Cue explained

What Cue does with your documents,
and what you get out of it.

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The problem

A building is thousands of files

Search finds words, not things

GU-Vertrag_Lindenhof.pdfGeneral contractor agreement · 80 pages

Generalunternehmer: Nordbau AG

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docxSite meeting minutes

NORDBAU AG. bestätigt den Termin

RE: Brandschutztüren 2. OG.emlEmail

Gruss, Nordbau Projektleitung

Raumbuch_Haus_A.xlsxRoom schedule

2.40 · Büro · 24,6 m²

LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012.dwgFloor plan · CAD

Tür T-2.40.1 · EI30

LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012.pdfPlotted drawing set

Raum 2.40 · 2. OG

Lindenhof_ARC.ifcArchitectural model

IfcSpace “2.40”

Raumbuch_Haus_B.xlsxRoom schedule

2.40 · Lager · 11,2 m²

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdfLease agreement · scan

Tenant: Café Morgenrot GmbH

TDD_Report_Lindenhof.pdfTechnical due diligence

Unit EG-A-01, Cafe Morgenrot

Türliste_Haus_A.pdfDoor schedule

Frist 2026-04-12

Inspection_report_roof.pdfInspection report

Inspected on 12.04.2026

Nordbau

GU-Vertrag_Lindenhof.pdf

… Generalunternehmer: Nordbau AG …

Jahresbericht_Nordbau_Immobilien.pdf

… Nordbau Immobilien GmbH, Verwaltung …

a different company

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docx

… NORDBAU AG. bestätigt …

the same one?

Matches for a word. Not one company, one room or one tenant.

The promise

Cue reads everything

Your documents

Contracts, leasesPDF · scans

DrawingsDWG · PDF

ModelsIFC

Minutes, emailsDOCX · EML · XLSX

Things they are about

Nordbau AG Room 2.40 Door T-2.40.1 Café Morgenrot GmbH Unit EG-A-01

Every mention connected

Cue Index one connected index of the whole project

Askin the AI assistant you already use

Buildapps on top of the index

Stop searching. Start asking.

The running example

Lindenhof

Mixed-use, 1990s. Two wings. Being refurbished and extended.

Haus A

Haus B

flats

offices

shops

extension

Helix Real Estate FundOwner

Anna KellerPortfolio manager

Nordbau AGGeneral contractor, refurbishment

Café Morgenrot GmbHTenant, ground floor Haus A, unit EG-A-01

Kessler Consulting AGTenant, offices Haus B

Residential tenantsFlats in both wings

1Create2Define3Upload4Ask+Build

1Create a project

A project in the Cue portal

ProjectsHelix Real Estate Fund

New project

Name

Lindenhof

Working languages

Deutsch English FrançaisItaliano

Location (optional)

Pin set on map

Create project

1Create a project

Everything is scoped to the project

LindenhofDE · EN

one construction project or one asset in a portfolio

Documentswhat you upload

Vocabularywhat Cue looks for

Indexwhat Cue builds

A vocabulary can be copied from another project.

Cue asks first

What should Cue look for here?

Next: Cue Tuner

2Tell Cue what matters · Cue Tuner

You decide what counts as a thing

Cue TunerLindenhof · vocabulary

CategoryKnown values

OrganisationNordbau AGHelix Real Estate Fund…

PersonAnna Keller…

Room2.402.41…

DoorT-2.40.1…

Project phaseFeasibilityConceptTender…

DisciplineARCTWPHLKELE

Three ways to build it

1

Use the standard templateready-made catalogues

2

Tailor it with your classificationyour numbering scheme

3

Tailor it from examplesfiles, or a description

2Route 1 · The standard template

Ready-made catalogues from QAECY

General

PeopleOrganisationsAddressesDatesEmailsPhone numbersProject IDsFile references

Construction process

ActivitiesCost itemsDurationsEquipmentMaterialsSchedulesDisciplinesProject phases

Contract

ContractsContract conditionsObligationsContract roles

Design

BuildingsStoreysRoomsUnitsWallsDoorsWindowsSlabsStairsFaçadesDrawing sheetsScalesDrawing typesRevisionsDesign statuses

Use standard template

about 0 categories

ready in one click

PRELOADED · PROJECT PHASES

FeasibilityConceptPreliminaryDetailed designTenderConstructionHandoverOperation

PRELOADED · DESIGN STATUSES

DraftFor reviewFor approvalFor constructionAs builtSuperseded

RECOGNISED ON ITS OWN · ABOUT 46 DOCUMENT TYPES

Construction contractLease agreementDue diligence reportInspection reportMaintenance logRequirements documentArchitectural design document…

