Access the Template Library
When you create a new signal, Clearcue opens the template library automatically. You can browse templates by category or search for a specific one.My Brand
Track who engages with your brand, founders, or thought leaders on social media. Add your own profiles as data sources.| Template | What it detects | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| Engagers | People who like or comment on your brand, founders, or thought leaders’ posts | Profile or Search |
| Commenters | People who leave comments on your brand, founders, or thought leaders’ posts | Profile or Search |
| Profile viewers | People who viewed your brand, founders, or thought leaders’ profile | Profile (requires your own connected profile) |
| Connections | New connection requests and accepted invites for your brand, founders, or thought leaders’ profile | Profile (requires your own connected profile) |
Competitors
Monitor your competitors’ social activity and see who engages with them. Add competitor profiles as data sources.| Template | What it detects | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| Engagers | People who like or comment on your competitors’ posts | Profile or Search |
| Commenters | People who leave comments on your competitors’ posts | Profile or Search |
| Outbound activity | Who your competitors’ SDRs are targeting and engaging with | Profile |
Company Activity
Track corporate events like funding rounds, hiring, role changes, and office expansions. These templates use keyword search to find relevant posts and apply AI to filter out noise.Funding Announcement
Funding Announcement
What it detects: Posts announcing company funding rounds.Input: Select a funding round type (Angel, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+).How it works: Searches for posts matching terms like “raised”, “funding”, or “closed” combined with your selected round type. AI qualification filters for genuine funding announcements and excludes investing advice or general finance content.Example: Select “Series A” to track companies that just raised a Series A — ideal for targeting fast-growing startups that are about to scale their team and tooling.
To track multiple funding stages, create a separate signal for each round type.
Hiring for Position
Hiring for Position
What it detects: Posts about companies actively hiring for a specific role.Input: Enter a job title (e.g. “SDR”, “Product Manager”, “Data Scientist”).How it works: Searches for posts matching terms like “hiring”, “looking for”, “join our team”, or “open role” combined with your position. AI qualification checks whether the role’s actual duties match the position — the job title doesn’t need to be exact. Excludes career advice, job-seeking posts, and roles where your position is only a peripheral skill.Example: Enter “Head of Sales” to find companies building out their sales leadership — a strong signal they’re investing in revenue growth and may need sales tools.
New Joiner
New Joiner
What it detects: Posts from people announcing they’ve joined a company or stepped into a new role.Input: Enter a job title (e.g. “CTO”, “VP of Sales”, “Head of Marketing”).How it works: Searches for posts matching terms like “joining”, “new role”, “started as”, “happy to share”, or “thrilled to announce” combined with your position. AI qualification confirms a real appointment — including personal announcements, company announcements, and congratulatory posts. Excludes unfilled job postings and interim roles.Example: Enter “VP of Engineering” to catch when companies appoint new engineering leaders — often followed by tech stack reviews and new tool purchases.
New Office
New Office
What it detects: Posts about companies opening offices or expanding to new locations.Input: Enter a city, region, or country (e.g. “Berlin”, “UK”, “New York”).How it works: Searches for posts mentioning “new office”, “new headquarters”, or “expanding to” combined with your location. AI qualification filters for genuine office openings and excludes remote work discussions or coworking promotions.Example: Enter “London” to track companies expanding into the UK market — they’ll likely need local vendors, partners, and services.
Sales Opportunities
Find people actively looking for solutions, expressing frustration, or sharing recommendations. These templates help you identify high-intent buyers at the moment they’re most receptive.Agency Search
Agency Search
What it detects: People looking to hire an agency, consultancy, or freelancer in a specific industry.Input: Enter an industry or service type (e.g. “Marketing”, “Design”, “Software Development”).How it works: Searches for posts where the author is the buyer — asking for recommendations or describing an upcoming project. AI qualification rigorously excludes self-promotion, agencies advertising their own services, recruiter posts, job listings, and guides/listicles about choosing providers.Example: Enter “web development” to find business owners actively looking for a dev agency — real buying intent, not just people browsing.
