# baraja-mcp

> Baraja MCP Server - Connect Claude Desktop to Anki via AnkiConnect

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/baraja-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Jim Kroner
- version: 0.2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:baraja-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Baraja MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Claude Desktop to your local Anki instance via AnkiConnect. Enables Claude to create, manage, and search flashcards directly in your Anki decks.

> **Note:** While this MCP works with any Anki collection, many features and examples are geared towards Spanish language learning.

## Features

- **Health Check**: Verify Anki and AnkiConnect are running
- **Deck Management**: List and create decks
- **Flashcard Creation**: Add single or batch flashcards
- **Cloze Deletions**: Create cloze deletion cards for sentence learning
- **Search**: Find existing notes using Anki's search syntax
- **Sync**: Trigger AnkiWeb synchronization
- **Statistics & Analytics**: Deck stats, collection overview, study streaks, retention metrics, learning curves
- **Card Management**: Suspend/unsuspend cards, update content, delete notes, move cards between decks, manage tags
- **Problem Detection**: Identify struggling cards with low ease or high lapse counts
- **Scheduling Control**: View due cards, reset card progress, adjust ease factors
- **Spanish Helpers**: Built-in utilities for formatting Spanish vocabulary cards

## Prerequisites

Before using this MCP server, you need:

1. **Anki Desktop** - Download from [ankiweb.net](https://apps.ankiweb.net/)
2. **AnkiConnect Add-on** - Install from Anki:
   - Open Anki
   - Go to Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons
   - Enter code: `2055492159`
   - Restart Anki
3. **Python 3.11+** - Required for running the server

### Verify AnkiConnect is Running

After installing AnkiConnect, verify it's working:

```bash
curl http://localhost:8765
```

You should see: `"AnkiConnect v.6"`

## Installation

### Option 1: Install from PyPI (Recommended)

The easiest way to get started. No need to clone the repository.

```bash
pip install baraja-mcp
```

Or with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):

```bash
uv pip install baraja-mcp
```

### Option 2: Install from source

```bash
git clone https:…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/baraja-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T10:26:34.815Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/baraja-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/baraja-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:baraja-mcp