2Route 2 · Your classification

Your numbering becomes vocabulary

LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012

AssetLHLindenhof

WingAHaus AA · B

DisciplineARCArchitectureARC · TWP · HLK · ELE

Storey022nd floor00 · 01 · 02 · 03 · 04

Document typeGRFloor plan
GrundrissGR · SN · AN · DT

Number0012running number

Previewnothing applied yetApply

LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012.pdffile nameHaus AArchitecture2nd floorFloor plan

LH-B-HLK-01-SN-0003.dwgfile nameHaus BHVAC1st floorSection

Scan_0419.pdfin the textHaus AArchitecture2nd floorFloor plan

Notizen_Begehung.docxno code found

2Route 3 · From examples or a description

Cue proposes what to track

A few typical files

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdflease

Mietvertrag_Kessler_Consulting.pdflease

TDD_Report_Lindenhof.pdfdue diligence

or describe your work

AK

“We manage leases and technical due diligence for a portfolio of commercial and residential buildings.”

Proposed categoriesreview before anything is added

Organisationfrom catalogue

Personfrom catalogue

Datefrom catalogue

Obligationfrom catalogue

Tenantsuggested

Rental unitsuggested

Net rentsuggested

Notice periodsuggested

Lease startsuggested

2Route 3 · From example files

From a model, or a register

Lindenhof_ARC.ifc

This model contains

SpacesIfcSpace184

DoorsIfcDoor212

WindowsIfcWindow388

WallsIfcWall1 046

SlabsIfcSlab14

StairsIfcStair6

Dokumentenregister.xlsx

A category for each column

DokumentnummerDocument number

StatusDesign status

RevisionRevision

DokumenttypDocument type

GeschossStorey

11 proposals Review one by oneAccept all

Nothing is added silently.

2Cue Tuner · Value lists

Three kinds of value list

Open

Cue discovers new values as it reads.

Organisation

Nordbau AG new Helix Real Estate Fund new Café Morgenrot GmbH new Kessler Consulting AG new

Seeded

Starts from a known list that can grow.

Project phase

FeasibilityConceptPreliminaryDetailed designTenderConstructionHandoverOperation+ can grow

Closed

Only the listed values are allowed.

Discipline

ARC ArchitekturTWP TragwerksplanungHLK Heizung, Lüftung, KlimaELE Elektro

2Cue Tuner · Languages and change

Your words, in every working language

Room

Raum DEZimmer DERoom EN

Floor plan value of Document type

Grundriss DEGR code

Rental unitin use · data tagged

Structurekind of value list, how it relates

locked

Wordingname, description, alternative names

editable

Mietobjekt DEalternative name added

The vocabulary grows. What is already indexed keeps working.

3Upload documents

What Cue does with every document

Arrivalfiles come in, each identified by its content

Readingevery format read the way that suits it

Understandingwhat kind of document, and what it is about

Extractionthe things on each page, and how they relate

Connectionevery mention of the same thing, joined

Cue Indexone connected index of the project

3Arrival

Files arrive

Drop files herePDF · DOCX · XLSX · PPTX · EML · DWG · DXF · IFC

GU-Vertrag_Lindenhof.pdf80 pages

Lindenhof_ARC.ifcmodel

Sync from your document management systemfiles come in from your DMS

/Projekt/02_Verträge/GU-Vertrag_Lindenhof.pdf

/Archiv/2025/Nordbau/Vertrag_final.pdf

One documentsame content · two locations

Document register from your DMS

DOKUMENTNUMMER	STATUS	REVISION	DOKUMENTTYP
LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012	Freigegeben	C	Grundriss

LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012.pdfStatus: FreigegebenRev. CFloor plan

3Arrival · Where your data lives

Processed and stored in Switzerland

Zürich, Switzerlandby default, for processing and storage

Default

Other hosting locationsQAECY is flexible about supporting them

Flexible

Fully on-premisesa version that runs on your own infrastructure

In development

3Reading

Every page, looked at

1 2 3 4 5

An AI model that can see

headingLease agreement for commercial premises

paragraphbetween Helix Real Estate Fund (the “Landlord”) and Café Morgenrot GmbH (the “Tenant”)

heading§ 1 Premises

paragraphThe Landlord lets to the Tenant unit EG-A-01 on the ground floor of Haus A …

table

Fläche / Area	m²
Verkaufsfläche / Sales area	86.0
Lager / Storage	14.5

paragraphSigned on 12.04.2026 …

Works forscanned leasesold plotted drawings

For the curious: a vision-language model transcribes each page image into structured text.

