Anki Card Retirement

Anki Card Retirement is an Anki add-on that automatically retires mature cards on startup.

What It Does

• runs automatically when an Anki profile opens
• uses deck-specific retirement rules
• suspends only cards that are not already suspended
• tags the affected notes with !meta::retired by default
• adds a shared Moritz Add-ons -> Anki Card Retirement -> Settings menu entry

Default Config

{
  "deck_rules": [
    {
      "deck": "Default",
      "interval_days": 365
    }
  ],
  "retired_tag": "!meta::retired"
}

How It Works

For each configured deck rule, the add-on runs a search like this:

(deck:"Deck Name" or deck:"Deck Name::*") prop:ivl>=365 -is:suspended

That means:

• the interval is Anki's review interval in days (prop:ivl)
• cards are retired when their interval is greater than or equal to the configured day value
• child decks are included automatically via deck:"Deck Name::*"
• already suspended cards are skipped

Users can change the deck rules in the settings dialog with one rule per line:

Deck Name | 365

Installation

Install the add-on from AnkiWeb if a release is available, or install it manually from a packaged .ankiaddon file.

Links

• Technical details: ARCHITECTURE.md