// Search and retrieve Granola meeting transcripts using the muesli CLI. Use when the user asks about past meetings, wants to find what was discussed, look up meeting details, or reference meeting transcripts.
| name | muesli |
| description | Search and retrieve Granola meeting transcripts using the muesli CLI. Use when the user asks about past meetings, wants to find what was discussed, look up meeting details, or reference meeting transcripts. |
| user_invocable | false |
Muesli syncs and searches Granola meeting transcripts locally. It downloads transcripts from the Granola API, stores them as markdown files with a local DuckDB database, and provides search, filtering, and display commands.
~/.local/share/muesli/transcripts/~/.local/share/muesli/summaries/~/.local/share/muesli/index/~/.local/share/muesli/muesli.duckdbThese four commands are the primary workflow for an agent working with meeting transcripts:
muesli sync # Download new/updated transcripts
muesli sync --force # Force re-sync, ignoring cache timestamps
muesli sync --reindex # Reindex all without re-downloading
Auth tokens are auto-detected from the Granola app on macOS. Run sync before searching if you need the latest meetings.
muesli local # List all meetings from local DB (no auth needed)
Output: tab-separated doc_id, date, title (sorted newest first, matches list). Pipe to head for recent meetings or grep for a date range:
muesli local | head -10 # Last 10 meetings
muesli local | grep "2026-02" # All February 2026 meetings
muesli find "quarterly planning" # Semantic search (default)
muesli find "quarterly planning" --text # Full-text search
muesli find "budget" -n 5 # Limit results (default: 10)
Output: numbered list with title, date, score, and doc ID. Use the doc ID with show.
muesli show <DOC_ID> # Summary, metadata, attendees
muesli show <DOC_ID> --full # Full transcript
Displays title, date, duration, attendees, labels, and summary (or full transcript with --full). Works offline.
muesli search "quarterly planning" # Full-text BM25 search
muesli search --semantic "team collaboration" # Semantic search
muesli search "budget" -n 5 # Limit results (default: 10)
Output: numbered list with title, date, and file path. Use find instead when you need doc IDs for show.
muesli list # List from API (requires auth)
Output: tab-separated doc_id, date, title. Prefer local for offline/faster access.
muesli fetch <DOC_ID> # Fetch a specific document by ID from API
muesli query --attendee "Alice" # Filter by attendee
muesli query --label "Planning" # Filter by label
muesli query --title "standup" # Search by title
muesli query --title "standup" -n 10 # Limit results (default: 20)
muesli stats # Meeting statistics from local DB
muesli summarize <DOC_ID> # Print summary to stdout
muesli summarize <DOC_ID> --save # Save to summaries directory
Requires an OpenAI API key (muesli set-api-key).
muesli set-api-key # Store OpenAI API key in keychain
muesli set-config --show # Show current summarization config
muesli set-config --model gpt-4o # Set summarization model
muesli set-config --prompt-file path.txt # Set custom summarization prompt
muesli open # Open data directory in Finder
muesli fix-dates # Fix file mod dates to match meeting dates
muesli tui # Interactive terminal dashboard
muesli mcp # Start MCP server for AI integration
Transcripts are markdown with YAML frontmatter:
---
doc_id: uuid
source: granola
created_at: ISO-8601 timestamp
title: Meeting Title
participants: []
duration_seconds: null
labels: []
generator: muesli 1.0
---
Body contains timestamped speaker turns: **Speaker (HH:MM:SS):** text
Note: Speaker names are often generic ("Speaker") rather than identified by name.
muesli find "budget review" -n 5 # Find related meetings
muesli show <DOC_ID> # View the summary
muesli show <DOC_ID> --full # View full transcript
muesli local | grep "2026-02" # All February 2026 meetings
Transcripts are markdown files at ~/.local/share/muesli/transcripts/. Read them directly if needed.
Local commands (local, show, find, search, query, stats) work without API access.
You can copy the muesli data directory to another machine so it can use all offline commands without Granola API access or a Granola account. The source machine must have already run muesli sync.
Full sync (all features including search and embeddings):
rsync -av --delete \
~/.local/share/muesli/ \
user@remote:~/.local/share/muesli/
Minimal sync (just transcripts, database, and index — skip large model files):
rsync -av --delete \
--exclude='models/' \
--exclude='raw/' \
--exclude='tmp/' \
~/.local/share/muesli/ \
user@remote:~/.local/share/muesli/
What each directory contains:
| Directory | Size | Purpose | Needed for |
|---|---|---|---|
transcripts/ | ~25 MB | Markdown files | show --full, direct file reads |
muesli.duckdb | ~6 MB | Document metadata, attendees, labels | local, show, query, stats |
index/ | ~16 MB | Tantivy full-text index + vector store | find, search |
raw/ | ~94 MB | Raw JSON from API | Rebuilding transcripts (optional) |
models/ | ~128 MB | ONNX embedding model | Semantic search (downloaded on first sync) |
summaries/ | small | Generated summaries | summarize --save output |
tmp/ | — | Temp files during sync | Not needed |
Using a custom data directory on the remote:
# Sync to a non-default location
rsync -av --delete ~/.local/share/muesli/ user@remote:~/muesli-data/
# On the remote, point muesli to it
muesli --data-dir ~/muesli-data local
muesli --data-dir ~/muesli-data show <DOC_ID>
Keeping it up to date (run after each sync):
muesli sync && rsync -av --delete --exclude='models/' --exclude='tmp/' \
~/.local/share/muesli/ user@remote:~/.local/share/muesli/
The remote machine needs muesli installed but does not need a Granola account or API token. If you exclude models/, semantic search (muesli find) will automatically fall back to text search.