diff --git a/.config/hypr/keybindings.conf b/.config/hypr/keybindings.conf
index 3f71e56..5342154 100644
--- a/.config/hypr/keybindings.conf
+++ b/.config/hypr/keybindings.conf
@@ -139,3 +139,5 @@ bind = $mainMod, code:112, submap, reset
 submap = reset
 
 bind = SUPER, l, exec, hyprlock
+
+bind = $mainMod SHIFT, a, exec, ~/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-anki-script.sh
diff --git a/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-docs.sh b/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-docs.sh
index b307bd7..589c01c 100755
--- a/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-docs.sh
+++ b/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-docs.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/rofi-menu-helpers.sh"
+
 BROWSER=/usr/bin/zen-browser
-OPTIONS=(
-    "Arch Linux (btw)"
-    "Hyprland"
+DOC_GROUPS=(
+    "Arch Linux (btw)|ARCH"
+    "Hyprland|HYPRLAND"
 )
 ARCH=(
     "Archlinux Wiki|https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page"
@@ -13,56 +16,37 @@ HYPRLAND=(
     "Hyprland Window Rules|https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Window-Rules/"
 )
 
-get_url() {
-    urls=("$@")
-    display_urls=()
-    declare -A url_map
-    for url in "${urls[@]}"; do
-        display_urls+=("${url%%|*}")
-        label="${url%%|*}"
-        url_map["$label"]="${url##*|}"
-    done
-    display_urls+=("Back")
-    url_map["Back"]="Back"
-
-    selection="$(printf "%s\n" "${display_urls[@]}" | rofi -theme-str 'window {width: 25%;} listview {columns: 1; lines: 10;}' -theme ~/.config/rofi/launchers/type-2/style-2.rasi -dmenu -l 5 -i -p "Select Documentation")"
-    url="${url_map[$selection]}"
-
-    if [ -z "$url" ]; then
-        exit 0
-    fi
-
-    printf "%s\n" "$url"
+select_group() {
+    rofi_select_label_value "Select Documentation Group" DOC_GROUPS
 }
 
-get_docs_list() {
-    selection="$(printf "%s\n" "${OPTIONS[@]}" | rofi -theme-str 'window {width: 25%;} listview {columns: 1; lines: 10;}' -theme ~/.config/rofi/launchers/type-2/style-2.rasi -dmenu -l 5 -i -p "Select Documentation Group")"
-    case "$selection" in
-    "Arch Linux (btw)")
-        urls=("${ARCH[@]}")
-        ;;
-    "Hyprland")
-        urls=("${HYPRLAND[@]}")
-        ;;
-    *)
-        exit 0
-        ;;
-    esac
-
-    printf "%s\n" "${urls[@]}"
+select_url() {
+    local urls_array="$1"
+    rofi_select_label_value "Select Documentation" "$urls_array" "Back"
 }
 
 main() {
-    mapfile -t urls < <(get_docs_list)
-    url="$(get_url "${urls[@]}")"
-    if [ -z "$url" ]; then
-        printf "No URL selected.\n"
+    while true; do
+        group_key="$(select_group)" || exit 0
+        case "$group_key" in
+        ARCH)
+            urls_ref=ARCH
+            ;;
+        HYPRLAND)
+            urls_ref=HYPRLAND
+            ;;
+        *)
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        esac
+
+        selection="$(select_url "$urls_ref")" || exit 0
+        if [[ "$selection" == "Back" ]]; then
+            continue
+        fi
+        $BROWSER "$selection" &>/dev/null &
         exit 0
-    elif [ "$url" == "Back" ]; then
-        main
-        exit 0
-    fi
-    $BROWSER "$url" &>/dev/null &
+    done
 }
 
