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Understand how CB Create generates flashcards, what makes them special, and how your card limits work.

What is a Point Pair?

CB Create generates flashcards in Point Pairs. Each Point Pair contains two cards that test the same concept in different ways:

1. TD Card (Term/Definition)

Tests recall of concepts

Term (MCQ):
✓ Mitochondria
✗ Ribosome
✗ Golgi apparatus
✗ Endoplasmic reticulum
Definition:
"Organelle that produces ATP through cellular respiration"

2. QA Card (Question/Answer)

Tests application with MCQ distractors

Question:
"Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?"
Answer (MCQ):
✓ Mitochondria
✗ Ribosome
✗ Golgi apparatus
✗ Endoplasmic reticulum

Why Point Pairs? Testing the same concept in two formats (recall + application) creates stronger memory pathways and prevents shallow learning.

1 Point Pair = 2 cards. When we talk about card limits, we count individual cards, not Point Pairs. So 50 cards = 25 Point Pairs.

The CB Create Process

CB Create transforms your notes into high-quality flashcards through a two-phase intelligent process:

Phase 1: Planning

The AI first reads and understands your notes, identifying key concepts and their relationships. This happens once per generation, regardless of how many cards you create.

Example: Biology notes on cellular respiration
→ Identified 5 core concepts (mitochondria, ATP, glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain)
→ Detected relationships (process flow, dependencies)
→ Planned card generation strategy

Phase 2: Generation

The AI then generates each card with:

Concise, exam-style TD cards (Term + Definition)
Application-focused QA cards (Question + Answer)
Rigorous MCQ distractors (3 plausible wrong answers)
Character limits enforced (TD: 100 chars, QA: 180 chars)
Consistent spelling and formatting

Why CB Create is Different

❌ Traditional AI Flashcard Tools

  • • Generic one-shot generation
  • • No concept planning
  • • Weak or missing MCQ distractors
  • • Inconsistent quality
  • • No character limits (creates novels)

✅ CB Create

  • • Intelligent planning phase
  • • Concept extraction before generation
  • • Rigorous MCQ distractors (10+ quality rules)
  • • Consistent formatting
  • • Exam-ready brevity (enforced limits)

The result? Flashcards that feel hand-crafted, not AI-generated. CB Create doesn't just copy your notes, it thinks about what you need to learn and creates cards that test understanding, not memorisation.

Your Card Limits

CB Create uses a simple card-based limit system. You get a set number of cards per month and per day:

Free

£0/month
50 cards/month + 50 cards/day

Perfect for trying CB Create and light revision

Plus

£4.99/month
100 cards/month + 100 cards/day

2× Free limits for consistent revision

Pro

£11.99/month
Unlimited + access to all the other CB Create models

Build at scale without limits

How Limits Work

You have two separate pools of cards that work together:

Monthly Cards (Used First)

Your monthly card pool resets on the 1st of each month. CB Create uses these first.

Free:50 cards/month
Plus:100 cards/month
Pro:Unlimited

Daily Cards (Fallback)

If your monthly cards run out, CB Create automatically uses your daily pool. This resets daily.

Free:50 cards/day
Plus:100 cards/day
Pro:Unlimited

Example: Plus User in December

Dec 1-10: Uses all 100 monthly cards
Dec 11: Monthly pool empty → automatically uses daily pool (100 cards)
Dec 11-31: Gets 100 fresh cards every day
Jan 1: Monthly pool refills (100 cards)

Why two pools? Monthly cards give you a kickstart each month for batch-creating study sets. Daily cards ensure you never hit a hard wall, you can always generate more cards tomorrow.

Ready to Create?

Start generating flashcards with CB Create today. Intelligent planning. Exam-ready output. Cards that actually help you learn.

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