Connect Granola to GitHub Copilot CLI
Give GitHub Copilot CLI governed access to Granola’s 7 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Granola to GitHub Copilot CLI in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in GitHub Copilot CLI then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Approve Granola in Runlayer
Add Granola from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
- 2
Connect GitHub Copilot CLI to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to GitHub Copilot CLI by following Runlayer’s setup guide. GitHub Copilot CLI reaches Granola’s 7 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
GitHub Copilot CLI setup guide - 3
Sign in to Granola
Sign in the way Granola requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Granola from GitHub Copilot CLI
Granola’s approved tools appear in GitHub Copilot CLI. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
7 Granola tools in GitHub Copilot CLI
Runlayer policy decides which of these GitHub Copilot CLI users can call. 4 read data only.
Get account info
Get the email, active workspace, joined workspaces (names and IDs), and effective note-access scopes for the Granola account currently connected to this MCP session.
Get meeting transcript
Get the full transcript for a specific Granola meeting by ID.
Get meetings
Get detailed meeting information for one or more Granola meetings by ID.
List meeting folders
List the user's Granola meeting folders.
List meetings
List the user's Granola meeting notes within a time range.
Query Granola meetings
Query Granola about the user's meetings using natural language.
Switch workspace
Change your saved active Granola workspace.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in GitHub Copilot CLI
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what GitHub Copilot CLI exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Granola call from GitHub Copilot CLI passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, GitHub Copilot CLI as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
Client hooks (available)
Capture supported prompts, reasoning, local and MCP tool calls, responses, and scanner decisions in real time.
Stop a call before it runs (available)
Runlayer can deny a tool call or permission request before GitHub Copilot CLI runs it.
Block output after it runs (available)
Runlayer can block a tool’s output before GitHub Copilot CLI’s model sees it.
Redact output in place (available)
Runlayer can mask sensitive parts of a successful tool’s output in GitHub Copilot CLI and pass the rest through.
In GitHub Copilot CLI
- When a tool fails, Runlayer records the error but cannot replace it.
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