AnkiConnect setup: pipe gap-fill cards straight into your desktop
What AnkiConnect does
AnkiConnect is a free Anki desktop add-on (code 2055492159) that exposes a local HTTP API. Other apps can talk to your Anki collection without you exporting and importing .apkg files by hand.
SlydeMe uses AnkiConnect to push the gap-fill deck and the AnKing tag list directly into a deck named SlydeMe Imports the moment a lecture finishes processing. No manual download, no double-click .apkg, no "where did the cards go" hunt.
Three steps
- Install Anki desktop. macOS, Windows, or Linux from apps.ankiweb.net. The mobile + web versions can't run add-ons.
- Add AnkiConnect. Anki → Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons → paste 2055492159 → restart Anki. AnkiConnect listens on http://127.0.0.1:8765.
- Connect SlydeMe. Open the AnKing Connect tab in the SlydeMe dashboard, click "Test connection," confirm green check. Done.
Folder pattern that doesn't collide
By default, SlydeMe creates a parent deck called SlydeMe Imports and a child deck per lecture (e.g. SlydeMe Imports::Cardiac Antiarrhythmics). This is intentional:
- Your AnKing review schedule is unaffected. You drill #AK_Step1 as before.
- Gap-fill cards live in their own subdeck, separate from AnKing.
- You can suspend a whole lecture's gap-fill if it turns out the lecturer was off-topic.
- Tag lists are written into the SAME parent deck as a separate "tag-only" card so you can search for them later.
What if I don't use Anki?
You don't need Anki for SlydeMe to work. The .apkg file is one of five outputs; you can ignore it. The study guide PDF and the slides+transcript PDF are the most valuable artifacts for a non-Anki workflow.