Flashcards

What are Flashcards?

SteleKit’s Flashcards feature turns any block into a spaced-repetition review card. The scheduler surfaces cards at increasing intervals — cards you know well appear less often, while cards you find difficult appear more frequently. This technique is called spaced repetition and is one of the most effective methods for long-term memory retention.

Unlike standalone flashcard apps, SteleKit cards live directly in your notes. The question is the block, the answer is a child block, and the card:: true property is all you need to enroll it in the review queue.

How to access it

Tap or click the Flashcards icon in the sidebar to open the review queue. Cards due for review appear in order. The icon shows a badge with the number of cards due today.

Key interactions

• Add card:: true as a child block property to mark any block as a flashcard
• Review cards one at a time: read the front (the parent block), recall your answer, then reveal the back (child blocks)
• Rate your recall after revealing the answer:
  • Again — you did not remember; the card returns in a short interval
  • Hard — you remembered with difficulty; interval increases slightly
  • Good — you remembered well; standard interval increase
  • Easy — you recalled instantly; larger interval increase
• The scheduler adjusts each card’s next review date based on your rating history
• Cards that are not yet due do not appear — come back tomorrow for the next batch

How to create a flashcard

Open any page and create the structure:

- What is spaced repetition?
  - card:: true
  - A memory technique that schedules reviews at increasing intervals based on recall difficulty.

The parent block (the question) is the front of the card. The child blocks below card:: true are the back of the card.

Keyboard shortcuts

Flashcard review is currently a tap/click interface.

Action	How
Reveal answer	Tap the card or click the “Reveal” button
Rate recall	Tap Again / Hard / Good / Easy
Open source block	Tap the page name shown under the card

Tips

• Keep flashcard blocks short — one fact per card works best for recall
• Review your queue every day for best long-term retention
• Use nesting: question as the parent, answer as a child with card:: true as a sibling property
• Archive cards you no longer need by removing card:: true

Related features

• Block Editing — how to create and nest blocks
• Daily Notes — capture new cards quickly in your journal and formalize them later
• Search — find a specific block you turned into a flashcard