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granola-sync

elliotjlt/granola-sync

Productivity

About

SKILL.md

granola-sync

elliotjlt/granola-sync

Productivity

About

Syncs Granola meeting notes to Obsidian vault. Reads from Granola's local cache to extract meeting metadata and notes, then creates properly formatted markdown files with frontmatter...

SKILL.md

Granola Sync

Granola captures meeting transcripts and notes, but they live in the app. This skill bridges Granola → Obsidian, creating searchable, linked meeting notes that persist in your knowledge base. Works with both auto-sync from local cache and manual paste when transcripts aren't cached locally.

When To Activate

**Auto-sync from cache:** - User says "sync granola" or "granola-sync" - User asks to import meeting notes - Beginning of session when reviewing recent meetings

Manual formatting:

User pastes a meeting transcript
User shares Granola export content
User says "format this meeting" with pasted content

Important Limitation

Granola stores most content **server-side only**. The local cache contains: - Meeting metadata (title, date, attendees) for all meetings - `notes_markdown` for only **some** meetings (user-edited notes) - Transcripts are NOT stored locally

When local cache has no notes, ask user to copy from Granola app.

Instructions

Granola Cache Location

~/Library/Application Support/Granola/cache-v3.json

Cache Structure

{
  "cache": "{\"state\":{\"documents\":{...}}}"  // nested JSON string
}

Each document contains:

id - unique meeting ID
title - meeting title
notes_markdown - notes content (often empty)
notes_plain - plain text version
google_calendar_event.start.dateTime - meeting time
google_calendar_event.attendees - list with email fields

Reading the Cache

```bash cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/Granola/cache-v3.json | python3 -c " import json,sys d=json.load(sys.stdin) cache=json.loads(d['cache']) docs=cache['state']['documents']

List meetings with notes

for doc in docs.values(): md = doc.get('notes_markdown', '') if md and len(md) > 50: title = doc.get('title', 'Untitled') cal = doc.get('google_calendar_event') or {} start = cal.get('start') or {} dt = start.get('dateTime', '')[:10] print(f'{dt} | {title[:40]} | {len(md)} chars') "

</read_cache>

### Output File Format

<file_format>
**Filename:** `YYYY-MM-DD-kebab-case-title.md`
**Location:** Project meetings folder (e.g., `Projects/project-name/meetings/`)

```markdown
---
type: meeting
project: <project-name>
status: active
date: YYYY-MM-DD
attendees:
  - name1
  - name2
source: granola
granola-id: <meeting-id>
tags:
  - meeting
---

# Meeting Title

**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Attendees**: Name1, Name2

---

## Notes

<notes_markdown content>

Manual Transcript Formatting

When user pastes a transcript without cache data:

Ask for metadata if not obvious:
- Meeting date
- Attendees
- Topic/title
Structure the content:

---
type: meeting
project: <project>
status: active
date: YYYY-MM-DD
attendees:
  - name1
  - name2
source: granola-manual
tags:
  - meeting
---

# Topic Name

**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Attendees**: Name1, Name2

---

## Summary

<2-3 sentence summary>

## Key Decisions

- Decision 1
- Decision 2

## Discussion Notes

<cleaned transcript, organized by topic>

## Action Items

- [ ] Action 1 (owner)
- [ ] Action 2 (owner)

Output Format

When syncing from cache:

📥 **Granola Sync**

Found X meetings with notes:
- YYYY-MM-DD: Meeting Title (XXX chars)

Syncing to `Projects/project/meetings/`...

✓ Created: 2025-01-28-meeting-title.md

When no notes in cache:

📥 **Granola Sync**

Found X meetings but none have local notes cached.
Paste transcript content and I'll format it.

NEVER

Sync meetings without notes content
Overwrite existing meeting files without asking
Include sensitive attendee details beyond names
Create duplicate files for same meeting

ALWAYS

Use kebab-case lowercase filenames
Add frontmatter with proper metadata
Check for existing files before creating
Ask which project folder to use if unclear
Include granola-id to prevent duplicates

About

SKILL.md

About

Syncs Granola meeting notes to Obsidian vault. Reads from Granola's local cache to extract meeting metadata and notes, then creates properly formatted markdown files with frontmatter...

SKILL.md

Granola Sync

When To Activate

**Auto-sync from cache:** - User says "sync granola" or "granola-sync" - User asks to import meeting notes - Beginning of session when reviewing recent meetings

Manual formatting:

User pastes a meeting transcript
User shares Granola export content
User says "format this meeting" with pasted content

Important Limitation

When local cache has no notes, ask user to copy from Granola app.

Instructions

Granola Cache Location

~/Library/Application Support/Granola/cache-v3.json

Cache Structure

{
  "cache": "{\"state\":{\"documents\":{...}}}"  // nested JSON string
}

Each document contains:

id - unique meeting ID
title - meeting title
notes_markdown - notes content (often empty)
notes_plain - plain text version
google_calendar_event.start.dateTime - meeting time
google_calendar_event.attendees - list with email fields

Reading the Cache

```bash cat ~/Library/Application\ Support/Granola/cache-v3.json | python3 -c " import json,sys d=json.load(sys.stdin) cache=json.loads(d['cache']) docs=cache['state']['documents']

List meetings with notes

</read_cache>

### Output File Format

<file_format>
**Filename:** `YYYY-MM-DD-kebab-case-title.md`
**Location:** Project meetings folder (e.g., `Projects/project-name/meetings/`)

```markdown
---
type: meeting
project: <project-name>
status: active
date: YYYY-MM-DD
attendees:
  - name1
  - name2
source: granola
granola-id: <meeting-id>
tags:
  - meeting
---

# Meeting Title

**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Attendees**: Name1, Name2

---

## Notes

<notes_markdown content>

Manual Transcript Formatting

When user pastes a transcript without cache data:

Ask for metadata if not obvious:
- Meeting date
- Attendees
- Topic/title
Structure the content:

---
type: meeting
project: <project>
status: active
date: YYYY-MM-DD
attendees:
  - name1
  - name2
source: granola-manual
tags:
  - meeting
---

# Topic Name

**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Attendees**: Name1, Name2

---

## Summary

<2-3 sentence summary>

## Key Decisions

- Decision 1
- Decision 2

## Discussion Notes

<cleaned transcript, organized by topic>

## Action Items

- [ ] Action 1 (owner)
- [ ] Action 2 (owner)

Output Format

When syncing from cache:

📥 **Granola Sync**

Found X meetings with notes:
- YYYY-MM-DD: Meeting Title (XXX chars)

Syncing to `Projects/project/meetings/`...

✓ Created: 2025-01-28-meeting-title.md

When no notes in cache:

📥 **Granola Sync**

Found X meetings but none have local notes cached.
Paste transcript content and I'll format it.

NEVER

Sync meetings without notes content
Overwrite existing meeting files without asking
Include sensitive attendee details beyond names
Create duplicate files for same meeting

ALWAYS

Use kebab-case lowercase filenames
Add frontmatter with proper metadata
Check for existing files before creating
Ask which project folder to use if unclear
Include granola-id to prevent duplicates