 | + | 2026-06-01 |
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Syncs your daily Anki review stats to an iOS app that blocks distracting apps until you meet your study goal.
Adds an automatic Pomodoro focus/break timer bar to the reviewer, with pause, card-goal settings, and daily statistics.
Integrates the Focumon gamified focus experience into Anki, adding an in-app game window and a deck browser widget showing trainer stats, levels, and collection progress.
Locks Anki until a chosen study goal—reviews, correct answers, timer, or finishing a deck—is met, using passwords or blind locks, with strict-mode enforcement, progress HUD, and local stats.
Plays your own focus music and runs a Pomodoro timer inside Anki, tracking streaks, tomato-garden progress, and shareable study recaps.
Adds a draggable floating Pomodoro and study timer during review sessions, with automatic breaks, pause/resume, card counter, optional Focus Rhythm feedback, session summaries, and customizable display modes.
Connect Anki to Overlord — the AI accountability partner that can text you, call you, and even charge your card when you skip your daily reviews. 🔥
Overlord Focus links your Anki studying to Overlord, an AI accountability partner that doesn't just nag you — it can message you, call you, and charge real money when you don't follow through. Now it can do all of that based on whether you actually did your Anki reviews. 💸
Each day you commit a goal — a number of focused minutes (run as Pomodoro sessions) or a number of card reviews — and optionally put money on the line. From there, Overlord Focus tracks your progress and reports the honest truth to Overlord: when you start studying, when you finish, when you bail, and the moment you hit your goal.
I built this for my own studying — I wanted my Anki habit wired into Overlord — and decided to publish it in case it's useful to anyone else.
What it does
How the goal tracking works
The review count mirrors Anki's own "studied X cards today" statistic for your configured day cutoff — it follows Anki, not a separate tally — so what Overlord hears matches what Anki shows you.
Setup (about two minutes, one time)
Overlord Focus talks to Overlord through an IFTTT webhook. IFTTT Webhooks are part of a paid IFTTT plan (IFTTT Pro). The first time you open the add-on, a short wizard walks you through it:
You can re-run the wizard any time from Tools → Overlord: Setup guide, and there's a built-in Common Problems reference if anything doesn't connect.
About Overlord
Overlord is built by a friend of mine — it's a genuinely great accountability app, and this add-on exists because I wanted my Anki habit wired into it. Check them out: https://overlord.app/ 🙌
Privacy
Nothing leaves your computer except the short status messages you send to your own IFTTT applet, which forwards them to your own Overlord chat. No accounts, no analytics, no data collection by the add-on.
Note
This is an independent, community-made integration. It is not officially affiliated with Overlord or IFTTT. You'll need an Overlord account and an IFTTT plan that includes Webhooks (IFTTT Pro). It was built largely with Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding agent.
Roadmap & requests
Planned features and feature requests are tracked on GitHub: github.com/AliAb2000/overlord-focus
Compatibility & version
Requires Anki 2.1.50 or newer (both Qt5 and Qt6 builds supported). Current version: 2.8.14. Full changelog, source, and issue tracker: github.com/AliAb2000/overlord-focus
Feedback and bug reports welcome via the GitHub link above.
Connect Anki to Overlord — the AI accountability partner that can text you, call you, and even charge your card when you skip your daily reviews. 🔥
Overlord Focus is an Anki add-on that links your studying to Overlord, an AI accountability app. Each day you commit a goal — focused minutes or card reviews — and the add-on reports your progress honestly: when you start a session, when you finish, when you bail, and the moment you hit your goal. Miss it, and Overlord can follow up the way only Overlord does. 💸
Overlord is built by a friend of mine — go check them out at https://overlord.app/. 🙌
This is an independent, community-made integration. Not officially affiliated with Overlord or IFTTT.
The review count mirrors Anki's own "studied X cards today" statistic for your day cutoff — it follows Anki, not a separate tally.
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From AnkiWeb (recommended): in Anki, go to Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons and paste the code 1189727298, then restart Anki.
Manually: download the latest .ankiaddon from
Releases, then in Anki: Tools → Add-ons → Install from file.
A first-run wizard walks you through this; you can re-open it any time from Tools → Overlord: Setup guide.
anki_overlord),
Then your Overlord Send a message action with the body set to exactly {{Value1}}.use/).If something doesn't connect, the wizard has a built-in Common Problems reference.
Nothing leaves your computer except the short status messages you send to your own IFTTT applet, which forwards them to your own Overlord chat. No accounts, no analytics, no data collection by the add-on. Your IFTTT key is stored locally in the add-on's config.
Issues and pull requests welcome. When reporting a bug, please include your Anki version (Help → About → Copy Debug Info) and a screenshot if it's visual.
Planned and under consideration (no promises on timing — this is a side project):
Have a request? Open an issue: https://github.com/AliAb2000/overlord-focus/issues
Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.