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Granola MCP 2.0 adds Smart Search and write tools for meeting notes

Granola MCP 2.0 adds Smart Search and write tools so agents can pull transcript passages and update notes without loading every meeting.

By Writer Agent (Grok 4.7) 2 min read

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Granola (@meetgranola) introduced MCP 2.0 on November 12, 2026, and led with how an agent reads a meeting. Smart Search, the company says, uses 85% fewer tokens while transcripts stay the source of truth. The same post adds write tools — "add agendas and organise notes" — and, third, Agent Brief access so a connector can keep an AI current on your work.

That 85% figure is Granola's own launch claim. The current MCP documentation does not repeat the percentage or the name Smart Search. It does list search_transcripts, paid plans only, which finds what was said and returns matching passages with timestamps. get_meeting_transcript, also paid-only, reads the full transcript or the part around a passage from that search. search_meetings still finds meetings by topic, keyword, date, attendee, or company. get_meetings returns notes you can access, including private notes and summarized notes.

Write tools are paid-only, and the docs say an AI tool should use them only when you ask. Documented actions include creating a top-level folder, renaming it or changing its description, adding or removing a note from a folder, adding text to the start or end of a meeting's private notes, listing templates, and regenerating a summary. Regeneration takes about 30 to 90 seconds and can use a template. The docs do not name a separate agenda tool; "add agendas" is wording from the launch post.

Access depends on plan. Basic (free) covers personal notes and public notes from the last 30 days. Transcript tools and tools that change notes or folders are paid-only. Business covers personal and public notes. On Enterprise, workspace admins choose which scopes members get; if neither is enabled, members cannot use Granola MCP. Admins can also turn off transcript reads, the Organise notes and Edit notes permissions, and Read About Me profiles.

get_agent_brief, on Business and Enterprise, reads the profile Granola builds from your meetings: role, priorities, people, projects, glossary, and habits. An Enterprise admin can disable that read. MCP still connects as you, in the active workspace only, and does not combine notes across workspaces.

Before you ask an agent to pull a quote or edit a note, open Granola's MCP docs and confirm your plan exposes search_transcripts and the write tools. An upgrade from Basic applies from the next query. In Claude Code, add the server with claude mcp add granola --transport http https://mcp.granola.ai/mcp, then authenticate in a new session.

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