Show HN: Anki-LLM – Bulk process and generate Anki flashcards with LLMs

Anki-LLM just dropped a command-line tool that lets you use AI to mass-edit and generate flashcards for Anki, the popular spaced‑repetition study app. Efficiency fans are buzzing: rahimnathwani applauds the “extremely detailed” docs and loves that it edits decks in place via AnkiConnect—no fiddly file shenanigans. In short, the automation crowd is hyped for clean pipelines, batch fixes, and no‑nonsense card creation.

But the study purists are not quiet. treetalker worries that outsourcing card creation to AI kills the part that actually makes you remember—the thinking and writing. thomascountz echoes the vibe: hand‑writing high‑quality cards feels like learning, and LLM‑generated decks rarely land by default. Cue the classic internet split: factory‑made flashcards vs artisanal index cards.

Amid the drama, people joked about starting a “flashcard farm” where robots cram vocab while humans nap, while others pitched compromise: use AI to draft, then edit by hand. Anki‑LLM’s features—bulk processing, custom prompts, and “copy mode” for pasting responses from sites like ChatGPT—earned respect for flexibility. Still, the hottest question remains: Does speed come at the cost of retention? The thread turned into a mini‑therapy session for study habits, complete with memes about “Productivity Theater” and the eternal debate over whether convenience helps or hurts learning. Grab popcorn; the memory wars are here.