Motif runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 102 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 15 Sep 2026.
Research synthesis with receipts: cited, critic-checked insights from interview transcripts.
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Today is the operative word: we check Motif every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add motif -e 'ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>' -- uvx etot-motif{
"mcpServers": {
"motif": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"etot-motif"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.motif]
command = "uvx"
args = ["etot-motif"]
env = { ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"motif": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"etot-motif"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"motif": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"etot-motif"
],
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> (Anthropic API key used to run the engine locally).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MOTIF_RUNS_DIR (Directory for run logs (every prompt, response, iteration). Defaults to ~/.motif/runs).
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