Granola to Jira

Turn Granola notes into Jira issues, without Zapier

Granola does not connect to Jira on its own, so the usual route is a Zapier automation that copies action items over as one-line issues. Spectr talks to both sides directly and does a lot more than copying: it reads the note and the transcript, separates requirements, bugs and decisions, drafts a story with acceptance criteria for each, and publishes the ones you approve as properly typed Jira issues.

How it connects

Granola: API key. You generate a key in Granola and paste it into the project you want to connect. Jira: OAuth 2.0 (3LO). You pick the Jira site on Atlassian's own consent screen. Spectr requests read and write access to Jira work plus read access to users, and refreshes the token itself.

Before you start

Granola gates API access by plan, so a Granola Business or Enterprise subscription is required to connect.

What a Zap cannot do

A Zap is a field mapping. It moves the text of an action item into a Jira summary and stops. It cannot tell a Story from a Bug using your project's real issue types, match priority to your own scheme, convert markdown so the description renders properly, create real sub-tasks when one requirement produces several stories, or read the status back afterwards. It also cannot hold anything for review - a Zap fires, and whatever it made is now in your backlog. Spectr does all of that, and nothing reaches Jira until a person says yes.

What Spectr reads from Granola

Note summary: Granola's enhanced note - the summary it writes from the call - is imported as the leading section, ahead of the transcript.
Full transcript: The transcript is fetched alongside the note and speaker-attributed, distinguishing your own audio from the other participants'.

What Spectr writes to Jira

Issues, only after approval: Nothing reaches Jira until a person approves it in Spectr's review step. Descriptions and acceptance criteria are converted from markdown to Jira wiki markup on the way in, so headings and lists render as headings and lists instead of raw syntax.
Type, priority, labels and estimates: Feature maps to Story, bug to Bug, chore and spike to Task - resolved against the project's real issue types. Priority maps by name against your instance's own priority scheme. Labels are slugified because Jira rejects spaces in them. Estimates use your site's story-points field when it exists.
Parent and sub-task nesting: When a spec-sheet task generates several stories, Spectr creates one parent issue and nests the rest as real Jira sub-tasks. If the project has no sub-task type, it publishes flat rather than failing.

A person approves everything before it is published

Spectr generates specs and stories, then stops. Every story goes to a review page where you approve it, edit it inline, or reject it - individually or in bulk. Only approved stories reach an issue tracker. There is no auto-publish setting to switch on, because a backlog nobody read is not a saving.

Setting it up

In Spectr, open the project you want to connect and go to Integrations.
In Granola, generate an API key (Business or Enterprise plan required).
Choose Granola, paste the key, and let Spectr validate it.
Choose Jira, click Connect, and pick the site on Atlassian's consent screen.
Pick the Jira project new issues should land in - and optionally a default issue type and starting status.
Import a meeting from Granola. Spectr gathers project context, extracts a structured spec, and writes a story per item.
Review the generated stories - approve, edit inline, or reject - then publish the approved ones to Jira.