Adaptive Practice

Adaptive Practice is an Obsidian community plugin that helps you practice and retain knowledge from your notes using spaced repetition and adaptive scheduling.

Features

• Create practice items directly from your notes.
• Adaptive scheduling based on your performance.
• Tight integration with Obsidian’s native UI.
• Works fully offline inside your vault.

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Requirements

• Obsidian v1.0.0 or higher (desktop or mobile; desktop recommended for initial install).
• Node.js (LTS, v18+ recommended) for local builds.
• Git (for install via cloning).

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Installation

You can install this plugin in two main ways:

1. Via Git clone + npm install (manual install)
2. Via the BRAT plugin (recommended for tracking this repo)

1. Manual Installation (Git clone + npm)

This method is best if you want to develop, tweak, or inspect the source.

1. Clone the repository

   cd /path/to/your/vault/.obsidian/plugins
   git clone https://github.com/anuwup/adaptive-practice.git
   cd adaptive-practice
   

2. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

3. Build the plugin

   For a one-time production build:

   npm run build
   

   Or for development with watch:

   npm run dev
   

   After a successful build, you should have:

   • main.js
   • manifest.json
   • (optionally) styles.css

   at the root of the adaptive-practice plugin folder.

4. Enable the plugin in Obsidian

   • Open Obsidian.
   • Go to Settings → Community plugins.
   • Make sure Safe mode is turned off.
   • Select Browse, then Installed plugins.
   • Find Adaptive Practice and toggle it on.

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2. Installation via BRAT (Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tester)

If you’d like Obsidian to automatically keep this plugin updated from a GitHub repo, you can use the BRAT plugin.

1. Install BRAT

   • In Obsidian, go to Settings → Community plugins.
   • Select Browse.
   • Search for “BRAT” (Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tester).
   • Install and enable BRAT.

2. Add this plugin as a beta plugin in BRAT

   • Open Command palette (Cmd/Ctrl+P) and run:

     • “BRAT: Add a beta plugin for testing”

   • When prompted for the GitHub repository, enter:

     anuwup/adaptive-practice
     

     Replace anuwup with your actual GitHub username or organization.

3. Enable the plugin

   • BRAT will download the plugin into your vault.
   • Go to Settings → Community plugins → Installed plugins.
   • Enable Adaptive Practice.

4. Auto-updates

   • BRAT can periodically check for updates from the GitHub repo and update the installed plugin.
   • Configure BRAT’s update settings from Settings → Community plugins → BRAT as desired.

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Development

If you want to modify the plugin:

1. Make sure you are in the plugin directory:

   cd /path/to/your/vault/.obsidian/plugins/adaptive-practice
   

2. Run the dev build:

   npm run dev
   

3. After each change is built, reload Obsidian (or use “Reload app without saving” from the Command palette) to see the changes.

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Support & Feedback

• For bugs or feature requests, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.
• If you find this plugin useful, consider starring the repo to show support.

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