Granola
What Paperbeam reads from Granola, the read-only access it asks for and why, filters, and the beats it feeds.
Calls & meetings
Read-only API key
Granola meeting notes: AI summaries, key points and action items, attendee companies, and (optionally) competitor and win mentions. Private notes are never read; transcripts stay off unless you turn them on.
What we read
- Calls with transcripts, participants and speaker roles
- Pages and documents you share
Only the reporting window of each edition is read. Paperbeam stores derived facts and short excerpts, not copies of your Granola data, and keeps raw evidence only for your retention period.
Access we ask for, and why
| Scope | Why |
|---|---|
API key (Personal and/or Public notes) | List the notes created in the window and read their summaries (and transcripts only if you turn them on) |
All access is read-only. You can revoke it from Granola at any time, or disconnect the source in Paperbeam.
Connect Granola
- Go to Sources and choose Granola.
- Create a api key. Granola desktop app → Settings → Connectors → API keys → Create new key, choose the note scope, then copy it. Open Granola settings.
- Fill in API key, then click Test connection. Paperbeam makes one read-only call and shows the account it reached, or exactly what went wrong.
- Click Connect. The credential is encrypted before it is stored and never shown again. Use Sync now on the source’s page to see what it collects from the last 24 hours, and set filters there.
You need the admin or owner role in Paperbeam, and enough permission in Granola to grant read access to the data listed above.
Filters
Set on the source’s page at Sources›Granola. Filtered-out data is never collected.
| Filter | Effect |
|---|---|
| Include internal meetings | Off by default: meetings where everyone is from your company (or no attendee is known) are skipped. |
| Your email domains | Optional. Extra domains that count as your company (each note owner's domain is detected). |
To keep specific people, channels or topics out of the paper across all sources, use exclusion rules and the never-mention list in House style.
Beats
Granola is a source for:
Stories land in whichever of your sections fits them best.