Granola Transcript Archiver

Automated system to archive Granola meeting transcripts to a GitHub repository. The archiver fetches new documents from Granola's API, formats them as Markdown, and commits them to a dedicated archive repository with proper organization and metadata.

Features

• Automatic archiving: Polls Granola API for new/updated documents
• Smart state tracking: SQLite database prevents duplicate archives
• Date-based organization: Files organized as YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD-title.md
• Rich metadata: YAML frontmatter with document details, attendees, timestamps
• Scheduled execution: macOS launchd integration for automatic runs
• Idempotent: Safe to run multiple times - only archives new/updated documents
• Dry-run mode: Preview what would be archived without committing

Project Structure

granola-archiver/
├── archiver/               # Main package
│   ├── main.py            # Orchestration and CLI
│   ├── state_tracker.py   # SQLite state management
│   ├── granola_fetcher.py # Granola API wrapper
│   ├── markdown_formatter.py  # Markdown generation
│   ├── git_manager.py     # Git operations
│   └── models.py          # Pydantic models
├── state/                 # SQLite database (git-ignored)
├── scripts/               # Automation scripts
├── config.yaml            # Configuration
└── README.md

Prerequisites

1. Python 3.13+
2. uv: Fast Python package manager - Install uv
3. Granola API access: The archiver uses granola-py-client
4. Git repository: A separate GitHub repository for storing archives

Installation

1. Install uv (if not already installed)

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

2. Install the archiver

cd granola-archiver
uv sync

The granola-client dependency will be installed automatically from PyPI.

4. Create archive repository

Create a new GitHub repository for storing transcripts:

# Create repo on GitHub, then clone locally
gh repo create granola-transcripts --private
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/granola-transcripts.git ~/granola-transcripts

# Initialize with README
cd ~/granola-transcripts
echo "# Granola Meeting Transcripts Archive" > README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push origin main

5. Configure the archiver

Copy the example configuration and update paths:

cp config.yaml config.yaml.local
# Edit config.yaml with your archive repo path

Example config.yaml:

archive:
  repo_path: /Users/yourusername/granola-transcripts
  remote_name: origin
  default_branch: main

granola:
  auto_detect_token: true  # Uses ~/.granola/credentials.json

polling:
  interval_minutes: 30
  lookback_hours: 24  # On first run

filters:
  workspace_ids: []  # Empty = all workspaces
  min_duration_minutes: 0

logging:
  level: INFO
  file: /tmp/granola-archiver.log

Usage

Manual Execution

# Normal run - archive new documents
uv run archiver

# Dry run - preview what would be archived
uv run archiver --dry-run

# Archive a specific document
uv run archiver --document-id doc_abc123

# Use custom config file
uv run archiver --config /path/to/config.yaml

# Backfill: archive ALL historical documents
uv run archiver --backfill

# Backfill with dry-run to preview
uv run archiver --backfill --dry-run

# Archive documents since a specific date
uv run archiver --since 2024-01-01

# Archive documents since a specific datetime
uv run archiver --since 2024-01-01T10:00:00

Automatic Execution (macOS)

Set up a launchd job to run the archiver every 30 minutes:

./scripts/setup_launchd.sh

This creates ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.granola.archiver.plist and loads it.

Useful commands:

# View status
launchctl list | grep granola

# View logs
tail -f /tmp/granola-archiver.log

# View errors
tail -f /tmp/granola-archiver.error.log

# Unload job
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.granola.archiver.plist

# Reload job (after config changes)
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.granola.archiver.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.granola.archiver.plist

Archive Format

Documents are archived as Markdown with YAML frontmatter:

---
title: "Team Standup"
date: 2026-01-30T14:00:00Z
document_id: doc_abc123
workspace_id: ws_engineering
created_at: 2026-01-30T14:00:00Z
updated_at: 2026-01-30T15:30:00Z
archived_at: 2026-01-30T16:00:00Z
attendees:
  - name: "Alice"
    email: "alice@example.com"
  - name: "Bob"
    email: "bob@example.com"
---

# Team Standup

**Date**: January 30, 2026
**Attendees**: Alice, Bob

## Overview

Quick daily standup to sync on project progress.

## Transcript

**[00:00:00]** Alice: Good morning everyone...

## Notes

- Alice: Working on feature X
- Bob: Investigating bug Y

---
*Archived: 2026-01-30*

Files are organized by date:

granola-transcripts/
├── 2026/
│   ├── 01/
│   │   ├── 2026-01-30-team-standup.md
│   │   ├── 2026-01-30-client-meeting.md
│   │   └── 2026-01-31-brainstorm-session.md
│   └── 02/
│       └── 2026-02-01-quarterly-review.md

How It Works

1. State Check: Reads last run timestamp from SQLite database
2. Fetch Documents: Queries Granola API for new/updated documents since last run
3. Filter: Skips already-archived documents (checks document ID + updated_at)
4. Process Each Document:
   • Fetch full details (transcript, metadata)
   • Format as Markdown with YAML frontmatter
   • Compute file path based on creation date
   • Write file and create git commit
   • Mark as archived in database
5. Push: Push all commits to remote repository
6. Update State: Record run statistics and timestamp

Configuration Options

Granola API

granola:
  auto_detect_token: true  # Auto-detect from ~/.granola/credentials.json
  token_env: GRANOLA_TOKEN  # Or use environment variable

Filtering

filters:
  workspace_ids: ["ws_eng", "ws_product"]  # Specific workspaces only
  min_duration_minutes: 5  # Skip meetings shorter than 5 minutes

Polling

polling:
  interval_minutes: 30  # How often launchd runs (in setup script)
  lookback_hours: 24  # On first run, how far back to look

State Management

The archiver maintains state in state/archive_state.db (SQLite):

archived_documents table:

• Tracks which documents have been archived
• Prevents duplicate archives
• Records file paths and commit SHAs

archive_runs table:

• Logs each archiver run
• Tracks success/failure statistics
• Used to determine last successful run time

To reset state and re-archive everything:

rm state/archive_state.db

Error Handling

The archiver is designed to be resilient:

• Authentication failures: Aborts run immediately with clear error
• API errors: Logs error, skips document, continues with others
• Git conflicts: Logs error, skips document, continues
• Network issues: Handled by granola-client's retry logic

Errors are logged to both console and /tmp/granola-archiver.log.

Troubleshooting

"Configuration file not found"

Make sure config.yaml exists in the working directory or specify path with --config.

"Repository path does not exist"

The archive repository path in config.yaml must point to an existing git repository.

"granola-client not found"

Reinstall dependencies:

uv sync

"Authentication failed"

Ensure Granola credentials exist at ~/.granola/credentials.json or set GRANOLA_TOKEN environment variable.

Launchd job not running

Check if loaded:

launchctl list | grep granola

Check error logs:

tail -f /tmp/granola-archiver.error.log

Development

Running tests

uv sync --all-extras
uv run pytest

Code formatting

uv run black archiver/
uv run ruff check archiver/

Future Enhancements

Claude API Integration (Optional)

The plan includes an optional enhancement plugin to improve notes using Claude API:

# Future feature - not yet implemented
from archiver.enhancement_plugin import ClaudeEnhancementPlugin

enhancer = ClaudeEnhancementPlugin()
enhanced_markdown = await enhancer.enhance(document, markdown)

This would:

• Extract action items clearly
• Highlight key decisions
• Improve formatting
• Generate executive summaries

To enable, add to config:

enhancement:
  enabled: true
  model: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please open an issue or pull request.