 main
diff --git a/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-menu-helpers.sh b/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-menu-helpers.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80c6f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/rofi/scripts/rofi-menu-helpers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Lightweight helpers to build rofi menus with label/value pairs.
+# Intended to be sourced from other scripts.
+
+# Allow callers to override theme/args without touching code.
+: "${ROFI_THEME:=$HOME/.config/rofi/launchers/type-2/style-2.rasi}"
+: "${ROFI_THEME_STR:="window {width: 25%;} listview {columns: 1; lines: 10;}"}"
+: "${ROFI_DMENU_ARGS:=-i -l 5}"
+
+# rofi_menu prompt option...
+# Prints the selected option to stdout and propagates the rofi exit code
+# (1 when the user cancels).
+rofi_menu() {
+	local prompt="$1"
+	shift
+	local -a options=("$@")
+
+	local selection
+	selection="$(printf "%s\n" "${options[@]}" | rofi -dmenu $ROFI_DMENU_ARGS \
+		${ROFI_THEME:+-theme "$ROFI_THEME"} \
+		${ROFI_THEME_STR:+-theme-str "$ROFI_THEME_STR"} \
+		-p "$prompt")"
+	local status=$?
+	[[ $status -ne 0 ]] && return "$status"
+	printf "%s\n" "$selection"
+}
+
+# rofi_select_label_value prompt array_name [back_label]
+# array_name should contain entries shaped as "Label|Value".
+# Prints the mapped value (or the back label when chosen). Returns 1 on cancel.
+rofi_select_label_value() {
+	local prompt="$1"
+	local array_name="$2"
+	local back_label="${3:-}"
+
+	# Access caller's array by name
+	local -n kv_source="$array_name"
+	local -A kv_map=()
+	local -a display=()
+
+	for entry in "${kv_source[@]}"; do
+		local label="${entry%%|*}"
+		local value="${entry#*|}"
+		kv_map["$label"]="$value"
+		display+=("$label")
+	done
+
+	if [[ -n "$back_label" ]]; then
+		kv_map["$back_label"]="$back_label"
+		display+=("$back_label")
+	fi
+
+	local selection
+	selection="$(rofi_menu "$prompt" "${display[@]}")" || return "$?"
+	[[ -z "$selection" ]] && return 1
+	printf "%s\n" "${kv_map[$selection]}"
+}
+
+# rofi_select_list prompt array_name
+# Convenience wrapper for plain lists (no label/value mapping).
+rofi_select_list() {
+	local prompt="$1"
+	local array_name="$2"
+	local -n list_source="$array_name"
+	rofi_menu "$prompt" "${list_source[@]}"
+}
+
diff --git a/projects/scripts/record-audio.sh b/projects/scripts/record-audio.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 30947fc..66898d8
--- a/projects/scripts/record-audio.sh
+++ b/projects/scripts/record-audio.sh
@@ -1,93 +1,145 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Version 1.2
-# shoutout to https://gist.github.com/Cephian/f849e326e3522be9a4386b60b85f2f23 for the original script,
-# https://github.com/xythh/ added the ankiConnect functionality
-# toggle record computer audio (run once to start, run again to stop)
-# dependencies: ffmpeg, pulseaudio, curl
+# Toggle desktop audio recording and attach the result to the newest Anki note
+# (as tagged by Yomichan). Run once to start recording, run again to stop.
+# Dependencies: jq, curl, ffmpeg/ffprobe, pulseaudio (parec+pactl), bc, notify-send
 
-# where recording gets saved, gets deleted after being imported to anki
-DIRECTORY="$HOME/.cache/"
-FORMAT="mp3" # ogg or mp3
-# cut file since it glitches a bit at the end sometimes
-CUT_DURATION="0.1"
-#port used by ankiconnect
-ankiConnectPort="8765"
-# gets the newest created card, so make sure to create the card first with yomichan
-newestNoteId=$(curl -s localhost:$ankiConnectPort -X POST -d '{"action": "findNotes", "version": 6, "params": { "query": "is:new"}}' | jq '.result[-1]')
-#Audio field name
-audioFieldName="SentenceAudio"
+set -euo pipefail
 
-#if there is no newest note, you either have a complete empty anki or ankiconnect isn't running
-if [ "$newestNoteId" = "" ]; then
-	notify-send "anki connect not found"
-	exit 1
-fi
+ANKI_CONNECT_PORT="${ANKI_CONNECT_PORT:-8765}"
+AUDIO_FIELD_NAME="${AUDIO_FIELD_NAME:-SentenceAudio}"
+FORMAT="${FORMAT:-mp3}" # mp3 or ogg
+CUT_DURATION="${CUT_DURATION:-0.1}"
+CACHE_DIR="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/record-audio"
+RECORD_TIMEOUT="${RECORD_TIMEOUT:-60}"
+ANKI_URL="http://localhost:${ANKI_CONNECT_PORT}"
 