3Reading

Each format, read the way that suits it

Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Structured text. Each sheet or slide becomes a page.

Sheet 1
RaumbuchSheet 2
FlächenSlide 1Slide 2

Emails

Sender and recipients become facts of their own.

FromMarco Huber m.huber@nordbau.example

ToAnna Keller a.keller@helix-fund.example

CAD drawings · DWG, DXF

Every layout and viewport rendered. The drawing text read.

Layout · Grundriss 2. OG

Viewport · 1:50

BIM models · IFC

Every element and space, and how they sit inside each other. No guessing.

SiteLindenhofHaus A2. OGRaum 2.40Tür T-2.40.1

Every document becomes a set of pages. Every page stays traceable to its original file.

3Understanding

What kind of document is this?

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdf

14 pages

Technical due diligence report? General contractor agreement? Lease agreement

Summary

Lease of ground-floor unit EG-A-01 in Haus A, Lindenhof, from Helix Real Estate Fund to Café Morgenrot GmbH for café use.

Subject

Commercial lease, unit EG-A-01

Tags

leasecaféHaus Aground floor

The type narrows what to look for

Lease agreement

PartiesUnitsDatesObligations

Floor plan

RoomsDoorsDrawing information

3Extraction

What “extracting an entity” means

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdfpage 1 of 14

Lease agreement for commercial premises

between Helix Real Estate FundORGANISATION (the “Landlord”) and Café Morgenrot GmbHORGANISATION (the “Tenant”).

§ 1 Premises

The Landlord lets to the Tenant unit EG-A-01RENTAL UNIT on the ground floor of Haus ABUILDING, Lindenhof, for use as a café.

§ 9 Maintenance

The tenant shall maintain the grease separatorOBLIGATION and have it emptied at its own cost.

Signed on 12.04.2026DATE for the Landlord: Anna KellerPERSON

Recognised on this page

Helix Real Estate Fundlandlord

Café Morgenrot GmbHtenant

EG-A-01rental unit

Haus Abuilding

12.04.2026signing date

Anna Kellersigns for the landlord

Maintain the grease separatorobligation of the tenant

3Extraction

The same, on every page

Each highlight is a mention

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docxSeite 2

Baubesprechung Nr. 07 · Lindenhof

4.2 Brandschutztüren 2. OG, Haus A

Nordbau AGORGANISATION übernimmt die Nachrüstung der Tür T-2.40.1DOOR zu Raum 2.40ROOM. Feuerwiderstand EI30.

4.3 Termine

Tür T-2.40.1mention

CategoryDoorfrom your vocabulary

DescriptionFire door into room 2.40, to be retrofitted by Nordbau AG. Rated EI30.

Confidencehigh

SourceProtokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docx · page 2

For the curious: named-entity recognition, guided by the project's vocabulary.

3Extraction

Relations and properties, too

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdfpage 1

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docxpage 2

FIRE RATINGEI30

3Extraction

Cue never invents names

A document becomes things

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_08.docxSeite 1

Der Raum wird bis Freitag geräumt.

“The room will be cleared by Friday.”

an unnamed roomkept as it was written

Room 2.40never guessed

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdf14 pages

3Connection

From mentions to one thing

GU-Vertrag.pdf

Generalunternehmer:

Nordbau AG

RE: Türen.eml

Gruss,

Nordbau

Protokoll_07.docx

4.2 Brandschutztüren

NORDBAU AG.

Türliste_Haus_A.pdf

Verantwortlich:

Nordbau AG

Lindenhof_ARC.ifc

IfcActor

Nordbau AG, GU

Nordbau AGone entity · five documents · every mention points here

For the curious: this is entity resolution.

3Connection · How Cue decides

A ladder of checks

1

Tidy upnormalise

2

Find candidatesspelling · meaning · keyword

3

Weigh the evidencenames · meaning · neighbours · properties

4

AI judgeonly the unclear cases

simplest, cheapestmost careful

1 · Tidy up

NORDBAU AG.nordbau agNordbau AGnordbau ag

12. April 202612.04.20262026-04-12

12 April 2026one date · no judgement needed

2 · Find candidates

Cafe Morgenrot

Café Morgenrot GmbH

by spellingby meaningby keyword

3Connection · How Cue decides

Weigh the evidence. Ask a judge.

1

Tidy upnormalise

2

Find candidatesspelling · meaning · keyword

3

Weigh the evidencenames · meaning · neighbours · properties

4

AI judgeonly the unclear cases

simplest, cheapestmost careful

3 · Weigh the evidence

Nordbau AGvsNordbau Immobilien GmbH

Namessimilar

Meaningpartly

Neighbourscontract, doors · vs · property management

VAT numberCHE-101.234.567 · CHE-109.876.543differs

4 · AI judge, with context

“A property company is not the contractor that shares its brand.”

