{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "flashcard-maker",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Flashcard maker",
 "summary": "Paste your notes or a chapter. Get flashcards with one question and one short answer each, grouped by topic.",
 "headline": "Flashcard maker",
 "subhead": "Paste your notes, a chapter or a transcript, and say how many cards you want. It makes flashcards with one clear question and one short answer each, grouped by topic. It skips filler, asks things in more than one way where it helps, and gives you a format that most study apps can import.",
 "job": {
  "id": "study-and-practice",
  "name": "Study and check your understanding"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "low",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-27",
 "first_published": "2026-10-27",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "source_text",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Source text",
   "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link"
  },
  {
   "type": "feedback_notes",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Feedback notes",
   "what": "a person's notes on an output: what to keep, change or drop"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your notes, a chapter or a transcript, pasted as text",
  "How many cards you want, or the topics to cover",
  "The app you'll use, so the format fits (optional)",
  "Your level and what you will be tested on (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "Flashcards with one question and one short answer each",
  "Cards grouped by topic",
  "A plain format you can paste or import into a study app",
  "A list of topics in your text it left out, and why"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You have notes or a chapter to learn for an exam or a course.",
  "You want cards from a talk, a book or a training document.",
  "Your own cards are long and don't test you."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need a study plan with dates: use the Study session planner and reviewer.",
  "You want to check what you understood: use the Study understanding checker.",
  "You want facts added from outside your notes: ask your AI a separate question, and check it."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your notes, a chapter or a transcript, pasted as text",
   "How many cards you want, or the topics to cover",
   "The app you will use (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Cards by topic",
    "contains": "For each topic, cards with one clear question and one short answer."
   },
   {
    "name": "Import format",
    "contains": "The same cards, one per line, in a plain format for most study apps."
   },
   {
    "name": "Left out",
    "contains": "Topics in your text that did not become cards, with the reason."
   },
   {
    "name": "Missing",
    "contains": "Anything you did not tell it, such as how many cards you want."
   },
   {
    "name": "Checks missed",
    "contains": "One line for each of its own checks that still fails, or none."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "TOPIC: <topic>\nQ: <one clear question>\nA: <one short answer>\n\nTOPIC: <topic>\nQ: ...\nA: ...\n\nIMPORT FORMAT\n<question> | <answer>   (one card per line)\n\nLEFT OUT\n<topic> | Why: <reason>\n\nMISSING\n<what you did not tell it>\n\nCHECKS MISSED\n<one line per check still missed, or none>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.",
  "Paste your notes or chapter, and say how many cards you want.",
  "Say which app you'll use, so the format fits.",
  "Read through the cards and delete any that test something you don't need.",
  "Import them into your app and review a few each day."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "Each card has one question and one short answer.",
  "Every answer can be found in your text.",
  "No fact appears that is not in your notes.",
  "Cards are grouped by topic.",
  "The import format is one card per line."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Lesson understanding check planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/lesson-understanding-check",
   "why": "Lesson understanding check planner"
  },
  {
   "name": "Study understanding checker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/study-understanding-check",
   "why": "Study understanding checker"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [],
 "files": [],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/flashcard-maker",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/flashcard-maker.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/flashcard-maker.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/flashcard-maker/SKILL.md",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/flashcard-maker",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/flashcard-maker",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}