AI Dictionary

Ask AI to explain the word in sentence and save definition to Anki.

Ask AI to explain the word in sentence

Requirements

• Node.js >=20.12.0
• LLM API Key

Usage

1. Open terminal, set environment variables
   • OpenAI, Deepseek, etc.

     export OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com/v1; export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-***; export OPENAI_MODEL=deepseek-r1

   • Ollama

     export OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434/v1; export OPENAI_API_KEY=ollama; export OPENAI_MODEL=gemma3:27b

2. Run command npx ai-dictionary
3. Paste sentence and word into command line
   • press Enter to ask AI
   • press Ctrl+L to clear console
   • press Ctrl+C to exit program

Example

Save definition to Anki

Requirements

• Anki Desktop
• AnkiConnect

Usage

1. Open Anki, create deck AI Dictionary.

2. Click Tools -> Manage Note Types from Anki menu, add note type AI Dictionary.

3. Add card template.

Example