Kept apartFalse merge avoided

For the curious: blocking, similarity scoring over text and embeddings, graph context, then LLM adjudication.

3Connection · Context matters

Same number, different room

Room 2.40in Haus A

≠

Room 2.40in Haus B

Room 2.40≠Room 2.41numbers matter

“the room”never merged with anything

3Connection · Models, drawings, documents

Where they all meet

Lindenhof_ARC.ifc

IfcSpace · Name “2.40” · Haus A · 2. OG

Raumbuch_Haus_A.xlsx

2.40 | Büro | 24,6 m²

LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012.dwg

room tag “2.40” · layout Grundriss

LH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012.pdf

plotted drawing · “Raum 2.40”

Protokoll_07.docx

… Tür T-2.40.1 zu Raum 2.40 …

Room 2.40 · Haus Amodel element and five documents, about one room

3Connection · Relations lift up

Said once, known everywhere

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docxSeite 2

Nordbau AG übernimmt die Nachrüstung der Tür T-2.40.1 zu Raum 2.40.

is responsible for

3Connection

One connected picture of Lindenhof

Construction contractor, rooms, doors Ownership tenants, units, leases, findings

0 documents · 0 things · 0 connections

3Connection · People stay in charge

Merge, split, and a record of who did it

Merge

Kessler Consulting AG+Kessler Consulting

MergeKessler Consulting AG

Split

Anna Keller · A. Keller

SplitAnna KellerAndreas Keller

Decisions

Merged “Kessler Consulting” into Kessler Consulting AGAnna Keller · 14.05.2026, 09:12

Split Andreas Keller (Nordbau site manager) from Anna KellerLea Brunner · 15.05.2026, 16:40

3The Cue Index

One index, three kinds of question

What is connected to what?the connected map of documents, pages, things and relationships

What is this about?search by meaning, over summaries of documents, pages and things

Where is this word?classic full-text search

A complete, ordered history

1041document added · Protokoll_08.docx

1042pages read · 3

1043mentions extracted · 17

1044connected · Nordbau AG, Room 2.40

can always be rebuilt · new documents extend it

Added only when every step is done

ReadUnderstoodExtractedConnectedIn the index

For the curious: a knowledge graph (RDF, SPARQL), a vector index and a full-text index, built from an event log.

4Ask

In the AI assistant you already use

Your AI assistantfor example Claude or ChatGPT

CONNECTORS

Lindenhof

Ask anything about this project…

Askin the Cue portal

Copy the Cue connector
Add it to your assistant
Sign in, pick the project

Cue Agenta specialist agent with deep construction and real-estate expertise

Coming soon

4Ask · Portfolio manager

Your AI assistantCue · Lindenhof

AKWhich tenants in Lindenhof have maintenance obligations in their lease, and when were those leases signed?

Searching the index for tenants and leases

Found Tenant · Café Morgenrot GmbH, Kessler Consulting AG, residential tenants

Following rents → lease → obligation

Narrowing to maintenance obligations

Inspecting 3 source pages

TENANT	MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION	LEASE SIGNED	SOURCE
Café Morgenrot GmbH	Maintain the grease separator	12.04.2026	Lease §9 · p.1
Kessler Consulting AG	Service the kitchenette ventilation	03.09.2024	Mietvertrag §11 · p.6

The way a colleague would

Searchand find the entity

Followthe relations

Narrowthe result

Inspectthe source pages

It also sees the project's vocabulary: which categories and relations exist.

For the curious: the tools are search, lookup, traverse, combine, select and inspect.

4Ask · Project manager

Your AI assistantCue · Lindenhof

Which fire doors in Haus A is Nordbau AG responsible for, and where is that stated?

5 steps · search, follow, narrow, inspect

Nordbau AG is responsible for two fire doors in Haus A:

T-2.40.1 EI30 · into room 2.40
T-2.12.2 EI30 · into room 2.12

Stated in the site meeting minutes no. 07, § 4.2, and in the door schedule.

Protokoll_07 · p.2Türliste_Haus_A · p.1

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docx · p.2Türliste_Haus_A.pdf · p.1

4.2 Brandschutztüren 2. OG, Haus A

Nordbau AG übernimmt die Nachrüstung der Tür T-2.40.1 zu Raum 2.40. Feuerwiderstand EI30.

Nordbau AG übernimmt ebenso Tür T-2.12.2 zu Raum 2.12.

Open original · interactive viewer in the chat

Grounded in your project's real documents, not in the AI's memory.

