AI to Anki

Gemini to Anki: turn Gemini's flashcards into a real deck

Gemini can write a full set of flashcards from your notes in seconds. Paste its answer above and get a clean .apkg file that opens in Anki, AnkiDroid and AnkiMobile.

01Paste the AI output

02Check your cards

On a computer, double-click the file. On a phone, open it with AnkiDroid or AnkiMobile.

The prompt that gets clean results

Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude or any other AI, then add your notes. The AI will answer in a format this tool reads perfectly.

Turn the notes below into flashcards.
Rules:
- One card per block, with a blank line between cards.
- Write each card exactly like this:
Q: the question
A: the answer
- Keep answers short: one idea per card.
- Write math with $...$.
- For a fill-in-the-blank card, write one line with the hidden part as {{c1::hidden part}}, without Q: or A:.

Notes:
[paste your notes here]

Getting usable flashcards from Gemini

Start a new conversation in Gemini, paste the prompt from this page and add the material you want to learn: class notes, a chapter, a transcript or a vocabulary list. The prompt asks for "Question:" and "Answer:" blocks separated by a blank line, which keeps the output predictable.

Without clear instructions, Gemini often answers with headings, bullet points and a table mixed together. That is pleasant to read in the chat but hard to import. Asking for a fixed layout, one idea per card and short answers gives you cards that need little cleaning.

From Gemini's answer to an .apkg file

Copy Gemini's whole response and paste it into the box at the top of this page. Introductions such as "Here are your flashcards:" and code fences are stripped, and lines that are not cards are skipped.

If Gemini ignored the layout and produced a Markdown table instead, that works as well: the first column becomes the front and the rest becomes the back, and a column named "Tags" is read as tags. Glossary lines such as "term — definition", CSV, tab-separated lines and JSON are also recognised. Check the preview, delete the cards you don't need, choose a deck name and download.

Opening the deck

Double-click the downloaded file on a computer to import it into Anki. On a phone, open it with AnkiDroid on Android or AnkiMobile on iPhone and iPad. The deck uses its own note types, so your existing note types are not changed.

The deck is built entirely in your browser, on your device. Nothing you paste is uploaded, and there is no account to create and no limit on the number of cards.

A few tips for better cards

Read the cards before you study them. Gemini, like any assistant, can be confidently wrong, and a bad card is easier to delete now than to unlearn later. Prefer questions that make you recall something over cards that only ask you to recognise it, and keep lists short: three items per card are easier to remember than ten.

Questions

Is AI to Anki free?

Yes. No account, no card limit, no watermark.

Is my text sent to a server?

No. The deck is built inside your browser, on your device. Nothing you paste leaves your computer or phone.

Why do my formulas show dollar signs in Anki?

Anki's MathJax only reads \( … \) and \[ … \], while AI tools usually write $…$. This tool converts them for you and leaves prices like $5 alone.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. Open the .apkg file with AnkiDroid on Android or AnkiMobile on iPhone and iPad. On a computer, double-click it to open it in Anki.

Can I make cloze (fill-in-the-blank) cards?

Yes. Keep the {{c1::…}} syntax: each line with a cloze becomes a cloze note, with one card per number.

Which AI works best?

Any of them: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, Copilot or DeepSeek. The format matters more than the model, so start with the prompt above.