I wanted to figure out a way to remember papers that were important for me to remember and reference, so I hacked together a process for this using @argentum#3920 and @Pseudonium#3495’s plugins.
Steps:
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Have items in zotero that have at least the Title and abstract filled out
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create a
Md Notes Template.md
for the plugin to read. Put this in it:
START
Basic
{{title}}
Back: {{abstractNote}}
END
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Run the Mdnotes extension "create a full export note.
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Put all the created md notes into a folder.
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Instal the obsidian to anki plugin.
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Install anki as well as Anki Connect. use this: Setup · Pseudonium/Obsidian_to_Anki Wiki · GitHub and make sure your config matches.
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Restart Anki
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Decide what export format you want to use, and what deck things should go to, etc, following instructions in the wiki. I used q/a style: Question answer style · Pseudonium/Obsidian_to_Anki Wiki · GitHub and put this in the regex box for “Basic” notes:
^Q: ((?:.+\n)*)\n*A: (.+(?:\n(?:^.{1,3}$|^.{4}(?<!<!--).*))*)
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Enjoy!
I made a new zotero folder and obsidian deck and anki deck for this process because I wanted to keep things seperate and clean.
I was hoping that tags would work, but mdnotes exports tags as links like Tag: [[tag1]], [[tag2]], etc
whereas Obsidian/Anki plugin wants tags like Tag: Tag1 Tag2 Tag3
— it might still work but I didn’t try it for this run
the anki tags would look a little weird tho, but it’s nbd mostly
also you might want to unselect “attach mdnote to zotero item” if you’re going to be moving things and breaking links