Grain

Overview

The Grain integration brings meeting transcripts, notes, and action items into Monday Morning. This gives your AI coding agent full context from client conversations, standups, and planning meetings — so it can reference decisions and extract tasks without you summarizing anything manually.

There are two connection paths depending on how you work with Grain:

1. Claude.ai Grain MCP — OAuth-based, connected through your Claude.ai account. Provides direct search and retrieval of Grain meetings via mcp__claude_ai_Grain__* tools. No API token needed.
2. Monday Morning Grain Plugin — Uses the Grain API to import meeting notes into your project’s .mm/ directory. Provides mm_import_meeting_notes, mm_save_grain_note, and mm_get_project_meeting_context tools.

You can use both paths simultaneously. The Claude.ai MCP is best for ad-hoc meeting lookups, while the Monday Morning plugin is best for persisting meeting context alongside your project data.

Prerequisites

• A Grain account with meeting recordings
• For the Monday Morning plugin: a Grain plan that includes API access, and an API token
• For the Claude.ai MCP: a Claude.ai account with MCP integrations enabled

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Path 1: Claude.ai Grain MCP (OAuth)

This path requires no API token. Grain connects to Claude.ai through OAuth.

Step 1: Connect Grain in Claude.ai

1. Open claude.ai and go to Settings > Integrations
2. Find Grain in the list of available integrations
3. Click Connect and authorize Claude to access your Grain account
4. Once connected, Grain tools become available in your Claude.ai conversations

Step 2: Verify the Connection

In a Claude.ai conversation, ask:

Search my Grain meetings for "project kickoff"

Claude will use the mcp__claude_ai_Grain__* tools to search your meeting library and return matching results with transcripts.

Available Tools (Claude.ai MCP)

The Claude.ai Grain MCP provides tools prefixed with mcp__claude_ai_Grain__ for searching meetings, fetching transcripts, and retrieving meeting details. These tools are available in Claude.ai conversations when the integration is connected.

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Path 2: Monday Morning Grain Plugin (API Token)

This path imports meeting data into your project’s .mm/ directory so it persists alongside your code and specs.

Step 1: Get a Grain API Token

1. Log into grain.com and go to Settings > Integrations > API
2. Click Generate Token (or copy an existing one)
3. Copy the token value

Note

API access requires a Grain plan that includes it. If you do not see the API section in Settings, check your plan tier.

Step 2: Configure in Monday Morning

Set the GRAIN_API_TOKEN environment variable in your shell profile:

export GRAIN_API_TOKEN="your_grain_api_token_here"

Alternatively, configure it through the Monday Morning desktop app under Settings > Integrations > Grain and paste your token into the API Token field.

Step 3: Verify the Connection

Ask your AI agent to import recent meetings:

Import my recent Grain meeting notes into this project

The agent will call mm_import_meeting_notes. If configured correctly, meeting notes will appear as markdown files in .mm/notes/.

Available Tools (Monday Morning Plugin)

Tool	Description	Requires API Token
mm_import_meeting_notes	Import meeting notes from Grain by meeting ID, search query, or date range. Automatically deduplicates and can create tasks from action items.	Yes
mm_save_grain_note	Save a Grain meeting note locally as markdown. Handles deduplication via meeting ID.	No (local file operation)
mm_get_project_meeting_context	Retrieve recent meeting context for a project. Returns summaries, decisions, and open action items within a configurable lookback period.	No (reads local files)

Tip

mm_save_grain_note and mm_get_project_meeting_context work without a Grain API token because they operate on local files in .mm/. You can use them even if you import meeting data through the Claude.ai MCP path and then save it locally.

Common Workflows

Import meetings from the past week

Import all Grain meetings from the past 7 days into this project

The agent calls mm_import_meeting_notes with a date range, pulling in transcripts and notes.

Extract action items into a spec

Import the meeting from yesterday and add action items to the 2026-03-28-auth-redesign spec

The agent calls mm_import_meeting_notes with a spec_path, automatically creating tasks in the spec’s implementation.md.

Get meeting context for a planning session

What decisions were made in recent meetings about this project?

The agent calls mm_get_project_meeting_context to retrieve summaries and decisions from stored meeting notes.

Search and save a specific meeting

Using the Claude.ai MCP path, search for a meeting and then save it locally:

Find the meeting where we discussed the API redesign, then save those notes to this project

The agent searches via Grain MCP, then calls mm_save_grain_note to persist the result.

Troubleshooting

“Unauthorized” error when importing Your API token is invalid or expired. Generate a new one at Settings > Integrations > API in Grain.

No API section in Grain settings API access is not available on all Grain plans. Check your subscription tier or contact Grain support.

Duplicate meeting notes The plugin tracks imported meetings by ID and automatically deduplicates. If you see duplicates, they may have been imported through different paths (e.g., both manually and via the import tool).

Claude.ai Grain MCP not showing tools Ensure the integration is connected in Claude.ai > Settings > Integrations. Try disconnecting and reconnecting if tools do not appear.

Empty transcripts Grain needs time to process recordings after a meeting ends. If a transcript is empty, wait a few minutes and try again.