It is possible to have your imported notes automatically recognized as flashcards on RemNote. By using certain combinations of characters, RemNote will automatically convert those newly imported bullets into flashcards of a specific type. This can be especially useful to programmatically create flashcards through external means, like, for example, ChatGPT. Knowing some of these can also be handy when typing new flashcards in your notes.

This will work for imported notes from our import feature or simply by copying and pasting the contents on RemNote.

Use >> or == to signify that the bullet is a Basic Forward Flashcard, with the front side being before those characters, and the back side being after.

Example:

You can also use:

Add two braces { between the words you want to be occluded in a Cloze Flashcard. You can also have multiple clozes in the same bullet. Note, however, that each cloze will be independent. It is not currently possible to merge clozes prior to pasting them into RemNote.

Example:

When importing Cloze Flashcards, you can also include hints to provide additional context or guidance for each cloze. To add a hint, surround the hint text with ‎⁠{({⁠ and ‎⁠})}⁠. If you have multiple clozes, simply add a hint for each as needed.

Example:

When pasting text with multiple lines, you can opt to use - (dashes) at the beginning of each line or not. These will be automatically converted to bullets when pasted into RemNote (this is especially useful when copying from markdown files).

Text copied:

After being pasted on RemNote:

Nesting between bullet items will also be automatically recognized according to the number of spaces at the beginning of each line. The exact number of spaces used doesn't matter as long as it is consistent for each indentation level RemNote will understand how to interpret each line.

Text copied:

After being pasted on RemNote:

Use >>> to signify that the bullet is the front side of a Multi-Line Flashcard. All bullets nested under it will be considered Card Items.

Example:

You can also use <<< to create a backward multi-line flashcard, and <>< to create a two-way multi-line flashcard.

Use >>1. to signify that the bullet is the front side of a List-Answer Flashcard. The bullets nested under it will be considered List Items.

Example:

You can also use:

Use >>A) to signify that the bullet is the front side of a multiple-choice flashcard. The bullets nested under it will be considered multiple-choice items. The first item will be set as the correct choice.

Example:

You can also add extra information about each option in a nested bullet underneath. Multiple-choice flashcards show those nested bullets after answering the card.

Use >-A) to create a disabled multiple-choice flashcard.

You can also include the Extra Card Detail PowerUp in the bullets you are importing. To do this, write #[[Extra Card Detail]] in the appropriate bullets.

Example on a Basic Flashcard:

Example on a Cloze flashcard:

You can also use special characters to import your flashcards using the Concept-Descriptor Framework.

As a general rule, Concept cards will use a : (colon) and Descriptors will use a ; (semicolon) as the first character used to create their delimiters.

For Basic Concept Flashcards or Basic Descriptor Flashcards, use the following combinations of symbol characters:

For Multi-line Concept or Descriptor Flashcards, use the following combinations of symbol characters:

For List-Answers Concept or Descriptor Flashcards, use the following combinations of characters:

For Multiple-Choice Concept or Descriptor Flashcards, use the following combinations of characters: