Caritas QBank
Caritas QBank is an Anki add-on that turns compatible MCQ note types into a question-bank style study interface.
It adds a UWorld-style desktop layout, answer-once retirement, incorrect recovery, first-pass analytics, a dashboard, filtered incorrect review, and no-code note-type settings.
This add-on does not modify Anki's scheduler or FSRS. Retired cards are handled by normal card suspension.
Main features
- Two-column MCQ app layout on desktop
- Responsive single-column layout on AnkiDroid and AnkiMobile
- Clickable answer choices and Check Answer button
- First-pass correct = retire by suspending the card
- First-pass incorrect = send to recovery pool
- Recovery cards can later be marked recovered and retired
- Separate analytics SQLite database stored in the Anki profile folder
- Dashboard with first-pass accuracy, resource/system breakdowns, trends, calibration, marks, and incorrect journal
- Study incorrects through a filtered deck
- Optional live performance panel on desktop
- Optional confidence buttons, marks, highlighter, lab values, and AnKing buttons
- CSV export
- Diagnostics and self-test system for troubleshooting
Mobile support
The note type is responsive and works on AnkiDroid and AnkiMobile.
On mobile, the card layout collapses into a clean single-column view. Questions, explanations, images, videos, buttons, and answer checking still work.
Tracking is desktop-only because mobile Anki clients cannot send the required add-on review signal. For logged QBank passes, use desktop Anki.
Settings
Settings are available from:
Tools → Caritas QBank → Note-type settings
You can enable or disable:
- Performance panel
- Header
- AnKing buttons
- Confidence buttons
- Marks
- Highlighter
- Lab values
- Hide Hard/Easy buttons
- Retire-on-correct behavior
Saving settings regenerates the note templates. Existing fields and card data are not modified.
Diagnostics
Caritas includes a diagnostics screen:
Tools → Caritas QBank → Diagnostics
Diagnostics checks the Anki environment, required APIs, template generation, config toggles, decision logic, database round-trip, deck scanning, and performance-panel injection.
If a future Anki update changes an API, the diagnostics screen should identify the failing wrapper.
Developer notes
The add-on is structured so that only anki_adapter.py directly calls Anki APIs. Other modules work with plain data.
Important modules:
anki_adapter.py — Anki API wrappers
templates.py and cardjs.py — note-type HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
behavior.py — answer and retirement logic
db.py — analytics SQLite database
perf_inject.py — live performance panel injection
dashboard.py — analytics dashboard
diagnostics.py — diagnostics and safe hook wrapper
Disclaimer
Caritas QBank is not affiliated with any other question-bank company.
This add-on is intended for personal study.