Granola Local Dev Loop

Overview

Integrate Granola meeting notes into your local development workflow for seamless project management.

Prerequisites

• Granola installed and configured

• Zapier account (for automation)

• Project management tool (Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues)

• Local development environment

Instructions

Step 1: Export Notes Workflow

Configure automatic export of meeting notes:

• Open Granola Settings

• Go to Integrations > Zapier

• Connect your Zapier account

• Create a Zap: "New Granola Note" trigger

Step 2: Set Up Local Sync

Create a local directory for meeting notes:

Create meeting notes directory

mkdir -p ~/dev/meeting-notes

Create sync script

cat > ~/dev/scripts/sync-granola-notes.sh << 'EOF' #!/bin/bash

Sync Granola notes to local project

NOTES_DIR="$HOME/dev/meeting-notes" PROJECT_DIR="$1"

if [ -z "$PROJECT_DIR" ]; then echo "Usage: sync-granola-notes.sh <project-dir>" exit 1 fi

Copy relevant notes to project docs

cp -r "$NOTES_DIR"/*.md "$PROJECT_DIR/docs/meetings/" 2>/dev/null

echo "Synced meeting notes to $PROJECT_DIR/docs/meetings/" EOF

chmod +x ~/dev/scripts/sync-granola-notes.sh

Step 3: Integrate with Git Workflow

Add meeting notes to .gitignore if sensitive

echo "docs/meetings/*.md" >> .gitignore

Or track action items only

cat > docs/meetings/README.md << 'EOF'

Meeting Notes

Action items and decisions from team meetings. Full notes available in Granola app. EOF

Step 4: Create Action Item Extractor

#!/usr/bin/env python3

extract_action_items.py

import re import sys

def extract_actions(note_file): with open(note_file, 'r') as f: content = f.read()

# Find action items section
actions = re.findall(r'- \[ \] (.+)', content)

for action in actions:
    print(f"TODO: {action}")

if name == "main": extract_actions(sys.argv[1])

Output

• Local meeting notes directory structure

• Sync script for project integration

• Action item extraction workflow

• Git-integrated note tracking

Workflow Example

1. Attend sprint planning meeting Granola captures notes automatically

2. Notes sync to local directory ~/dev/meeting-notes/2025-01-06-sprint-planning.md # 2025 year

3. Extract action items python extract_action_items.py notes/sprint-planning.md

4. Create tickets automatically ./create-tickets.sh TODO.md

5. Reference in commits git commit -m "feat: implement login - per meeting 2025-01-06"

Error Handling

Error Cause Solution

Sync Failed Zapier disconnected Reconnect Zapier integration

Notes Not Appearing Export delay Wait 2-5 minutes after meeting

Parsing Errors Note format changed Update extraction regex

Permission Denied Directory access Check file permissions

Resources

• Granola Zapier Integration

• Granola Export Formats

Next Steps

Proceed to granola-sdk-patterns for advanced Zapier automation patterns.

Examples

Basic usage: Apply granola local dev loop to a standard project setup with default configuration options.

Advanced scenario: Customize granola local dev loop for production environments with multiple constraints and team-specific requirements.