Yesterday's class notes become flashcards on their phone by morning
Every night their OpenClaw pulls the day's Obsidian notes from GitHub, writes spaced-repetition cards into their flashcard app, and nudges them if they've skipped reviews for a few days.
Done withOpenClawSpotted· by HN user dsiegel2275· Oct 15, 2026
Result Nudges when reviews slip for a few days
“By the next day, when I open my flashcard app on my phone, I have new cards to review from yesterday's class.”
Spotted: found in the wild. Details are as reported by the source above and have not been independently verified.
What they did
Runs OpenClaw on a spare MacBook Pro. Every night it pulls the latest changes from the private GitHub repository holding their Obsidian notes, finds the new notes, and runs a “create flashcard” skill to write useful spaced-repetition cards. Through an API it adds them to a flashcard web app they built, checks when they last reviewed, and sends a nudge if it’s been a few days.
How it went
It’s been working well. They take notes in class and check them in, and by the next day new cards from yesterday’s class are waiting in the app on their phone.
Try it yourself with OpenClaw
Every night, check [notes folder or repo] for notes added or changed today. From each one, write [number] flashcards that test understanding, not just recall: one clear question, a short answer, and the source note. Skip anything trivial. Add them to [flashcard app or Anki deck], and message me if I haven't reviewed in [number] days.
A starting prompt written by Agents in the Wild. Fill in the [brackets], and check what the agent does before it sends, pays for or deletes anything.
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