Obsidian Granola Sync

This plugin allows you to synchronize your notes and transcripts from Granola (https://granola.ai) directly into your Obsidian vault. It fetches documents from Granola, converts them from ProseMirror JSON format to Markdown, and saves them as .md files.

Features

• Sync Granola notes to your Obsidian vault
• Sync Granola transcripts to your vault, with flexible destination options
• Support for syncing to daily notes, a dedicated folder, or a daily note folder structure
• Optional inclusion of private notes from Granola at the top of synced notes
• Automatic bidirectional linking between notes and transcripts when using individual files
• Periodic automatic syncing with customizable interval
• Granular settings for notes and transcripts
• Customizable sync settings and destinations
• Platform support: This plugin only works on desktop. It is not supported on mobile.

Installation

1. Go to https://obsidian.md/plugins?search=granola
2. Click Install

Configuration

Note: Granola credentials are read directly from the filesystem. The plugin reads the credentials file from the Granola application's data directory. You can review the implementation of this mechanism in src/services/credentials.ts.

1. Configure note syncing:
   • Choose whether to sync notes
   • Optionally enable "Include Private Notes" to include your raw private notes at the top of each synced note
   • Select the destination: a specific folder, daily notes, or daily note folder structure
   • Optionally set a section heading for daily notes
2. Configure transcript syncing:
   • Choose whether to sync transcripts
   • Select the destination: a dedicated transcripts folder or daily note folder structure
3. Set up periodic sync and adjust the interval as desired

Frontmatter Structure

All synced files include structured frontmatter for tracking and identification:

Notes:

---
granola_id: doc-123
title: "Meeting Title"
type: note
created: 2024-01-15T10:00:00Z
updated: 2024-01-15T12:00:00Z
attendees:
  - John Doe
  - Jane Smith
transcript: "[[Transcripts/Meeting Title-transcript.md]]"
---

Transcripts:

---
granola_id: doc-123
title: "Meeting Title - Transcript"
type: transcript
created: 2024-01-15T10:00:00Z
updated: 2024-01-15T12:00:00Z
attendees:
  - John Doe
  - Jane Smith
note: "[[Granola/Meeting Title.md]]"
---

The granola_id is consistent across both note and transcript files for the same source document, while the type field distinguishes between them. This allows both file types to coexist with proper duplicate detection.

Frontmatter Fields

• granola_id: Unique identifier from Granola, consistent across note and transcript files
• title: Document title (with "- Transcript" suffix for transcripts)
• type: Either note or transcript
• created: ISO timestamp when the document was created
• updated: ISO timestamp when the document was last updated
• attendees: Array of attendee names from the meeting
• transcript: Wiki-style link to the transcript file (only in notes saved as individual files, not in daily notes)
• note: Wiki-style link to the note (in transcripts, links to individual files or daily notes with heading anchors)

The transcript field is added when notes are saved as individual files and transcripts are synced. The note field is always added to transcripts when notes are being synced - for individual note files, it links to the file path; for daily notes, it links to the daily note file with a heading anchor (e.g., [[2024-01-15#Meeting Title]]).

Note Content Structure

When the "Include Private Notes" setting is enabled and a document has private notes content, synced notes will include:

1. ## Private Notes section - Contains your raw private notes from Granola
2. ## Enhanced Notes section - Contains the processed note content from Granola

When private notes are disabled or not present, notes display the content directly without section headings.

For combined notes (notes with transcripts), the structure is: Private Notes → Enhanced Notes → Transcript.

Documentation

For detailed information about how the sync process works, see Sync Process Documentation. This document explains the credentials loading, document fetching, note syncing, transcript syncing, frontmatter structure, file deduplication, and error handling mechanisms.

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or later
• npm

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

Building

To build the plugin:

npm run build

Testing

The plugin uses Jest for testing. To run the tests:

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run tests in watch mode
npm run test:watch

# Run tests with coverage
npm run test:coverage

For detailed testing information, including testing strategy and development workflow, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Releasing

To create a release:

# Auto-bump patch version
node scripts/release.js

# Specify a specific version
node scripts/release.js 1.2.3

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for info on contributing to this project.

License

MIT