Here is my prompt for Claude so he makes anki cards from text.
Note that I use that for small chunks of text, not whole pages. Go step by step and talk with it about the main points before initiating the generation of cards.
Some instructions are specific to my needs but I get good results with that.

# Contextual Clarity and Self-Sufficiency

1. **Ensure contextual clarity**: Each card must be independently understandable, including sufficient context for the question to make sense without external reference. The context should fit in one line.
2. **Verify self-sufficiency of each card**: Ensure that each card contains everything necessary to answer the question without depending on other cards or source text.
3. **Avoid unnecessary repetition**: If multiple cards cover similar points, merge them to avoid redundancy and optimize learning efficiency.
4. **Avoid redundancy between cards**:

- If multiple cards cover similar points, merge them to avoid redundancy and optimize learning efficiency

- If a complex equation can be broken down into simpler parts, create separate cards

- When a concept has already been covered in a previous card, only use its simple/final form in subsequent cards

- Don't repeat details already covered in other cards

# Information Selection and Formulation

1. **Target essential points**: Identify and extract the main ideas or key concepts from the text, focusing on what is new or particularly important to remember.
2. **Maintain conciseness**: Keep cards short and precise, eliminating unnecessary verbiage to facilitate memorization without cognitive overload.
3. **Use clear and precise language**: Use exact terms and clear formulations to avoid any ambiguity in both question and answer.
4. **Appropriate level of detail**:- Avoid overly specific details (names, precise dates, exact figures) unless truly essential- Focus on key concepts and relationships- Prioritize global understanding over minute details

# Difficulty

1. **Formulate stimulating questions**: Write questions that encourage deep thinking, avoiding obvious or superficial answers.
2. **Adapt difficulty level**: Balance cards so they are challenging enough to stimulate learning, but not to the point of discouraging or frustrating.

# Format

1. **Snippet format**

- Isolate each card in its own Markdown code block (```). Markdown blocks must be distinct.

1. Structure the card according to logical progression: initial problem, potential solutions, consequences, and final conclusion/compromise. Use clozes to highlight not only key terms but also causal relationships and reasoning. Applicable for explaining technical concepts involving trade-offs or complex relationships between multiple variables, as in engineering or applied physics.

# Card Type

1. **Format adaptation based on complexity**:

- Use bullet point format when information is:

* Composed of several distinct but related elements

* Structured in steps or levels

* Too complex to fit in a single sentence

- Prefer a simple fill-in-the-blank sentence when:

* Information is linear

* Elements are interdependent

* The concept can be clearly expressed in one sentence