Card formats overview

DecksMD supports four ways to write cards. Pick whichever matches how you already write notes — you can even mix them in the same file.

Format	Best for	Page
Header + paragraph	The default. A question heading with the answer below.	Header + paragraph
Tables	Lots of short Q&A pairs (vocab, terms, dates).	Tables
Cloze deletions	Fill-in-the-blank from ==highlighted== text.	Cloze deletions
Image occlusion	Labelling diagrams and anatomy.	Image occlusion

Plus a few extras:

• Templates — give table cards a custom styled layout.
• Title, reverse & tags — turn a whole file into one card, auto-generate reversed cards, and tag individual cards.
• Canvas decks — author cards on an Obsidian Canvas, including spatial cards from the edges you draw between notes.

And two ways to test rather than review:

• Exam decks — a task list under a heading becomes a scored multiple-choice question; your other cards become type-in questions.

A few rules that apply everywhere

• A file becomes a deck when it carries the #decks tag (or a sub-tag like #decks/spanish). The filename becomes the deck name.
• Headings above your configured header level aren’t turned into cards — they’re kept as a breadcrumb path (e.g. Chapter 1 > Section 2) attached to each card for context.
• Cards update automatically when you save the file. Deleting and recreating a card with the same front restores its previous learning progress.