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Granola

Productivity

AI meeting notes and transcript platform

Granola is an AI meeting-notes app for Mac. Query meeting notes, list meetings, browse folders, retrieve detailed meeting info, and search transcripts to surface decisions, action items, and key discussions.

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Install

Section titled “Install”
INSTALL

Add Granola to your zone and connect it to your MCP client.

Step 1 - Install in Keycard Console

Section titled “Step 1 - Install in Keycard Console”

  1. In your zone’s Keycard Console, go to Applications -> Add Application -> Explore MCP Servers.

  2. Search for Granola and click Install.

  3. A browser tab opens to Granola’s OAuth consent screen. Sign in and approve the requested permissions.

  4. You’re redirected back. Granola appears on the Applications page with a Keycard MCP Gateway URL.

Step 2 - Connect your MCP client

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On the Applications page, click Add to Coding Agent next to Granola and pick how you want to install:

  • Cursor - opens a deeplink that hands the MCP config straight to Cursor. Click Install inside Cursor to finish.
  • Claude Code - opens a dialog with a claude mcp add command. Pick a scope (User, Project, or Local), then copy and run the command in your terminal.
  • Install manually - reveals the Server Name and Server URL to paste into any other MCP-compatible client.

Once connected, Granola’s tools are available to the agent, scoped to whoever signs in to your zone.

Tools

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TOOLS

What Granola can do once installed.

Granola provides 5 tools:

query_granola_meetings
Query Granola about the user's meetings using natural language with inline citation links
list_meetings
List the user's Granola meeting notes within a time range
list_meeting_folders
List the user's Granola meeting folders with folder ID, title, and note count
get_meetings
Get detailed meeting information for one or more Granola meetings by ID
get_meeting_transcript
Get the full transcript for a specific Granola meeting by ID

Next steps

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NEXT STEPS

What to do once Granola is installed.

Now do this

  • Confirm the gateway works by asking your AI client to call one of the Granola tools above.

Recommended

  • Decide who can use it - write access policies scoped to the Granola resource so only the right users and agents reach the tools.
  • Watch the calls - every tool call lands in your audit log with user identity, resource, and policy decision.