Granola Hello World

Overview

Capture your first meeting with Granola and learn the three-phase workflow: live notepad, Enhance Notes, and Granola Chat. Granola captures audio from your device (no bot joins), transcribes it, and merges your typed notes with the full transcript to produce structured output.

Prerequisites

• Completed granola-install-auth setup
• Calendar connected with an upcoming meeting (or create a test one)
• Microphone + Screen & System Audio permissions granted

Instructions

Step 1 — Start a Meeting

1. Join any video call — Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Slack Huddle, or WebEx
2. Granola auto-detects the meeting from your synced calendar
3. A floating notepad appears showing the meeting title and attendees
4. If auto-detection fails, click the Granola icon in your menu bar and select Start Recording

Step 2 — Take Live Notes in the Notepad

During the meeting, type rough notes directly in the Granola notepad: