This article provides ready-to-use prompts organized by product. Copy any prompt as a starting point and adjust it to match your specific use case.
Prompts Are Starting Points, Not Scripts
Every prompt here is a template. Replace bracketed placeholders like [opening name] or [location] with your actual details, and add any additional context that will help Cue scope its response correctly.
Hire
Find and Review Applicants
Prompt | When to use it |
"Show me applicants in [opening name] who are in [stage name]." | Find candidates in a specific opening and stage without manually filtering. |
"How are my openings performing in the last month?" | Get a pipeline health summary across all openings, with bottlenecks and top performers called out. |
"Why did our conversion drop in the last two weeks for [opening name]? Give the most likely causes and what to check next." | Diagnose a conversion drop quickly and get a prioritized list of next steps. |
"Show funnel conversion and time-in-stage for the past month, and flag the biggest drops." | See where candidates are slowing down or falling out of the funnel. |
"How many candidates have applied today?" | Check applicant volume for the current day across your openings. |
Move and Manage Applicants
Prompt | When to use it |
"Move everyone in 'Phone Screen' to 'Interview' and use reason 'Passed screen' where required." | Bulk advance candidates after completing screens, with required reasons applied consistently. |
"Can you change the screening option for openings in [state] that asks for age minimum to [age] years old?" | Bulk update openings across a state quickly when laws or requirements change. |
Message Candidates
Prompt | When to use it |
"Message all candidates in stage 'Offer' who have not responded in 3 days. Draft the message first." | Re-engage stalled offers with bulk outreach while keeping a review step before sending. |
"Draft a message to every applicant who applied this week and hasn't heard back." | Keep applicants warm with timely outreach to new applicants who haven't been contacted. |
"Create an SMS campaign for the stalled applicants on [opening name]. Offer a [$X] bonus. Add a follow-up email sequence." | Launch a re-engagement campaign with an incentive and a multi-step follow-up sequence. |
Hire Go
Schedule Interviews
Prompt | When to use it |
"Create recurring availability for our interview team: weekdays 9–11am for the next 8 weeks." | Open up a block of interview slots quickly so candidates can book without manual coordination. |
"We need a Review stage and Scheduler for Hire Go. What do I need to configure, and what should I validate after?" | Get step-by-step setup guidance for scheduling with a validation checklist to confirm everything is configured correctly. |
Source
Manage Campaigns
Prompt | When to use it |
"For [opening name], increase the campaign budget by 20% and extend the duration by 2 weeks. Show before/after and expected impact." | Adjust a live campaign quickly and see exactly what changed and how it affects pacing. |
"Enable Source for us and guide me through the settings you need (budget, duration, goals, mappings)." | Walk through first-time Source setup with guided inputs and confirmation of what needs to be true before launch. |
"This opening is At Risk. Tell me why, using the numbers, and give the top 3 actions to get back on track." | Understand the drivers behind an At Risk status and get the highest-impact actions to recover. |
Understand Sourcing Performance
Prompt | When to use it |
"Show cost per apply and applies by channel this month, and recommend where to reallocate budget." | See which channels are performing and get a recommendation on where to shift spend. |
"Explain the opening status on my Source dashboard. What does 'At Risk' mean for this opening?" | Clarify what a status label means and what inputs are driving it. |
Pool
Build Audiences and Campaigns
Prompt | When to use it |
"Draft an audience for re-engaging applicants who started but did not finish an application in the last 14 days." | Create a re-engagement audience from plain language without building filters manually. |
"Which openings are struggling and would benefit most from a Pool campaign?" | Identify where Pool investment would have the highest impact before launching a campaign. |
Onboard
Set Up Flows
Prompt | When to use it |
"Create a draft onboarding flow for [role type]. Include a signature task and flag anything that requires I-9 Center." | Draft a new onboarding flow with document signing included and I-9 dependencies called out upfront. |
Track Onboarding Progress
Prompt | When to use it |
"How many workers are in progress vs not started, by onboarding flow?" | See where workers stand across each flow without pulling a manual report. |
"Where are the longest steps and biggest drop-offs in onboarding flows?" | Identify which steps are slowing workers down or causing them to fall off. |
"What percent of workers are ready for Day 1 (completed all preboarding before start date)?" | Track how many workers have finished everything required before their start date. |
"How long does it take from hire to onboarding completion?" | Measure end-to-end onboarding speed and identify where time is being lost. |
Compliance
Manage Compliance Requirements
Prompt | When to use it |
"Create and assign compliance requirements for our new role type. Tell me what you need and show a checklist to validate after." | Set up requirements for a new worker type with a post-setup checklist to confirm everything is in place. |
"Can you change the screening option for openings in [state] that asks for age minimum to [age] years old?" | Update openings in bulk when state law changes require a configuration adjustment. |
I-9 Center
Configure I-9
Prompt | When to use it |
"Set up I-9. Tell me what prerequisites are missing and what needs to be true before we are ready." | Identify gaps before attempting to go live and get a clear readiness checklist. |
"Skip E-Verify in [state(s)]. Use multi EIN setup." | Configure I-9 policies for multi-state or multi-entity operations where requirements differ. |
Shift
Manage Shifts and Schedules
Prompt | When to use it |
"Retrieve all unassigned shifts for this week and assign them to the right people." | Fill open shifts quickly based on the existing team schedule without manual lookups. |
"Create shifts for next week (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm) for [location], then assign them to the existing team schedule." | Create and staff a standard week of shifts in a single step. |
"Show fill rate, unassigned shifts, and late changes for the last two weeks. Summarize trends and top drivers." | Get a scheduling health summary and understand what is driving coverage problems. |
Platform
Account and Product Setup
Prompt | When to use it |
"Set up my account to start hiring." | Walk through end-to-end account setup across all relevant products with guided defaults. |
"Help me create a hiring and onboarding plan for my new store in [city]." | Build a multi-product launch plan for a new location, covering hiring, onboarding, and compliance needs. |
