Granola
Free tierThe AI notepad for back-to-back meetings — notes, actions, and memory without a bot
Free tier available·All audiences·API available
Key strengths
No meeting bot — transcribes silently via computer audioWorks with every meeting app (Zoom, Meet, Teams, in-person)AI-enhanced notes that blend your jottings with full meeting contextPre-meeting briefs synced from your calendarMCP connector lets other AI tools access your meeting notes
Free tier + paid plans
San Francisco, USA
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Technical Setup & Integration
Installation
- Download for macOS, Windows, or iOS from granola.ai.
- Grant microphone/audio permissions so Granola can capture system audio without joining calls as a bot participant.
Calendar Integration
- Connects to Google Calendar and Outlook/Microsoft 365 to auto-detect meetings and pre-populate meeting briefs with attendee info and prior context.
Granola MCP Connector
- Granola exposes meeting notes to AI tools via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling LLM-powered apps and agents to query your meeting history directly.
- Configure the MCP connector in Granola settings; compatible with any MCP-aware AI client (e.g., Claude Desktop, custom agents).
- No manual copy-pasting: the connector streams relevant meeting context into your AI workflows in real time.
Key Capabilities
- Audio transcription: Runs locally on-device, capturing all meeting platforms (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Slack Huddles, in-person via iPhone).
- Note enhancement: Merges sparse user jottings with the full transcript to produce structured Markdown-style notes.
- AI Chat: Query across all your past meetings ("What did I promise this week?") using a built-in chat interface.
- Privacy model: Notes are private by default; sharing is opt-in per note.