Spaced-Repetition Setup

You forget most of what you learn within days — unless you review it at expanding intervals, right as you're about to forget. Spaced repetition exploits that. But most people make terrible cards (whole paragraphs, ambiguous prompts) and quit. This sets up a system that works: how to write cards that stick, the review rhythm, what's even worth memorizing, and the traps that kill the habit.

What This Skill Produces

• Card-writing rules — atomic (one fact per card), testable, unambiguous, and in your own words — the difference between cards that work and cards you'll delete
• A review cadence — how spacing works (review just before you'd forget; intervals expand as you succeed) and how to sustain it
• What to make cards for — the facts/concepts worth memorizing vs. what's better learned by doing (don't card everything)
• The failure modes — the specific mistakes (giant cards, ambiguous prompts, memorizing without understanding, letting reviews pile up) that make people quit
• A starter setup — tool suggestion and a first batch of well-formed cards for your topic

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

• What you're memorizing — a subject, a language, facts for an exam
• Why — an exam, a skill, long-term retention
• Your tool — Anki, a notes app, paper, or need a suggestion
• How much material — and any deadline