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Connect Claude, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex to Koi over MCP. They search your calls and notes, write pages, draw on your board and add to your calendar.
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What Granola's MCP does, and what it costs
Granola's MCP server lets AI apps read your Granola meeting notes: ask about your meetings, list and get them, read a transcript, list folders, and get screenshots of screens shared in a meeting. It's hosted by Granola, you sign in with your browser, and it works with Claude, Claude Code and any app that takes a remote MCP server. No tools to write or change notes are listed.
On Granola's free plan, MCP reaches your own notes from the last 30 days. Business, $14 per user a month, opens MCP in all your apps, and transcripts and folders need a paid plan.
We make Koi, so read this with that in mind. Every fact about another app comes from its own site, checked October 26, 2026.
The picks
The best Granola MCP alternatives in 2026
1. Koi
Best for: Your calls and notes, on your Mac, read and written
Koi records your calls on your Mac with no bot, writes notes on them with a yes, and runs an MCP server there too. Connect Claude, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex in Settings and they can search every call, page and dictation you have, with no 30-day limit, and also write pages, add to your calendar and draw on Koi's board. Nothing goes through our server.
Where Granola is better, plainly: it works in the browser apps with no install, it has team workspaces and folders, and its MCP can hand over screenshots from a meeting. Koi is Mac only, $20 a month or Lifetime, paid once, and its AI apps connect to the Koi on your Mac. More on Granola itself in our Granola alternatives.
2. Notion MCP
Best for: Meeting notes kept in Notion
Notion's MCP reads and writes your pages, databases and calendar events, and can search its AI meeting notes on Business with Notion AI. It's hosted by Notion, and its docs name Claude Code, Cursor and Codex.
Comparison
Granola MCP vs the alternatives
From each one's own site. “Not listed” means the site doesn't mention it.
| Runs | Reads | Writes | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granola MCP | Granola's servers | Meetings, transcripts on paid plans | Not listed | Free for 30 days of notes; Business $14 a month |
| Koi | Your Mac | Calls, pages, dictations | Pages, calendar, board | $20 a month, or Lifetime, $199 once |
| Notion MCP | Notion's servers | Pages, databases, calendar | Yes | Notion plans |
Honest take
When Granola's MCP is still the better pick
Stay on Granola if
- Your team's meetings already live in Granola.
- You use it in browser AI apps and don't want anything installed.
- You need screenshots of what was shared in a meeting.
Choosing
Which one should you pick?
- Team meetings in Granola? Stay on Granola's MCP.
- Notes in Notion? Notion MCP.
- Calls recorded on your Mac, and an AI app that can read and write them? Koi.
See how Koi works with your AI apps, or how Koi records calls.
Keep exploring
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apple-mcp is archived. Alternatives for giving Claude, Cursor or Codex your notes and calendar: Koi's local MCP server, Notion MCP and Granola MCP.
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Record and transcribe calls on your Mac, with no bot
An AI note taker for Mac with no bot. Tap Fn + ⌃ on Zoom, Meet or Teams, or pick In person, and Koi writes down who said what on your Mac, with audio or video.
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Frequently asked questions
On the free plan it reaches your own notes from the last 30 days. Business, $14 per user a month, opens it in all your apps.
Its docs list tools to read meetings, not to write or change them.
On your Mac. The AI app talks to Koi there, never through our server, and what it reads goes to its own AI under its own terms.