# Choose a card type and write cards > Basic, reversed, cloze, type-the-answer and image occlusion cards. What each one is for, how to write it, and the formatting a card can use. Source: https://priortasks.com/docs/flashcards/card-types/ Last updated: 2026-11-05 A note is what you write. It makes one or more cards, and each card is one thing you review. The type decides how many cards a note makes and how you answer. ## Write a card 1. Open a deck and choose **Add card**. You can also use **+** then **New card** on the Flashcards page, or **New flashcard** in the command palette. 2. Pick the type at the top of the editor, and the **Deck** if you have several. 3. Fill in the fields. The **Preview** shows the card as you review it. 4. Choose **Add**, or press Cmd+Enter (Ctrl+Enter on Windows and Linux) to add it and start the next one. **Add tags** labels the card: separate tags with spaces or commas. A field holds up to 20,000 characters. To change a card later, click it in the deck's **Cards** list, or press E during a review. ## The five types | Type | Cards it makes | | --- | --- | | **Basic** | One: a question, then its answer | | **Reversed** | Two: front to back, and back to front | | **Cloze** | One for each number in the text | | **Type the answer** | One: you type the answer and Prior compares it with the right one | | **Image occlusion** | One for each group of masks on a picture | Cards of the same note are not introduced on the same day: the reverse of a card, or the next blank of a cloze, waits for another day. ## Cloze cards A cloze card hides words inside a sentence. Wrap each answer in `{{c1::...}}`: ``` Paris is the capital of {{c1::France}} and sits on the {{c2::Seine}}. ``` This note makes two cards. On the first, **France** is hidden. On the second, **Seine** is. Add a hint after the answer, `{{c1::France::a country}}`, and it shows in place of the blank. Words with the same number are hidden together. You do not have to type the braces. Select words and choose **[…]** (Cmd+Shift+C) to use the next number. Add Alt to the shortcut to reuse the last number. Typing `{{c1::` also switches the type to **Cloze**. The **Extra (optional)** field shows under the answer. ## Type-the-answer cards Write the question in the front and the exact, short answer in the back. In a review you type your answer, then see it compared letter by letter: what is right, what is wrong, what is missing. Capitals, accents and extra spaces do not count. Prior outlines the rating it suggests, **Good** for a match and **Again** if not, and you still choose. Use it for spellings, formulas, commands and dates. ## Image occlusion cards Hide parts of a picture, one card per part. It suits anatomy, maps and diagrams. 1. Choose **Image occlusion**, then drop, paste or choose an image (PNG, JPG, SVG or WebP, at most 8 MB). 2. Draw over what you want to hide. **Shape** switches between **Box** and **Oval**. Each mask is one card. 3. Select a mask to move it, resize it, or give it a **Label**, the text shown with the answer. Shift or Cmd/Ctrl selects several, and Delete removes them. 4. **Group** hides several masks together on one card. **Ungroup** splits them. 5. Choose a **Mode**: **Hide all**, where every mask covers the picture and you guess one, or **Hide one**, where only the asked mask is covered. A note needs an image and at least one mask to be saved. ## Format a card Fields are Markdown, as in [notes](https://priortasks.com/docs/notes/note-editor/). | You write | You get | | --- | --- | | `**bold**`, `*italic*`, `~~strike~~` | Bold, italic, strikethrough | | `==text==` | A highlight. Select words and use the **Ab** button, or Cmd+Shift+H. | | `[text]{.red}`, `[text]{.bg-green}` | Colored text, or a colored highlight: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink or gray | | `$x^2$`, `$$\frac{a}{b}$$` | Math in LaTeX | | A [table](https://priortasks.com/docs/notes/tables/) or a [chart](https://priortasks.com/docs/notes/charts/) | The same table or chart as in a note | | `![alt](https://example.com/p.png)` | A picture from the web | A block that starts with three backticks and `mermaid` draws a diagram. One that starts with three backticks and `svg` and holds an `` element is drawn as a picture. Prior AI and Claude use these to put small figures on cards. ## Good to know - A card needs a front, and a back as well unless it is a cloze card. The editor tells you what is missing. - Pictures from an Anki import, from Claude and from the occlusion editor are stored with your account like [note attachments](https://priortasks.com/docs/notes/attachments/). - For advice on writing cards that stick, read [Write better flashcards](https://priortasks.com/guides/write-better-flashcards/).