Step 2 Shelf Retention Dashboard is a free, read-only Anki add-on for AnKing Step 2 users.
It ranks your Step 2 Shelf/rotation subjects from weakest to strongest using Anki-style retention and progress metrics.
Main features:
- Home-screen snapshot with weakest and strongest shelf subjects
- Full dashboard under Tools > Step 2 Shelf Retention Dashboard
- Subject/shelf rankings
- Subtopic breakdowns
- Sortable columns
- Retention, Total Cards, Active Cards, % Unsuspended, % Reviewed, % Mature, Leeches, Fails, and Passes
- Diagnostics / Tag Detection
- CSV export
It is designed for Step 2/Shelf tags such as:
#AK_Step2_v12::!Shelf
Retention logic:
Again = fail.
Hard, Good, and Easy = pass.
Mature cards use Anki’s standard interval >=21 days definition.
Safety:
This add-on is read-only. It does not change cards, notes, tags, decks, scheduling, FSRS settings, due dates, intervals, suspensions, or deck options.
How to use:
- Install the add-on.
- Restart Anki.
- Open the Decks screen to see the compact snapshot.
- Go to Tools > Step 2 Shelf Retention Dashboard for the full dashboard.
- Click Diagnostics / Tag Detection if tags are not detected.
- Click Refresh to recalculate.
- Double-click a subject to view subtopics.
- Click column headers to re-rank by different metrics.
Compatibility:
Built/tested on Anki 25.09.4. Designed around AnKing Step 2 v12 Shelf tags, especially:
#AK_Step2_v12::!Shelf
Limitations:
This is a tag-level approximation of Anki’s True Retention Table because Anki does not expose a stable public tag-level true-retention API. It is intended as a study-planning dashboard, not as an official Anki statistics replacement.
If something breaks, please leave a comment with:
- Your Anki version
- Your operating system
- Whether you use AnKing/AnkiHub
- What Step 2/Shelf tag root your deck uses
- What happened