Understand Granola plan limits, usage quotas, and API rate limiting.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Granola Rate Limits

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill granola-rate-limits -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace granola-rate-limits --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/.curated/granola-rate-limits .claude/skills/granola-rate-limits && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
granola-rate-limits
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
701 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
3,342
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Understand Granola plan limits, usage quotas, and API rate limiting.

  • Works in 3 steps: Click your avatar (bottom-left) > Settings → Navigate to Account or Subscription → View: current plan, meeting count, team…
  • Hitting meeting limits
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Plan Comparison (Current as of…, API Rate Limits and Usage Monitoring, plus 10 more sections
  • Calls curl; reaches api.granola.ai; needs GRANOLA_API_KEY

What it does

Granola Rate Limits is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Understand Granola plan limits, usage quotas, and API rate limiting. Use when hitting meeting limits, choosing between plans, or managing Enterprise API rate limits. Trigger: "granola limits", "granola quota", "granola plan", "granola usage", "granola restrictions".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Rate limiting. It works with Zapier. The repository describes itself as: Model-agnostic agent-skills platform with a harness-free canonical layer, verified adapters, and the ccpi package manager. Explore at tonsofskills.com. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Hitting meeting limits
  • Choosing between plans
  • Managing Enterprise API rate limits

Example prompts

  • “granola limits”
  • “granola quota”
  • “granola plan”
  • “/granola-rate-limits”

Requirements

  • A credential in GRANOLA_API_KEY
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Click your avatar (bottom-left) > Settings
  2. Navigate to Account or Subscription
  3. View: current plan, meeting count, team seats, connected integrations

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • api.granola.ai

    Also links to:

    • granola.ai
    • docs.granola.ai

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • GRANOLA_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Granola Rate Limits loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 701 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 701 words, ~1,737 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/granola-rate-limits/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
granola-rate-limits
description
Understand Granola plan limits, usage quotas, and API rate limiting. Use when hitting meeting limits, choosing between plans, or managing Enterprise API rate limits. Trigger: "granola limits", "granola quota", "granola plan", "granola usage", "granola restrictions".
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code
version
1.13.0
license
MIT
author
Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
tags
saas, granola, monitoring, plans

Granola Rate Limits & Plan Quotas

Overview

Granola has three plan tiers with different feature access and limits. There are no per-meeting minute caps or monthly meeting count limits on paid plans. Limits primarily apply to the free tier and the Enterprise API.

Plan Comparison (Current as of March 2026)

Basic (Free) — $0
FeatureLimit
Meetings25 lifetime (not monthly)
Meeting historyVisible for 14 days only
Enhance NotesIncluded
TemplatesBuilt-in only
Granola ChatIncluded
People & CompaniesIncluded
IntegrationsNone
API accessNone

The free plan is essentially a trial — 25 meetings total, ever. After that, you must upgrade.

Business — $14/user/month
FeatureAvailability
MeetingsUnlimited
Meeting historyUnlimited retention
TemplatesBuilt-in + custom
Granola ChatIncluded
People & CompaniesIncluded
Slack integrationNative
Notion integrationNative
CRM (HubSpot, Attio, Affinity)Native
ZapierFull access
MCP (AI agent integration)Included
Team shared foldersIncluded
Admin controlsBasic
AI training opt-out (org-wide)Included
Priority supportIncluded
Public API accessIncluded
Enterprise — $35+/user/month
FeatureAvailability
Everything in BusinessIncluded
SSO (Okta, Google Workspace)Included
SCIM provisioningIncluded
AI training opt-out (enforced)Default on
Usage analytics dashboardIncluded
Enterprise API (full)Included
Custom data retention policiesConfigurable
SOC 2 Type 2 compliance reportAvailable
Dedicated account managerIncluded
Volume discountsNegotiable

API Rate Limits

Enterprise API
  • Rate limits are applied per workspace (not per user)
  • When exceeded: HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response
  • Retry behavior: respect the Retry-After header
  • No published rate numbers — contact Granola for workspace-specific limits
Zapier Integration
  • Zapier task limits are governed by your Zapier plan, not Granola
  • Granola does not throttle outbound Zapier triggers
  • For high-volume workspaces, add delay steps between Zap actions to avoid overwhelming downstream apps

Usage Monitoring

Check Usage in Granola
  1. Click your avatar (bottom-left) > Settings
  2. Navigate to Account or Subscription
  3. View: current plan, meeting count, team seats, connected integrations
Free Plan Usage Tracking
Meetings Used: 18 / 25 lifetime
History Visible: Last 14 days
Upgrade Required: After 25 meetings
API Usage (Enterprise)

