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Granola by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Granola
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: modbender

Granola

Access Granola AI meeting notes via MCP (mcporter). Query meetings, list by date range, get full details, and pull verbatim transcripts. Use when the user asks about meeting notes, what was discussed, action items, decisions, or anything from their meetings. Also handles OAuth token refresh when calls fail with auth errors.

modbender Updated Sep 22, 2026 12 repo stars

File contents

Granola MCP

Meeting notes AI connected via mcporter call granola.<tool>.

Tools

granola.query_granola_meetings  query=<string> [document_ids=<uuid[]>]
granola.list_meetings           [time_range=this_week|last_week|last_30_days|custom] [custom_start=<ISO>] [custom_end=<ISO>]
granola.get_meetings            meeting_ids=<uuid[]>  (max 10)
granola.get_meeting_transcript  meeting_id=<uuid>

Usage Pattern

For open-ended questions ("what did we discuss about X?"), use query_granola_meetings
For listing meetings in a range, use list_meetings
For full details on specific meetings, use get_meetings with IDs from list results
For exact quotes or verbatim content, use get_meeting_transcript

Prefer query_granola_meetings over list+get for natural language questions. Responses include citation links (e.g. [[0]](url)). Preserve these in replies so the user can click through to original notes.

Setup

Complete the Granola OAuth flow at https://mcp-auth.granola.ai/oauth2/authorize
Save credentials to config/granola_oauth.json with keys: client_id, refresh_token, access_token, token_endpoint
Configure config/mcporter.json with the Granola MCP server entry and Authorization: Bearer <token> header
(Optional) Set up a cron job to run scripts/refresh_token.sh periodically, since OAuth tokens expire every ~6 hours

Auth & Token Refresh

If a call fails with 401/auth error:

bash {baseDir}/scripts/refresh_token.sh

The script reads config/granola_oauth.json, posts to the token endpoint (https://mcp-auth.granola.ai/oauth2/token), and updates both config/granola_oauth.json and config/mcporter.json with the new access token.

Then retry the call. If refresh also fails, the user needs to re-authenticate manually via the OAuth flow above.

Config Files

config/granola_oauth.json — OAuth credentials (client_id, refresh_token, access_token, token_endpoint). Contains secrets; do not commit.
config/mcporter.json — MCP server config with bearer token header. Contains secrets; do not commit.

---name: granola-3description: Access Granola AI meeting notes via MCP (mcporter). Query meetings, list by date range, get full details, and pull verbatim transcripts. Use when the user asks about meeting notes, what was discussed, action items, decisions, or anything from their meetings. Also handles OAuth token refresh when calls fail with auth errors.---# Granola MCPMeeting notes AI connected via `mcporter call granola.<tool>`.## Tools```granola.query_granola_meetings query=<string> [document_ids=<uuid[]>]granola.list_meetings [time_range=this_week|last_week|last_30_days|custom] [custom_start=<ISO>] [custom_end=<ISO>]granola.get_meetings meeting_ids=<uuid[]> (max 10)granola.get_meeting_transcript meeting_id=<uuid>```## Usage Pattern1. For open-ended questions ("what did we discuss about X?"), use `query_granola_meetings`2. For listing meetings in a range, use `list_meetings`3. For full details on specific meetings, use `get_meetings` with IDs from list results4. For exact quotes or verbatim content, use `get_meeting_transcript`Prefer `query_granola_meetings` over list+get for natural language questions. Responses include citation links (e.g. `[[0]](url)`). Preserve these in replies so the user can click through to original notes.## Setup1. Complete the Granola OAuth flow at `https://mcp-auth.granola.ai/oauth2/authorize`2. Save credentials to `config/granola_oauth.json` with keys: `client_id`, `refresh_token`, `access_token`, `token_endpoint`3. Configure `config/mcporter.json` with the Granola MCP server entry and `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header4. (Optional) Set up a cron job to run `scripts/refresh_token.sh` periodically, since OAuth tokens expire every ~6 hours## Auth & Token Refresh**If a call fails with 401/auth error:**```bashbash {baseDir}/scripts/refresh_token.sh```The script reads `config/granola_oauth.json`, posts to the token endpoint (`https://mcp-auth.granola.ai/oauth2/token`), and updates both `config/granola_oauth.json` and `config/mcporter.json` with the new access token.Then retry the call. If refresh also fails, the user needs to re-authenticate manually via the OAuth flow above.## Config Files- `config/granola_oauth.json` — OAuth credentials (client_id, refresh_token, access_token, token_endpoint). **Contains secrets; do not commit.**- `config/mcporter.json` — MCP server config with bearer token header. **Contains secrets; do not commit.**

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