--- title: "Connect Granola and MyDesk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New note\" fires in Granola, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in MyDesk, or \"New Appointment\" in MyDesk to \"Find notes by keywords\" in Granola." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/granola-to-mydesk" --- # Connect Granola and MyDesk When **New note** fires in [Granola](https://apiant.ai/connections/granola), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [MyDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/mydesk), or **New Appointment** in MyDesk to **Find notes by keywords** in Granola. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Granola **1** trigger Granola **6** actions MyDesk **7** triggers MyDesk **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Granola and MyDesk to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Granola and MyDesk can do together ### From Granola to MyDesk - When **New note** in Granola then **Create Contact** in MyDesk - When **New note** in Granola then **Create Task** in MyDesk ### From MyDesk to Granola - When **New Appointment** in MyDesk then **Find notes by keywords** in Granola - When **New Company** in MyDesk then **Get note** in Granola Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Granola and MyDesk ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **New note** Triggers when a new note is created in Granola, optionally limited to one folder or space. - Action **Find notes by keywords** Returns Granola notes whose titles or shared summaries match the keywords you give, or whose meetings included a given participant, optionally narrowed to a folder, space or date range. - Action **Get note** Returns a single Granola meeting note with its title, owner, attendees, calendar event, folders, summary and, optionally, its transcript. - Action **Get transcript** Returns the full meeting transcript of a Granola note, one item per spoken segment with speaker, text and start/end times. Works even for very long transcripts that Get note cannot include. - Action **List folders** Returns every folder in the Granola workspace, with each folder's name, parent folder and space. - Action **List notes** Returns the Granola meeting notes you have access to, optionally limited to a folder or space or to a created/updated date range. - Action **List spaces** Returns all the spaces in your Granola workspace, with each space's id and name. - Trigger **New Appointment** Triggered when a new appointment is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggered when a new opportunity is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Task** Triggered when a new task is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **Task Completed** Triggers when a task is marked as completed in MyDesk. - Trigger **Task Overdue** Triggers when an open task passes its planned date without being completed. - Action **Create Address** Creates a new address in MyDesk and links it to a company, country and address type. Returns the new address's ids. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company (account) in MyDesk and returns its id. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in MyDesk and links it to a company. Returns the new contact's MyDesk id and your own id. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task in MyDesk and returns its id. - Action **Find Contact** Returns the MyDesk contacts that match the name, email address, your own identifier or filter you supply. - Action **Find Country** Returns the countries in your MyDesk environment that match a name, your own identifier or an extra condition. - Action **Find Opportunity** Returns the opportunities in MyDesk that match your own identifier or a filter condition. - Action **Find Representative** Returns the representatives in MyDesk that match the name, your own identifier or filter you specify. - Action **Find Task** Returns the MyDesk tasks that match your identifier, subject or filter condition. - Action **Update Company** Updates an existing company in MyDesk by its id. Only the fields you fill in change; everything else keeps its current value. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact in MyDesk, changing only the fields you fill in and keeping the rest as they are. - Action **Update Opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in MyDesk by its id, changing only the values you supply and keeping everything else on the record. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing task by its MyDesk id, changing only the fields you fill in and returning the updated task. ## Each app on its own - [ **Granola** Granola is an AI notepad for teams and people in back-to-back meetings.](https://apiant.ai/connections/granola) - [ **MyDesk** MyDesk: Get started quickly with a user-friendly CRM for sales.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mydesk) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Granola - [ **Granola to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/granola-to-hubspot) - [ **Granola to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/granola-to-salesforce) - [ **Granola to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/granola-to-slack) - [ **Granola to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/granola-to-mailchimp) - [ **Granola to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/granola-to-stripe) - [ **Granola to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/granola-to-shopify) ## More into MyDesk - [ **HubSpot to MyDesk** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-mydesk) - [ **Google Sheets to MyDesk** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-mydesk) - [ **Gmail to MyDesk** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-mydesk) - [ **Google Calendar to MyDesk** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-mydesk) - [ **Google Drive to MyDesk** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-mydesk) - [ **Mailchimp to MyDesk** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-mydesk) Questions ## Granola and MyDesk, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Granola? Any of Granola's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New note. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in MyDesk when something happens in Granola? Any of MyDesk's 13 actions, including Create Address, Create Company, Create Contact and Create Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from MyDesk to Granola? Yes. When something happens in MyDesk, your agent can act in Granola too. This page covers both directions: MyDesk's triggers and Granola's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Granola or MyDesk? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Granola and MyDesk without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.