AI Explain: Intelligent Card Explanations for Anki

AnkiWeb addon 594887180

Generates instant AI explanations for cards during review via hotkeys, saves them to a dedicated note field for future and mobile viewing, and supports custom prompts through a subscription service.
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2026-03-04
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25.09.2~
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Description

AI Explain

Add-on ID: 594887180

AI Explain adds instant, high-yield AI explanations to your Anki cards during review. Generate explanations with a single hotkey and save them directly to the note for future reviews.

Links

Main website: https://aiexplain.net/

Key Features

  • One-key AI explanations while reviewing
  • Explanations are saved to a dedicated note field (persistent)
  • Custom prompts per hotkey (e.g. explain, give mnemonics, compare concepts)
  • On-the-fly prompts for when prewritten prompts aren't enough
  • Collapsible explanation panel to keep cards clean
  • Designed for large decks and common templates (e.g. AnKing)
  • Mobile-friendly: previously generated explanations are visible on AnkiMobile and AnkiDroid during review

Subscription & Usage

Due to costs associated with generating AI responses to cards, AI Explain is a subscription-based service. An active subscription and available credits are required to generate explanations. Subscription management is handled through the add-on settings panel.

How It Works

  1. Install the add-on
  2. Open Tools → AI Explain Settings
  3. Enter your license key and configure hotkeys
  4. Review a card, show the answer, then press your hotkey

Generated explanations are automatically saved and shown on future reviews — including on mobile devices.

Important Notes & Disclaimers

  • AI-generated content: Explanations are produced by an AI model and may contain errors, omissions, or oversimplifications. Always verify critical information.
  • Template modification: On first run, this add-on automatically updates back-side card templates to enable explanation rendering. No front-side templates are modified.
  • New note field: A dedicated field is added to note types to store generated explanations. Existing note content is not altered.
  • Reversible: Generated text is stored like any other field and can be edited or removed manually at any time.
  • I suggest you make a backup of your deck before installing. I have not seen my add on cause any problems that require reverting to a previous backup, but I would do it just to be on the safe side. You will have to do a full Anki server upload on the first-go round.

Best For

  • Medical students (USMLE Step 1–3, shelf exams)
  • Dense, fact-heavy decks
  • Learning why an answer is correct, not just memorizing it

AI Explain runs entirely inside Anki during review — no copy-paste, no context switching.

Updates and Bug Fixes

1.0.1 -- Fixed Explanations for Front/Back cards (Basic Card Type) 1.0.0 -- Launch Version