Which AI notetakers have an MCP server for Cursor?

Short answer: Granola, Fireflies, Otter, Fathom, tl;dv, Read AI, Krisp, Circleback and Reline all run an official remote MCP server. Granola, Fireflies, Read AI, Krisp, Circleback and Reline name Cursor on their own pages, and Reline has a one-click Add to Cursor button. The others connect by pasting their server URL into Cursor, which signs you in with OAuth.

The differences that matter are below the surface: whether the server can write or only read, whether transcripts are included or held back for paid plans, and whether you need an admin to switch it on. The table compares all nine from their own pages, then the guide walks through the Cursor setup step by step, followed by Claude, ChatGPT and the other clients.

Checked on 2026-10-23 on each vendor's own pages: docs.granola.ai, docs.fireflies.ai, otter.ai, help.fathom.video and developers.fathom.ai, the tl;dv blog, support.read.ai, help.krisp.ai and circleback.ai/docs. "No plan named" means the vendor page we read does not say; check their pricing page before you buy. Every server signs you in with OAuth in the browser. Fireflies and Reline also accept an API key as a bearer token, and Granola says there is no API key path for MCP.

• Transcripts or only summaries. Granola keeps transcripts over MCP for paid plans, and its admins can turn them off. If you want Cursor to read what was actually said in a spec call, check this first.
• Write tools. Fireflies, Krisp, Circleback and Read AI can change data, including sharing a meeting or sending a notetaker to a call. That is useful, and it is also why your client should ask before every write.
• Admin switches. Granola Enterprise, Fathom in Claude organizations and Read AI workspaces all need an admin step before members can connect.
• How you capture the meeting. Fireflies, Otter, Fathom, tl;dv and Read AI are known for a bot that joins the call; Granola, Krisp and Reline record from your computer without one. The MCP server only reads what was captured.

1. In Reline, open Settings, then Connectors, and pick Cursor. Click Add to Cursor. Cursor opens and offers to install the server named reline.
2. Or add it by hand: put { "mcpServers": { "reline": { "url": "https://mcp.reline.so/mcp" } } } in ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or in .cursor/mcp.json inside one repo.
3. Cursor opens a browser window to sign in. Sign in with your Reline account and pick the workspaces Cursor may reach.
4. Open the Agent chat and ask about a meeting, for example: "Read yesterday's spec call and list the requirements we agreed on." Cursor shows each Reline tool it calls.

Prefer a key over a browser sign-in, for a shared machine or a script? Create a workspace API key in Reline and add a headers entry with "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:RELINE_API_KEY}" next to the url. Cursor reads the variable from your shell, so the key never sits in the repo.

• Search across your notes and open the one it finds.
• Read a transcript with speaker separation, by time range or by speaker.
• List meetings, folders, people, calendar events and action items, and mark an action item done.
• Create notes and folders, add to the top or bottom of a note, and retitle it.
• Book a meeting on your Reline calendar. It does not touch Google Calendar or Outlook and never emails an invite.
• Count notes that match a filter, against what your account can actually see.

1. In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, and search for Reline. It is listed as a Community connector.
2. Click Connect. Claude reminds you that Community connectors have not been reviewed in depth. On Team and Enterprise plans, an owner adds Reline for the organization first, then each member connects with their own account.
3. Sign in with your Reline account and pick the workspaces the assistant may reach.
4. In a chat, open + and then Connectors to check Reline is on, then ask about a meeting.

To add Reline by hand instead, choose Add custom connector under Customize, then Connectors, and paste https://mcp.reline.so/mcp as the server URL.

On the ChatGPT web app, open Plugins, click +, choose Add custom MCP server, paste https://mcp.reline.so/mcp, choose Create as a plugin and install it. Developer mode is no longer needed. As of October 2026, OpenAI's help article says full custom MCP servers are available on Business, Enterprise and Edu (on Business only admins and owners can add one), Pro gets read and fetch only, and Plus is not listed. ChatGPT may ask you to confirm before a write. Fathom, Circleback and Read AI also ship their own ChatGPT apps.

The Reline settings page under Connectors shows the same snippets with a copy button, so you never have to retype the address.

• "Read the transcript of today's spec call and turn the decisions into a checklist in TODO.md." (Cursor)
• "What did we decide about pricing across the last three calls with Acme? Name the notes."
• "List every open action item from this week's meetings, grouped by owner."
• "Which meetings in the last month mentioned churn? One line per meeting with a link."
• "Create a note called Q4 hiring plan in the Leadership folder with these five bullets."

Each Reline tool result carries a link to the note. Build the habit: read the answer, open the note, and if a number or a promise matters, press play on that transcript line. Reline keeps the audio with the note, so the check takes seconds.

Consent is per workspace and per connection. You choose which workspaces the assistant may reach when you connect. It sees exactly what your account sees, nothing more, so other members' private notes stay private. Every connection is listed in Reline under Settings, Connectors, and you can revoke one at any time. If you connect from two devices you get two connections, and revoking one leaves the other working.

• The assistant's answer is only as good as the transcript underneath it. A number in an answer is a pointer, not a fact, until you have opened the note.
• Search works across notes and summaries. For a specific line, the assistant opens that note's transcript rather than searching every transcript at once.
• Long lists page. A short page does not mean the end, only a null cursor does. Good clients handle this for you.
• Custom MCP servers in ChatGPT are web only at the time of writing.