jenniferbarradas/ankiquick

AnkiQuick is a Chrome extension that turns any text you highlight on a webpage into a flashcard for Anki, the spaced repetition flashcard app. It is built for people learning English who want to save new vocabulary as they read, without stopping to open another app or type anything by hand. The workflow is simple: you select a word or phrase on a page, click a button, and a flashcard is created in Anki right away. Each card includes a translation into your own native language, an example sentence showing the word used in English, and audio you can listen to for pronunciation. The translation, example sentence, and audio are all generated using an AI model. To use it you need Anki Desktop installed on your computer along with a free add-on called AnkiConnect, which lets the Chrome extension talk to Anki directly. You also need your own Anthropic API key, which the README says costs only fractions of a cent per card, since that is what generates the translation and example sentence. The extension itself is loaded into Chrome manually through the browser's developer mode rather than installed from the Chrome Web Store. Setup involves downloading the extension's code, loading it as an unpacked extension in Chrome, then entering your Anthropic API key, native language, and target Anki deck name in the extension's settings. After that, opening Anki and selecting text on any English webpage is enough to start generating cards. The README includes basic troubleshooting for cases where Anki cannot be reached, the API key is invalid, or a new card does not appear right away because Anki limits how many new cards it shows per day. The project is released under the MIT license.