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

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

Next Steps

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