Group open survey answers into themes
Each open answer tagged with themes, with counts, shares, example answers and a short summary.
- You start it: When you start it
What it does
The task
Open the responses sheet of the form form url, and read the answers to the question question. Read all the answers first, then make a list of 6 to 12 themes. Tag each answer with one or two themes in a new column, and mark empty or unclear answers as No theme. Add a tab with each theme, its count, its share and 3 short example answers. Write a summary of 8 lines or fewer about the largest themes. Do not change the answers.
- It works in Google Forms and Google Sheets, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
- It runs once, when you start it.
What you give it
| Blank | What to give | Example |
|---|---|---|
| form url | The link to the Google Form or its responses sheet | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sv8mQr2Kd/edit |
| question | The open question to analyze | What is the one thing we should improve? |
What you get back
An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.
Answers read: 1,037 to 'What is the one thing we should improve?'
Themes: 9
| Theme | Answers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Faster delivery | 288 | 28% |
| More vegan options | 197 | 19% |
| Less packaging | 143 | 14% |
| App crashes at checkout | 96 | 9% |
No theme: 61 (empty or unclear)
Summary: delivery speed is the top issue in all regions. App crashes appear only after the September update.
Sheet: new column Theme, new tab Themes
Run it in Cuiar
- 01
Open it
Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.
- 02
Fill in 2 blanks
Type form url and question. Tab moves to the next blank.
- 03
Run it
Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.
From the terminal
cuiar exec "Open the responses sheet of the form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sv8mQr2Kd/edit, and read the answers to the question What is the one thing we should improve?. Read all the answers first, then make a list of 6 to 12 themes. Tag each answer with one or two themes in a new column, and mark empty or unclear answers as No theme. Add a tab with each theme, its count, its share and 3 short example answers. Write a summary of 8 lines or fewer about the largest themes. Do not change the answers."Run it from your AI agent
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.
1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp2. Ask your agent
Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Group open survey answers into themes" template with form url = https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sv8mQr2Kd/edit; question = What is the one thing we should improve?.Setup for other agents: AI agents.
The tool call
{
"name": "run_task",
"arguments": {
"task": "Open the responses sheet of the form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sv8mQr2Kd/edit, and read the answers to the question What is the one thing we should improve?. Read all the answers first, then make a list of 6 to 12 themes. Tag each answer with one or two themes in a new column, and mark empty or unclear answers as No theme. Add a tab with each theme, its count, its share and 3 short example answers. Write a summary of 8 lines or fewer about the largest themes. Do not change the answers."
}
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