• TASK LIST
  • CONTEXT
  • HISTORY
  • HUMAN

How to extract meeting action items with your AI

Connect Granola to your agent to turn messy transcripts into structured tasks. Once connected, your AI handles the heavy lifting of finding what actually needs to be done.

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Short answer

How can I get my meeting tasks out of Granola?

Your agent uses Granola to scan your recent meeting history and pull out specific follow-up items. You'll get a clean list of tasks ready for your project manager or to-do app.

The results.

Where your tasks end up.

The AI processes your meeting data into these specific outputs.

TASK LIST

Ready-to-use follow-ups

The agent identifies specific commitments made during the call. You get a list of names and deadlines extracted directly from the transcript.

CONTEXT

Meeting summaries

The AI pulls the core discussion points. This gives you the context behind every task it finds.

HISTORY

Recent meeting logs

The agent looks back at your latest calls. This ensures you don't miss a task from a meeting that happened an hour ago.

HUMAN

Review and refine

The AI identifies the tasks, but you decide if they are actually correct. You'll need to verify the specific owners before moving them to your tracker.

The workflow

What your AI does when the meeting ends.

The agent moves from raw transcript to a finished task list through these steps.

  1. Find the meeting

    The agent looks through your Granola account to find the specific conversation you want to act on.

    list_recent

  2. Read the transcript

    Once the meeting is found, the agent pulls the full text of the conversation.

    get_content

  3. Identify tasks

    The agent scans the text for commitments, deadlines, and specific action items.

    get_action_items

  4. Format the list

    The agent organizes the findings into a readable format for your chat interface.

    get_action_items

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the extraction process.

Starting points

These are templates. Swap out the bracketed text with your specific meeting names or dates.

Granola Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_1ihD13sV1oyiTenr2bVXG1CXnZARlrzySfdzkohk/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Granola capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "granola-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_1ihD13sV1oyiTenr2bVXG1CXnZARlrzySfdzkohk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Get the action items from my meeting with the Acme Corp team.

  • List the follow-up tasks from my most recent Granola transcript.

  • What are the specific next steps from the product sync meeting yesterday?

  • Pull a list of all tasks assigned to me from my last three meetings.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI edit my Granola transcripts?

    No. The agent can only read the content to find tasks; it cannot change the original transcript.

  • 02

    Does the AI automatically add tasks to my Jira or Notion?

    No. The agent extracts the tasks and presents them to you in your chat. You must manually move them to your other tools.

  • 03

    Can I ask for tasks from a specific person?

    Yes. Since the agent reads the full content, you can ask it to only find things assigned to a specific person.

  • 04

    How does the AI know which meeting to look at?

    You tell it. You can name a specific meeting or ask it to look at your most recent ones.

  • 05

    Will the AI delete any of my meeting data?

    No. The tools only allow for reading and listing data, never for deleting or modifying it.

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