Ask Q about your day.
Q knows your tasks, classes and imported events, so it can find the gap before climbing club, catch the pset due at midnight, and tell you what to start first.
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The planner you talk to.
Press ⌥Space anywhere on your Mac, say what just came up, and Cue puts it on your day. Built for college students. Free.
Three things due. One in a syllabus, one on Canvas, one you heard in lecture.
Planners want you to stop and file things. Cue wants one sentence, the moment it comes up. It does the filing, sorts the day by what’s due first, and stays quiet until something actually needs you.
A Wednesday with Cue
Calm, right up to the deadline.
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Check it off.
One click and the row settles into the day’s done pile. Nothing to file, nothing to drag. ⌘Z brings it back.
Today 3 left
- Physics pre-lab
- Read ch. 6 for Psych
- Email TA about regrade
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A nudge, before it’s late.
When a deadline needs more time than you have free, Cue says so once, in one word and one sentence. No red walls, no countdowns. Then it offers the next step.
Econ problem set 3This needs about 3 hours, and you have 2 free before it’s due. Start now?
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Wrap up in a minute.
A short evening pass: what got done, what moves to tomorrow. Then Q turns the lights down and so can you.
Nice work today.
- done
- 4
- focused
- 1h 40m
- moves to Thu
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Writing seminar draft
Now you try.
Type something that’s coming up, or tap an example. It runs right here in your browser.
This is Cue’s capture bar.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type leaves this page; if you use the mic, your browser’s own speech service turns it into text.
This is Q. It keeps your week.
Q changes face with what Cue is doing: a smile while it waits, all ears while the mic is on, a glance up while it works out what you meant. It also lives in your menu bar, next to your next event.
Features
It hears you right.
Cue writes down what you say as you say it. If you say yes to the voice model, it listens once more with a Whisper model that runs entirely on your Mac and fixes the words. Your audio never leaves for that second listen.
Brings in what you already have.
Paste your Canvas feed and every assignment shows up with its due date. Google and Apple Calendar events come in, and changes you confirm go back out. Drop in a syllabus PDF and pick the deadlines you want.
Plan your week by talking.
Say how much time something deserves. Cue finds the free hours between your classes and events, lays out the sessions, and shows them to you first. Nothing is added until you say so.
Also in the box
- Fast
- A built-in rules parser, no AI, files everyday phrases instantly.
- At risk
- Flags deadlines that need more work than your free time allows.
- Focus
- A timer from any task: 25 on, 5 off.
- Wrap-up
- A 60-second evening pass: what’s left, what moves.
- Week in review
- What you finished, where time went, how estimates held.
- Repeats
- “Gym every Monday at 6” makes the next one.
- Reminders
- “Remind me in twenty minutes.” At most two nudges a day.
- Menu bar
- Q, your next event and today’s list, one click away.
- Two Macs
- Get a pairing code in Settings → Account and use your account on another Mac.
- Places sync
- A task’s location follows it to your other Mac.
- Plain-English help
- When something goes wrong, Cue says what and what to try, not an error code.
- Keyboard-first
- ⌥Space anywhere, ⌘K to jump, ⌘Z to undo.
Install in a minute.
Cue isn’t notarized by Apple yet, so the first launch takes one extra stop in System Settings. After that it opens like any other app.
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Download and unzip
Get Cue-mac.zip and double-click it.
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Drag Cue to Applications
Move Cue.app into your Applications folder.
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Open it once, then Open Anyway
Open Cue and close the alert. In System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, click Open Anyway next to Cue and confirm.
On macOS 15 and later, right-click → Open no longer skips this check.
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Say hi to Q
Type your first name to create your account, then press ⌥Space. Allow the microphone if you want to talk.
Where your data goes.
Read the full privacy noticeThe second listen stays on your Mac.
The Whisper model that fixes what you said runs locally and never sends audio anywhere. Live speech-to-text uses Apple’s on-device recognition when your Mac supports it, and Apple’s servers when it doesn’t. Only text reaches Cue.
Your tasks sync to Cue’s server.
What you type or say, and the tasks it becomes, are stored on Cue’s server so your list and Q’s answers work.
Sometimes a language model helps.
When the built-in parser isn’t sure, the text and some context (like task titles and courses) go to OpenAI’s API to work it out.
Export it or delete it.
Settings → Account has Export My Data and Delete Account. Deleting erases your account and its data from Cue’s server right away.
FAQ
Yes. Download it, type your first name, and you’re in. No invite, no credit card, nothing to buy.
A Mac on macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later, Apple silicon or Intel. The on-device voice fixer is optional and needs an Apple silicon Mac; setup asks before it downloads the 480 MB model.
Cue isn’t notarized by Apple yet. Open it once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. The install guide walks through it.
No. The mic is only on while the capture bar is open, and you can click the mic to turn it off. Start typing and it stops listening.
Google Calendar, Apple Calendar (including accounts you’ve added to the Calendar app), and Canvas through its calendar feed link. You can also paste or drop in a syllabus.
Yes, for syncing and for Q’s answers. Cue’s server does the understanding, so an internet connection is part of the deal for now. If you’re offline, what you capture is added on your Mac and syncs when you’re back.
Not yet. Mac first, iPhone later.
In the app, use Help → Send Feedback. Or open an issue on GitHub.
Yes. On the Mac that has your account, open Settings → Account → Use Cue on another Mac to get a pairing code. On the new Mac, choose “Already have an account? Enter a pairing code.” The code works once and expires after 10 minutes.
Partly. With no connection, what you capture is saved on your Mac and syncs later. Q can’t answer questions until you’re back online.
Quit Cue, then drag Cue.app from Applications to the Trash. To erase your account and its data from Cue’s server too, choose Delete Account in Settings → Account first.
The help page covers install, pairing and updates. You can also reach us from Help → Contact Support in the app.