Granola Archivist

Deprecated (April 2026): Granola encrypted their local cache starting with v6, so direct cache access no longer works. Use the official Granola MCP instead — it provides list_meetings, get_meetings, get_meeting_transcript, and query_granola_meetings tools via https://mcp.granola.ai/mcp. Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, and Cursor.

Extract and archive Granola meeting notes with optional AI intelligence.
Runs locally by default; the project author never sees your data.

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                                                     │
│  Granola App                 Plugin                  Output         │
│  ═══════════                ════════                ════════        │
│                                                                     │
│  ┌──────────┐              ┌────────┐            ┌──────────┐     │
│  │          │              │        │            │ 2024-... │     │
│  │ Meeting  │─────────────▶│ Extract│───────────▶│  .md     │     │
│  │ Recorder │              │        │            │          │     │
│  │          │              │   +    │            │ Meeting  │     │
│  └──────────┘              │        │            │ metadata │     │
│       │                    │  AI    │            │ + notes  │     │
│       │ Saves to           │ Intel  │            │ + summary│     │
│       ▼                    │ (opt)  │            │ + intel  │     │
│  cache-v3.json             │        │            │          │     │
│  ~/Library/...             └────────┘            └──────────┘     │
│                                                                     │
│                            OpenAI (optional)     ~/.granola-...    │
│                            GPT-5-nano            /output/          │
│                            ~$0.0009/meeting                        │
│                                                                     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Install

# Step 1: Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add varadhjain/granola-claude-plugin

# Step 2: Install the plugin
/plugin install granola-archivist

# Optional: Enable AI extraction (requires OpenAI API key)
mkdir -p ~/.granola-archivist
echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your_key_here" > ~/.granola-archivist/.env

Usage

# With AI intelligence (extracts people, companies, TODOs, insights)
"Extract my last 7 days of Granola meetings"

# Without AI (just exports meeting notes and summaries - no API key needed)
"Extract my last 7 days of Granola meetings without AI"

CLI (Any Terminal or Codex CLI)

python granola-claude-plugin/granola_archivist.py --days 7
python granola-claude-plugin/granola_archivist.py --days 7 --no-intelligence

Features

• Extract meetings with attendees, notes, AI summaries
• AI-powered intelligence: people, companies, TODOs, insights
• Markdown export for any note-taking app
• Privacy-first: local by default; your API key and data stay on your machine

Usage

Extract Recent Meetings

"Extract my last 5 Granola meetings"

Get Company Intelligence

"What companies did I discuss this week?"

Extract Action Items

"What TODOs came from my meetings?"

Requirements

• macOS (Granola is macOS-only)
• Granola installed with at least one meeting
• OpenAI API key (optional, only for AI extraction)
• Claude Code (optional; plugin name: granola-archivist)

Output

Files saved to: ~/.granola-archivist/output/

Format: YYYY-MM-DD-meeting-title-attendee.md

Each file contains:

• Meeting metadata (title, date, attendees)
• Your notes + AI summary
• Extracted intelligence (people, companies, TODOs, insights)

Cost

• GPT-5-nano: ~$0.0009 per meeting
• 30 meetings/month: ~$0.03

Privacy

• No data collection or telemetry
• Author never receives or sees your data
• Transcripts stay on your machine by default
• If you enable AI, data is sent only to your OpenAI account
• You control your data

Troubleshooting

"Granola cache not found"
Install Granola and record at least one meeting.

"OpenAI API key not found"
If you want AI extraction, create ~/.granola-archivist/.env with:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your_key_here

Legacy config
If you already use ~/.granola-claude/, it will still be detected.

"No meetings found"
Check date range (default: last 7 days).

License

MIT

{
  "name": "granola-archivist",
  "owner": {
    "name": "Varadh Jain"
  },
  "plugins": [
    {
      "name": "granola-archivist",
      "source": "./"
    }
  ]
}