Asking for Recommendations
Asking for Recommendations
What it detects: Posts where people ask for tool or service recommendations.Input: Enter a tool or service name (e.g. “Salesforce”, “HubSpot”, “Slack”).How it works: Searches for questions like “what’s the best…”, “anyone using…”, or “looking for alternatives to…”. AI qualification distinguishes between asking for and giving recommendations.Example: Enter “CRM” to find people evaluating CRM solutions — they’re in active buying mode and open to suggestions.
Tool/Service Recommendations
Tool/Service Recommendations
What it detects: Posts where people recommend or endorse a specific tool or service.Input: Enter a tool or service name (e.g. “Salesforce”, “HubSpot”, “Slack”).How it works: Searches for testimonials, “we switched to X” stories, and endorsements. Excludes posts asking for recommendations (those are captured by the separate template above).Example: Enter your competitor’s name (e.g. “HubSpot”) to find people publicly endorsing them. Engage with these posts to introduce your alternative while the topic is top of mind.
Frustration Expression
Frustration Expression
What it detects: People expressing genuine frustration with a specific tool or service.Input: Enter a tool or service name (e.g. “Salesforce”, “HubSpot”, “Slack”).How it works: Searches for complaints about bugs, poor support, pricing issues, or intent to switch. AI qualification ensures the frustration is first-hand and real — it excludes self-promotion disguised as pain-point marketing, secondhand commentary, and passing mentions.Example: Enter your top competitor’s name to catch people actively frustrated with them. These prospects are the most receptive to switching — reach out with empathy and a concrete alternative.
Lead Magnet
Lead Magnet
What it detects: Posts offering free resources (guides, templates, checklists) in exchange for engagement.Input: Enter a topic or niche (e.g. “SEO”, “cold outreach”, “SaaS Growth”).How it works: Searches for posts containing “comment” combined with “DM” or “send” and your topic. Identifies thought leaders and content creators offering resources in exchange for engagement in your space.Example: Enter “AI” to find people offering AI-related resources. The commenters on these posts are actively interested in the topic and worth monitoring.
Conferences
| Template | What it detects | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| Conference Attendees | People mentioning or attending a specific conference | Profile |
Basic Engagement
General-purpose engagement signals that work with any tracked profile or keyword search.| Template | What it detects | Data source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engagers | People who like or comment on tracked posts | Profile or Search | |
| Commenters | People who leave comments on tracked posts | Profile or Search | |
| Posts | Posts matching your keywords or boolean search | Search | |
| Outbound activity | When the tracked profile engages with others’ content | Profile | |
| Profile viewers | People who viewed the tracked profile | Profile | Requires your own connected profile |
| Connections | New connection requests and accepted invites | Profile | Requires your own connected profile |
AI Signal
Use AI to find specific content patterns in posts or comments. Define exactly what you’re looking for with a custom natural-language prompt.AI Signals
Learn how to write effective AI prompts, set up custom detection patterns, and understand content vs signal qualification.
Lookalike Signals
Create signals from example posts you’ve already found valuable. Clearcue analyzes what they have in common and generates a boolean query and AI prompt automatically.Lookalike Signals
Learn how to provide example posts, review auto-generated queries, and start monitoring for similar content.
HeyReach
Track outreach signals from your HeyReach campaigns. These signals are powered by webhooks — they activate automatically when HeyReach reports an event.| Template | What it detects |
|---|---|
| Message Sent | A message was sent to a lead |
| InMail Sent | An InMail was sent to a lead |
| First Message Reply | A lead replied for the first time to a message |
| First InMail Reply | A lead replied for the first time to an InMail |
| Any Reply Received | A lead replied to any message or InMail |
HeyReach signals require an active HeyReach integration. They use webhook data sources and activate automatically — no profile or search query needed.