After 1,176 cards and 91 days of studying with Anki I now use these guidenlines.

Revision of cards is key: create cards, review cards, suspend cards, revise cards.

Guidelines

1. Make cards very, very easy.
2. Prefer cloze deletions.
3. Minimize words.
4. When reviewing, suspend cards I dislike. Set a very low bar for suspension.
5. Revise suspended cards, then unsuspend ’em for a second chance.
   • Change Note Type Ctrl + Shift + M
   • Toggle Suspend Ctrl + J
   • Preview Clozes Ctrl + L
6. If a card seems unsalvagable, delete or archive it.
7. Archive cards by moving them to a new deck named Obsolete.
   • Change Deck: Ctrl + D
8. Review cards most days per week.
9. Review in blocks of 10 to 20 minutes.

References

https://andymatuschak.org/prompts/

https://www.supermemo.com/en/blog/twenty-rules-of-formulating-knowledge