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motif for VS Code

io.github.sleepycobalt/motif

Research synthesis with receipts: cited, critic-checked insights from interview transcripts.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install motif in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "anthropic-api-key",
      "description": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "motif-runs-dir",
      "description": "MOTIF_RUNS_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "motif": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "etot-motif"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${input:anthropic-api-key}",
        "MOTIF_RUNS_DIR": "${input:motif-runs-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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