What is motive-mem?
motive-mem is a Claude Code mod by wjsekrud that after every turn, a separate model reviews what changed against your repo's .claude/principles.md — intent, principle violations, band-aid fixes — and shows it in a panel. It is listed under Interface and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | wjsekrud |
| Repository | wjsekrud/motive-mem |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Interface |
| Security | Review before installing (68/100) |
| Rank | #5,140 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #2,107 in Interface |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Hooks | 5 events |
| Sees | only the events it hooks |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is motive-mem safe to install?
motive-mem scores 68/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; writes files or config. It passed 4 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes files or config | Review |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.now | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.prompt.fill | writes the prompt box |
$.session.cwd | |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.ui.log | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install motive-mem?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/wjsekrud/motive-mem claude plugin validate ./motive-mem/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add wjsekrud/motive-mem && claude plugin install motive-mem@motive-mem
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs motive-mem for you:
Install the "motive-mem" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/wjsekrud/motive-mem. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.