Card Assistant adds two preview-first tools to Anki.
CARD REWRITING
Open a note in Edit Current (or review a card), choose Light/Standard/Deep, and get a draft rewrite. Pick the fields and tags to apply; nothing changes until you press Apply to editor or Apply & save. Works with any note type and subject, not only vocabulary. Can also generate the cards.
SIMILAR-WORD DRILLS
Choose a deck (subdecks are included automatically), set the sound/spelling mix and score range, and preview scored word pairs. Practise with a two-choice quiz in either direction. Drills never create cards, change scheduling, or write review history.
SETUP
- Requires Anki 2.1.50 or newer (tested on 25.09 for macOS).
- Open Card Assistant -> Provider Settings... and choose Local Ollama or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Enter the endpoint, model, and API key.
- The API key is stored only in your Anki profile folder. No pip install is needed.
- Card text is sent to the provider you configure; the add-on does not save prompts or responses.
NOTES
- The pronunciation dictionary is cached in the add-on folder; if it is missing, it downloads once (~3.6 MB).
- Preview is approximate; Anki's template controls the final styling.
- There is no cancel button during a model request; requests use the configured timeout.
Nothing is written to your collection without Apply, and the drills never touch scheduling.