-if pgrep -f "parec"; then
-	pkill -f "parec"
-else
-	time=$(date +%s)
-	name="$DIRECTORY/$time"
-	wav_file="$name.wav"
-	out_file="$name.$FORMAT"
-
-	if ! [ -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then
-		mkdir "$DIRECTORY"
-	fi
-	notify-send -t 1000 "Audio recording started"
-	#timeout 1m arecord -t wav -f cd "$wav_file"
-
-	# just grabs last running source... may not always work if your pulseaudio setup is complicated
-	if ! timeout 1m parec -d"$(pactl list sinks | grep -B1 'State: RUNNING' | sed -nE 's/Sink #(.*)/\1/p' | tail -n 1)" --file-format=wav "$wav_file"; then
-
-		notify-send "Error recording " "most likely no audio playing"
-		rm "$wav_file"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	input_duration=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams a:0 -show_entries stream=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$wav_file")
-	output_duration=$(echo "$input_duration"-"$CUT_DURATION" | bc)
-
-	# encode file and delete OG
-	if [ $FORMAT = "ogg" ]; then
-		ffmpeg -i "$wav_file" -vn -codec:a libvorbis -b:a 64k -t "$output_duration" "$out_file"
-	elif [ $FORMAT = "mp3" ]; then
-		ffmpeg -i "$wav_file" -vn -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 1 -t "$output_duration" "$out_file"
-	else
-		notify-send "Record Error" "Unknown format $FORMAT"
-	fi
-	rm "$wav_file"
-
-	# Update newest note with recorded audio
-	curl -s localhost:$ankiConnectPort -X POST -d '{
-
-        "action": "updateNoteFields",
-        "version": 6,
-        "params": {
-            "note": {
-                "id": '"$newestNoteId"',
-                "fields": {
-                    "'$audioFieldName'": ""
-                },
-            "audio": [{
-                "path": "'"$out_file"'",
-                "filename": "'"$time"'.'$FORMAT'",
-                "fields": [
-                "'$audioFieldName'"
-                ]
-            }]
+require_cmd() {
+    command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo "Missing dependency: $1" >&2
+        exit 1
     }
 }
-}'
-	# opens changed note, comment if you don't want it.
-	curl -s localhost:$ankiConnectPort -X POST -d '{
-    "action": "guiBrowse",
-    "version": 6,
-    "params": {
-        "query": "nid:'"$newestNoteId"'"
-    }
-}'
-	notify-send -t 1000 "Audio recording copied"
-	rm "$out_file"
-fi
+
+notify() {
+    # Best-effort notification; keep script running if notify-send is missing.
+    if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        notify-send -t 1000 "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+get_active_sink() {
+    pactl list sinks short 2>/dev/null | awk '$6=="RUNNING"{print $1; exit 0}'
+}
+
+get_newest_note_id() {
+    local response
+    response=$(curl -sS "$ANKI_URL" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+        -d '{"action":"findNotes","version":6,"params":{"query":"is:new"}}')
+    jq -r '.result[-1] // empty' <<<"$response"
+}
+
+update_anki_note() {
+    local note_id="$1" audio_path="$2" filename="$3"
+
+    local payload
+    payload=$(jq -n --argjson noteId "$note_id" --arg field "$AUDIO_FIELD_NAME" \
+        --arg path "$audio_path" --arg filename "$filename" '
+        {action:"updateNoteFields",version:6,
+         params:{note:{id:$noteId,fields:{($field):""},
+                       audio:[{path:$path,filename:$filename,fields:[$field]}]}}}')
+
+    curl -sS "$ANKI_URL" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$payload" >/dev/null
+}
+
+open_note_in_browser() {
+    local note_id="$1"
+    local payload
+    payload=$(jq -n --argjson noteId "$note_id" '
+        {action:"guiBrowse",version:6,params:{query:("nid:" + ($noteId|tostring))}}')
+    curl -sS "$ANKI_URL" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$payload" >/dev/null
+}
+
+record_audio() {
+    local note_id="$1"
+    local sink
+    sink=$(get_active_sink) || true
+
+    if [[ -z "$sink" ]]; then
+        notify "Record Error" "No running PulseAudio sink found"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR"
+
+    local timestamp wav_file out_file
+    timestamp=$(date +%s)
+    wav_file="$CACHE_DIR/$timestamp.wav"
+    out_file="$CACHE_DIR/$timestamp.$FORMAT"
+
+    notify "Audio recording started"
+
+    if ! timeout "$RECORD_TIMEOUT" parec -d"$sink" --file-format=wav "$wav_file"; then
+        notify "Record Error" "No audio captured (timeout or sink issue)"
+        rm -f "$wav_file"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    local input_duration output_duration
+    input_duration=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams a:0 \
+        -show_entries stream=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$wav_file")
+    output_duration=$(echo "$input_duration - $CUT_DURATION" | bc -l)
+
+    # Guard against negative durations
+    if [[ $(echo "$output_duration < 0" | bc -l) -eq 1 ]]; then
+        output_duration="0"
+    fi
+
+    case "$FORMAT" in
+    ogg)
+        ffmpeg -nostdin -y -i "$wav_file" -vn -codec:a libvorbis -b:a 64k \
+            -t "$output_duration" "$out_file"
+        ;;
+    mp3)
+        ffmpeg -nostdin -y -i "$wav_file" -vn -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 1 \
+            -t "$output_duration" "$out_file"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        notify "Record Error" "Unknown format: $FORMAT"
+        rm -f "$wav_file"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    rm -f "$wav_file"
+
+    update_anki_note "$note_id" "$out_file" "$timestamp.$FORMAT"
+    open_note_in_browser "$note_id"
+
+    notify "Audio recording copied"
+    rm -f "$out_file"
+}
+
+main() {
+    for cmd in curl jq ffmpeg ffprobe parec pactl bc; do
+        require_cmd "$cmd"
+    done
+
+    if pgrep -x parec >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        pkill -x parec
+        notify "Audio recording stopped"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+
+    local newest_note
+    newest_note=$(get_newest_note_id)
+
+    if [[ -z "$newest_note" ]]; then
+        notify "Anki Connect" "No new notes found or AnkiConnect unavailable"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    record_audio "$newest_note"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/projects/scripts/screenshot-anki.sh b/projects/scripts/screenshot-anki.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 464bbc0..87a7212
--- a/projects/scripts/screenshot-anki.sh
+++ b/projects/scripts/screenshot-anki.sh
@@ -1,75 +1,112 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Version 1.2
-# click and drag to screenshot dragged portion
-# click on specific window to screenshot window area
-# dependencies: imagemagick, xclip,curl maybe xdotool (see comment below)
-# shoutout to https://gist.github.com/Cephian/f849e326e3522be9a4386b60b85f2f23 for the original script,
-# https://github.com/xythh/ added the ankiConnect functionality
-# if anki is running the image is added to your latest note as a jpg, if anki is not running it's added to your clipboard as a png
-time=$(date +%s)
-tmp_file="$HOME/.cache/$time"
-ankiConnectPort="8765"
-pictureField="Picture"
-quality="90"
+# Capture a region with slurp+grim. If AnkiConnect is available, attach the
+# JPEG to the newest note; otherwise copy a PNG to the clipboard.
 
