Granola MCP Server for Cline 12 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
Cline is an autonomous AI coding agent inside VS Code that plans, executes, and iterates on tasks. Wire Granola through Vinkius and Cline gains direct access to every tool. from data retrieval to workflow automation. without leaving the terminal.
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About Granola MCP Server
Connect your Granola.ai account to any AI agent and take full control of your AI-powered meeting notes, searchable conversation memory, and automated summaries through natural conversation.
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including Granola tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 12 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
What you can do
- Meeting Document Orchestration — List all meeting documents in your workspace and retrieve primary entry points for workspace interactions natively
- Live Content Retrieval — Access full structured content of meeting documents, parsing human-modified annotations and ML-generated notes flawlessy
- AI Summarization — Retrieve synthesized AI-generated blocks reducing bulk meeting content into concise overviews and key takeaway nodes limitlessly
- Action Item Tracking — Isolate specifically categorized target steps inferred from recorded meeting intent to automate post-meeting follow-ups
- Transcript Auditing — Retrieve full speaker-detected transcripts parsed locally on device, containing semantic and chronological speech metadata natively
- Participant Navigation — Identify meeting attendees by cross-referencing calendar arrays bound to Granola sessions synchronously
- Global Workspace Search — Execute full-text term detection across all documents to find specific discussions and prioritized ranked datasets
- Folder & List Management — Enumerate high-level categorization labels grouping documents physically inside directories to browse your workspace hierarchy
- Batch Retrieval Oversight — Fetch multiple meeting documents by their IDs in a single request to analyze complex cross-meeting dependencies securely
The Granola MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Cline in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
How to Connect Granola to Cline via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the Granola MCP Server with Cline.
Open Cline MCP Settings
Click the MCP Servers icon in the Cline sidebar panel
Add remote server
Click "Add MCP Server" and paste the configuration above
Enable the server
Toggle the server switch to ON
Start using Granola
Ask Cline: "Using Granola, help me...". 12 tools available
Why Use Cline with the Granola MCP Server
Cline provides unique advantages when paired with Granola through the Model Context Protocol.
Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
Granola + Cline Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Cline combined with the Granola MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Autonomous feature building: tell Cline to fetch data from Granola and scaffold a complete module with types, handlers, and tests
Codebase refactoring: use Granola tools to validate live data while Cline restructures your code to match updated schemas
Automated testing: Cline fetches real responses from Granola and generates snapshot tests or mocks based on actual payloads
Incident response: query Granola for real-time status and let Cline generate hotfix patches based on the findings
Granola MCP Tools for Cline (12)
These 12 tools become available when you connect Granola to Cline via MCP:
get_action_items
Extract action items identified from a meeting document
get_content
Retrieve the full structured content of a meeting document
get_documents_batch
Fetch multiple documents by their IDs in a single request
get_metadata
Retrieve metadata for a specific meeting document
get_participants
Retrieve the list of participants for a specific meeting
get_summary
Retrieve the AI-generated summary of a meeting document
get_transcript
Retrieve the full transcript of a meeting with speaker detection
list_by_date
List meeting documents within a specific date range
list_documents
List all meeting documents in the Granola workspace with pagination
list_folders
List all document lists (folders) in the Granola workspace
list_recent
List the 20 most recent meeting documents
search_documents
Full-text search across all meeting documents
Example Prompts for Granola in Cline
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Cline agent to start working with Granola immediately.
"Show me the 5 most recent meeting documents"
"What were the action items from meeting 'abc-123'?"
"Search for meeting notes mentioning 'competitor analysis'"
Troubleshooting Granola MCP Server with Cline
Common issues when connecting Granola to Cline through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
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Granola + Cline FAQ
Common questions about integrating Granola MCP Server with Cline.
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Connect Granola to Cline
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 12 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.