4Ask · Other ways in

For developers, and in the portal

Cue SDK

Command-line tool

API keys

Files

GU-Vertrag_Lindenhof.pdfcontract

Protokoll_Baubesprechung_07.docxminutes

Lindenhof_ARC.ifcmodel

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdflease

How the categories connect

Entity viewer

Café Morgenrot GmbH

rentsEG-A-01

has obligationgrease separator

sourcesLease p.1TDD p.12

5Build · Cue Studio

Recurring questions become apps

Cue StudioLindenhofsigned in automatically

Document SearchReady-made by QAECY

Lease overviewBuilt with App Builder

Drawings as a modelExample · App Builder

Asset due-diligence reportExample · App Builder

New appdescribe it in the App Builder

5Build · App Builder

Describe the app. Cue builds it.

DESCRIBE YOUR APP

An overview of every lease in Lindenhof: the parties, the unit, the signing date and each party's obligations. Filter by tenant, obligation or expiry date. Link every row to its clause.

Reading Cue's data model and components

Writing the app

Testing its queries against Lindenhof's real data

Saved for Helix Real Estate Fund

Lease overviewBuilt with App Builder

Authors and admins can reopen it and change it.

5Cue Studio · Document Search

Document SearchReady-madeLindenhof

Wer muss den Fettabscheider warten?

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdfpage 1 · § 9 Maintenance

“The tenant shall maintain the grease separator …”

Wartungsprotokoll_Fettabscheider.xlsxsheet 1

Entleerung · Café Morgenrot GmbH

TDD_Report_Lindenhof.pdfpage 12

Grease separator, unit EG-A-01 …

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdfpage 1

§ 9 Maintenance

The tenant shall maintain the grease separator and have it emptied at its own cost.

5Cue Studio · Lease overview

Lease overviewBuilt with App BuilderLindenhof

TenantObligation: maintenanceExpiry before 2030

TENANT	UNIT	SIGNED	EXPIRES	OBLIGATIONS
Café Morgenrot GmbH	EG-A-01	12.04.2026	30.04.2036	Tenant grease separator · Landlord roof, façade	§ 9
Kessler Consulting AG	OG-B-03	03.09.2024	30.09.2029	Tenant kitchenette ventilation · Landlord lifts	§ 11
Residential · A-4.1	A-4.1	01.02.2023	open-ended	Tenant minor repairs	§ 6
Residential · B-4.2	B-4.2	15.06.2021	open-ended	Tenant minor repairs	§ 6

Lease_Cafe_Morgenrot.pdf · page 1

§ 9 Maintenance

The tenant shall maintain the grease separator and have it emptied at its own cost.

5Cue Studio · Drawings as a model

Drawings as a modelExample · Built with App BuilderLH-A-ARC-02-GR-0012.pdf · Haus A, 2. OG

Room 2.40 · Haus A

DrawingsGR-0012 · DWG GR-0012 · PDF

Room scheduleRaumbuch_Haus_A · 2.40 · Büro

MinutesProtokoll_07 · § 4.2

Model elementIfcSpace “2.40”

DoorT-2.40.1 · EI30 · Türliste_Haus_A · p.1

Drawing text became references to real things.

5Cue Studio · Asset due-diligence report

ASSET REPORT

Lindenhof

Helix Real Estate Fund · compiled from the Cue Index

Example · Built with App Builder

Leases and tenants

Commercial tenants Café Morgenrot GmbH (EG-A-01, signed 12.04.2026) and Kessler Consulting AG (OG-B-03). Residential flats in both wings. Lease p.1 Mietvertrag p.1

Technical condition

Roof membrane at the end of its service life; replacement recommended. Minor cracking on the façade of Haus B. TDD p.23 Inspection p.4

Maintenance history

Grease separator emptied every quarter, most recently on 12.03.2026. Wartungsprotokoll

Certificates

Fire-safety certificate for Haus A on file. Brandschutznachweis p.1

Open obligations

Nordbau AG to retrofit fire doors T-2.40.1 and T-2.12.2 by 12 April 2026. Protokoll_07 p.2

Every statement is linked to its source page.

5Build

Extraction gives you things

Connection gives you a network

Apps turn it into insight

and it stays current as new documents arrive

What's next

Sources beyond documents

Outlook · not yet available

In short

Four steps, and what you get

1 · CreateA project workspace

2 · DefineA vocabulary in your own language and classification

3 · UploadEvery document read, every thing recognised, every mention connectedthe source page always one click away

4 · Ask and buildAnswers in the assistant you already use, and apps that turn the index into insight

Stop searching. Start asking.

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