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Visualize Information with Cue

Learn how to use Cue to turn Fountain data and workflows into diagrams, charts, reports, and downloadable files that are easier to understand and share.

Cue makes it simple to turn complex information into a visual. Tell Cue what you want to understand, add the relevant scope, and ask for a diagram, chart, or downloadable report.


Create a Visual in Three Steps

  1. Describe the goal. What should the visual help someone understand?

  2. Add the scope. Include the opening, workflow, location, audience, or time frame.

  3. Choose an output—or let Cue choose. Ask for a diagram, chart, PDF, presentation, spreadsheet, or shareable report.

Not sure which format to use?

Add: “Choose the clearest visual for this information.”


What Cue Can Create

Use case

Suggested visual

Explain stages, rules, or handoffs

Workflow diagram or flowchart

Compare locations, sources, or openings

Bar or column chart

Show change over time

Line or trend chart

Show movement through stages

Funnel or stage-flow visual

Summarize several findings

PDF, presentation, or shareable report

Work with the underlying data

Excel workbook


Work with the diagram

Cue may ask which opening or workflow you want to use. After it generates the diagram, you can:

  • Switch between Diagram and Source views.

  • Expand the diagram and use the zoom controls to inspect a complex workflow.

  • Download the Mermaid source, SVG, PNG, or PDF—or copy the source to use in another compatible tool.

  • Review the legend to understand how colors represent automated, manual, rejected, on-hold, or hired stages.

  • Review Cue’s notes about what is confirmed by the workflow rules and what it inferred.

  • Ask Cue to correct, simplify, recolor, or explain the diagram in the same conversation.

Work with the chart

  • Switch between available chart styles, such as bar, line, area, tick, square, or rule.

  • Hover over a data point to see its date, value, and metric.

  • Expand the chart for a larger view or download it.

  • Ask Cue to change the chart type, date range, grouping, labels, or metrics.


Prompts to Try

Copy a prompt and replace the bracketed details with your information.

Workflow diagrams

  • “Create a color-coded diagram of the [opening name] workflow. Show automated stages, manual stages, and rejection paths in different colors.”

  • “Visualize this opening’s applicant journey from application through hire. Include the main conditional branches and label each automated action.”

  • “Turn this onboarding flow into a simple training diagram with numbered steps and a legend.”

  • “Create a simplified version of this workflow for an executive audience. Show only the main path and important exceptions.”

  • “Compare the current workflow with the proposed workflow and highlight what will change.”

Charts and data visuals

  • “Show weekly applications and hires for the last 12 weeks as a trend chart. Summarize the three most important changes.”

  • “Create a bar chart comparing application-to-hire conversion by location this quarter.”

  • “Visualize the applicant funnel for [opening name] for the last 30 days. Include conversion between stages.”

  • “Show average time-in-stage by stage and highlight the three largest bottlenecks.”

  • “Compare applicant volume, hires, and conversion by source. Choose the clearest chart for the comparison.”

  • “Create a visual showing onboarding completion by location and flag the locations that need attention.”

  • “Show fill rate, unassigned shifts, and no-shows by site for the last four weeks.”

Reports and downloadable outputs

  • “Create a one-page PDF showing our five most important hiring metrics, the trend for each, and the recommended next action.”

  • “Build a customer-ready presentation explaining the current workflow, performance bottlenecks, and proposed improvements.”

  • “Create a shareable hiring performance report for [time period]. Include an executive summary, funnel visualization, location comparison, and top three recommendations.”

  • “Give me the chart and the underlying data in an Excel workbook.”


Refine the Result

The first visual can be a draft. Continue in the same conversation with simple follow-ups:

  • “Make the labels shorter.”

  • “Simplify this visual.”

  • “Use different colors for automated and manual steps.”

  • “Add a title, legend, and date range.”

  • “Break the results down by location.”

  • “Use a table instead of a chart.”

  • “Make this customer-ready.”

  • “Also provide this as a PDF.”

Cue retains the conversation context, so you do not need to repeat the original request.


Best Practices

  • Keep one main question per visual. Use a report or presentation when you need to answer several questions.

  • Be specific about scope. Name the opening, location, workflow, population, and time frame when relevant.

  • Describe the audience. Ask for more detail for operators, fewer takeaways for executives, or numbered steps for training.

  • Ask for the insight. Add “summarize the key takeaways” or “tell me what to investigate next.”

  • Review before sharing. Confirm the data, filters, labels, date range, and metric definitions.

Cue works within your Fountain role and permissions. It can only use information you are allowed to access. If a visual is too complex, ask Cue to simplify it or focus on the main path, categories, or time period.

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