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Connect Granola to Windsurf

Give Windsurf governed access to Granola’s 7 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Granola to Windsurf in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Windsurf then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Granola in Runlayer

    Add Granola from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Windsurf to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Windsurf by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Windsurf reaches Granola’s 7 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Windsurf setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Granola

    Sign in the way Granola requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Granola from Windsurf

    Granola’s approved tools appear in Windsurf. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

7 Granola tools in Windsurf

Runlayer policy decides which of these Windsurf 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 Windsurf

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Windsurf exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Granola call from Windsurf passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Windsurf 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 before Windsurf runs it.

  • Block output after it runs (not available)

    Windsurf ignores Runlayer after a tool runs, so Runlayer cannot block its output. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

  • Redact output in place (not available)

    Windsurf has no way to receive replacement output, so Runlayer cannot mask it. The gateway still applies policy to the call.

In Windsurf

  • Enforcement needs Windsurf 1.12.31 or newer.
  • When Runlayer denies a call, Windsurf shows the reason to the user; Runlayer cannot adjust the call’s inputs.

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