This policy explains what Cue ("Cue", "the app") does and does not do with your information. It is written in plain language.
Information we collect
Cue does not collect personal data. There is no account and no sign-in, and the developer does not receive, store, or retain information about you. Some data is used only on your device:
- Cue's memory: the people you write to, how each of them tends to write, and the facts about your own life and schedule that Cue has picked up or that you have added
- Your actions and settings: the custom actions you write, their models and shortcuts, and your preferences
- Your API key for the AI provider you chose, held in the macOS Keychain
These are ordinary files in the app's own folder in your Library, plus one Keychain item. You can browse the memory, edit it, delete a single entry, or clear all of it at any time.
How Cue reads the conversation
Cue's whole job is to write something that fits the conversation you are in, which is why macOS asks you to grant Accessibility access. That reading happens locally, on demand:
- Cue asks macOS, through the Accessibility API, for the text already on screen in the app you are using: the name of the person you are writing to, the recent visible messages, and your draft. There are no screenshots and no capture of your screen.
- What it read is shown to you in the panel, so you can check it before anything is sent.
- Cue refuses secure password fields outright. The panel will not even open over one.
- Cue is not a keylogger. It does not record what you type, and it reads nothing until you press one of its two shortcuts.
What Cue remembers, and what it does not
Cue keeps a memory so that a promise you made in one conversation is known in the next one. It is deliberately one-directional: only your own facts travel between conversations. What another person told you stays in that person's conversation and is never repeated to someone else. Everything Cue holds is visible in the memory browser inside the app, in plain words, and any line can be edited or removed.
What Cue does not do
- No accounts and no sign-in
- No advertising
- No analytics, telemetry, or tracking
- No server of ours, and no sync of your memory anywhere
- Nothing sold or shared, ever, and nothing used to train a model
The AI provider you choose
Cue has no AI of its own. You supply a key for a provider you already trust, such as Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google Gemini, or point Cue at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or run a model locally with Ollama. When you run an action, the request goes directly from your Mac to that provider over HTTPS, never through us. It carries only what is needed for that one action: the context read from the app, the relevant part of Cue's memory, and your instruction. That provider's own privacy policy and data-retention terms then apply to that request, so it is worth reading theirs. If you choose a local model, no request leaves your Mac at all.
Permissions
Cue asks for one macOS permission, and it only enables the feature:
- Accessibility lets Cue read the conversation you are replying to, and write the finished reply back into the field you were typing in.
If you do not grant it, Cue still opens; the writing features simply stay off until you do. You can revoke it at any time in System Settings.
Third-party services
None beyond the AI provider you choose and configure yourself. Cue has no third-party SDKs, no advertising or analytics services, and no hosted backend of its own.
Data retention
Because the developer never receives your data, there is nothing for the developer to retain. Cue's memory, your actions, and your settings remain on your device until you remove them or uninstall the app.
Your choices
You control the permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security, and you can change or revoke it whenever you like. Inside the app you can browse and edit everything Cue remembers, delete any entry, clear the memory entirely, remove your API key, and switch to a fully local model. Denying a permission only disables the related feature; the rest of the app keeps working.
Children's privacy
Cue is a general-audience utility. It does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the date above will be updated. Material changes will appear here before they take effect.
Contact
If you have any questions about this policy or your data, please write to support@appsbymo.app.