-# This gets your notes marked as new and returns the newest one.
-newestNoteId=$(curl -s localhost:$ankiConnectPort -X POST -d '{"action": "findNotes", "version": 6, "params": { "query": "is:new"}}' | jq '.result[-1]')
+set -euo pipefail
 
-# you can remove these two lines if you don't have software which
-# makes your mouse disappear when you use the keyboard (e.g. xbanish, unclutter)
-# https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1745#issuecomment-777747494
-xdotool mousemove_relative 1 1
-xdotool mousemove_relative -- -1 -1
+ANKI_CONNECT_PORT="${ANKI_CONNECT_PORT:-8765}"
+PICTURE_FIELD="${PICTURE_FIELD:-Picture}"
+QUALITY="${QUALITY:-90}"
+CACHE_DIR="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/screenshot-anki"
+ANKI_URL="http://localhost:${ANKI_CONNECT_PORT}"
+REQUIREMENTS=(slurp grim wl-copy xdotool curl jq)
 
-# if anki connect is running it will return your latest note id, and the following code will run, if anki connect is not running nothing is return.
-if [ "$newestNoteId" != "" ]; then
-	if ! import -quality $quality "$tmp_file.jpg"; then
-		# most likley reason this returns a error, is for fullscreen applications that take full control which does not allowing imagemagick to select the area, use windowed fullscreen or if running wine use a virtual desktop to avoid this.
-		notify-send "Error screenshoting " "most likely unable to find selection"
-		exit 1
-	fi
+notify() {
+    if command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        notify-send "$@"
+    fi
+}
 