Monitor API usage through response headers:

bash
# Check rate limit headers in API response
curl -s -I "https://api.granola.ai/v0/notes" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRANOLA_API_KEY" \
  | grep -i "rate-limit\|retry-after"

What Happens at Limits

Limit HitBehaviorResolution
Free plan 25 meetingsNew recordings blockedUpgrade to Business ($14/mo)
Free plan 14-day historyOlder notes hidden (not deleted)Upgrade to restore access
API rate limit (429)Requests rejectedWait for Retry-After period, reduce request frequency
Zapier task limitZaps pausedUpgrade Zapier plan or reduce trigger frequency
Workspace seat limitCan't add usersPurchase additional seats or remove inactive users

Plan Selection Guide

ScenarioRecommended Plan
Trying Granola (< 25 meetings)Basic (Free)
Individual user, needs integrationsBusiness ($14/mo)
Team of 2-10, shared folders + CRMBusiness ($14/user/mo)
10+ users, SSO/SCIM requiredEnterprise ($35+/user/mo)
Regulated industry (SOC 2, GDPR)Enterprise
API access for custom workflowsBusiness (basic) or Enterprise (full)
Show full SKILL.md (266 more words)Show less

Billing Details

  • Annual billing: Save 10-15% vs monthly
  • Prorated upgrades: Upgrade mid-cycle, pay difference
  • Seat management: Add/remove seats in Settings > Team
  • No per-minute charges: Granola does not charge by meeting duration or transcription minutes

Error Handling

ErrorCauseFix
"Meeting limit reached"Free plan exhausted (25 lifetime)Upgrade to Business
"Subscription expired"Payment method failedUpdate payment in Settings > Billing
API 429 responseRate limit exceededImplement exponential backoff, reduce request frequency
"Feature not available"Feature requires higher planCheck plan comparison above and upgrade

Prerequisites

  • An approved request budget, observed response-header baseline, and a sandbox workload using fictional meeting metadata only.
  • A bounded queue, idempotency key for write-like actions, and a reviewed recovery path for exhausted work.

Instructions

  1. Classify calls by integration and operation, then apply per-scope concurrency limits before dispatch.
  2. Honor server retry guidance when present; otherwise use bounded exponential backoff with jitter and a maximum attempt count.
  3. Never replay task creation or external notification without an idempotency key, and defer nonessential work before backlog threatens freshness.
  4. Monitor aggregate limited/deferred counts and synthetic canary success, tuning one scope at a time with rollback.
  5. Send exhausted work to reviewed recovery rather than silently dropping or duplicating action items.

Output

Return an aggregate rate-limit receipt with scope, requested/limited/deferred counts, retry revision, idempotency state, queue health, canary result, and rollback reference. Do not include meeting content or credentials.

Examples

scope=sandbox-actions; requested=100; limited=3; deferred=3; retry=v2; idempotent=pass; queue=healthy; rollback=limits-r7 proves bounded handling.

Resources

Next Steps

Proceed to granola-security-basics for security and compliance configuration.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/.curated/granola-rate-limits of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287

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Questions about Granola Rate Limits

What does Granola Rate Limits do?

Understand Granola plan limits, usage quotas, and API rate limiting. Granola Rate Limits is an agent skill from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace. Understand Granola plan limits, usage quotas, and API rate limiting.

When should I use Granola Rate Limits?

Granola Rate Limits fits situations like: hitting meeting limits; choosing between plans; managing Enterprise API rate limits.

How do I install Granola Rate Limits in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill granola-rate-limits -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/granola-rate-limits in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/granola-rate-limits in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Granola Rate Limits in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill granola-rate-limits -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/.curated/granola-rate-limits in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/granola-rate-limits in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Granola Rate Limits in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace --skill granola-rate-limits -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/granola-rate-limits, .gemini/skills/granola-rate-limits, .github/skills/granola-rate-limits and .opencode/skills/granola-rate-limits in your project.

What does Granola Rate Limits need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Granola Rate Limits needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl) and credentials named GRANOLA_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in GRANOLA_API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code.

Does Granola Rate Limits access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: api.granola.ai; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: granola.ai and docs.granola.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Granola Rate Limits safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Granola Rate Limits use?

Granola Rate Limits is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Granola Rate Limits use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Granola Rate Limits?

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Who maintains Granola Rate Limits?

jeremylongshore (a GitHub user) maintains it in jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, which has 2,827 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3,342 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.