-	curl -s localhost:$ankiConnectPort -X POST -d '{
-    "action": "updateNoteFields",
-    "version": 6,
-    "params": {
-        "note": {
-            "id": '"$newestNoteId"',
-	    "fields": {
-                "'$pictureField'": ""
-            },
-            "picture": [{
-                "path": "'"$tmp_file"'.jpg",
-                "filename": "paste-'"$time"'.jpg",
-                "fields": [
-                    "'$pictureField'"
-                ]
-            }]
-        }
+require_cmd() {
+    command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        notify "Missing dependency" "$1 is required"
+        exit 1
     }
-}'
+}
 
-	#remove if you don't want anki to show you the card you just edited
-	curl -s localhost:$ankiConnectPort -X POST -d '{
-    "action": "guiBrowse",
-    "version": 6,
-    "params": {
-        "query": "nid:'"$newestNoteId"'"
-    }
-}'
+wiggle_mouse() {
+    # Avoid disappearing cursor on some compositors
+    xdotool mousemove_relative 1 1
+    xdotool mousemove_relative -- -1 -1
+}
 
-	#you can comment this if you do not use notifcations.
-	notify-send "Screenshot Taken" "Added to note"
-	rm "$tmp_file.jpg"
-else
-	if ! import -quality $quality "$tmp_file.png"; then
-		notify-send "Error screenshoting " "most likely unable to find selection"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	# we use pngs when copying to clipboard because they have greater support when pasting.
-	xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png -i "$tmp_file.png"
-	rm "$tmp_file.png"
-	#you can comment this if you do not use notifcations.
-	notify-send "Screenshot Taken" "Copied to clipboard"
-fi
+capture_region() {
+    local fmt="$1" quality="$2" output="$3"
+    local geometry
+    geometry=$(slurp)
+    if [[ -z "$geometry" ]]; then
+        notify "Screenshot cancelled" "No region selected"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [[ "$fmt" == "jpeg" ]]; then
+        grim -g "$geometry" -t jpeg -q "$quality" "$output"
+    else
+        grim -g "$geometry" -t png "$output"
+    fi
+}
+
+copy_to_clipboard() {
+    local file="$1"
+    if ! wl-copy <"$file"; then
+        notify "Error copying screenshot" "wl-copy failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+get_newest_note_id() {
+    local response
+    response=$(curl -sS "$ANKI_URL" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+        -d '{"action":"findNotes","version":6,"params":{"query":"is:new"}}')
+    jq -r '.result[-1] // empty' <<<"$response"
+}
+
+update_note_with_image() {
+    local note_id="$1" image_path="$2" filename="$3"
+    local payload
+    payload=$(jq -n --argjson noteId "$note_id" --arg field "$PICTURE_FIELD" \
+        --arg path "$image_path" --arg filename "$filename" '
+        {action:"updateNoteFields",version:6,
+         params:{note:{id:$noteId,fields:{($field):""},
+                       picture:[{path:$path,filename:$filename,fields:[$field]}]}}}')
+    curl -sS "$ANKI_URL" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$payload" >/dev/null
+}
+
+open_note_in_browser() {
+    local note_id="$1"
+    local payload
+    payload=$(jq -n --argjson noteId "$note_id" '
+        {action:"guiBrowse",version:6,params:{query:("nid:" + ($noteId|tostring))}}')
+    curl -sS "$ANKI_URL" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$payload" >/dev/null
+}
+
+main() {
+    for cmd in "${REQUIREMENTS[@]}"; do
+        require_cmd "$cmd"
+    done
+
+    mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR"
+    local timestamp base newest_note image_path
+    timestamp=$(date +%s)
+    base="$CACHE_DIR/$timestamp"
+
+    wiggle_mouse
+    newest_note=$(get_newest_note_id)
+
+    if [[ -n "$newest_note" ]]; then
+        image_path="$base.jpg"
+        capture_region "jpeg" "$QUALITY" "$image_path"
+        update_note_with_image "$newest_note" "$image_path" "paste-$timestamp.jpg"
+        open_note_in_browser "$newest_note"
+        notify -i "$image_path" "Screenshot Taken" "Added to Anki note"
+        rm -f "$image_path"
+    else
+        image_path="$base.png"
+        capture_region "png" "" "$image_path"
+        copy_to_clipboard "$image_path"
+        notify -i "$image_path" "Screenshot Taken" "Copied to clipboard"
+        rm -f "$image_path"
+    fi
+}
+
+main "$@"