by geezerrrr
The AI agent that works while you don't watch. Lives in your menu bar, finds you when needed.
# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/geezerrrr/motiveLast scanned: 5/30/2026
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}motive is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by geezerrrr. The AI agent that works while you don't watch. Lives in your menu bar, finds you when needed. It has 114 GitHub stars.
Yes. motive passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.
Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/geezerrrr/motive" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).
motive is primarily written in Swift. It is open-source under geezerrrr on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.
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AI coding agents are powerful, but they all assume you're watching. Switch away from the terminal or editor, and you'll come back to find the agent stuck on a permission approval that's been sitting there for minutes.
Motive puts the agent in your menu bar. No window to babysit. When it needs a yes/no or has a question, a native popup drops down — no matter what app you're in. You respond, it continues, you go back to what you were doing.
Under the hood it uses OpenCode as the agent engine. Motive doesn't try to be a better agent — it just makes sure the agent can reach you.
| Desktop Apps | CLI Tools | Motive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it lives | App window | Terminal | Menu bar |
| When it needs you | Buried in UI | Waits in terminal | Native popup |
| Switch away? | Miss responses | Miss prompts | Finds you |
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Trust levels — Three modes to control what the agent can do on its own:
| Level | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Careful | Asks before every edit and shell command |
| Balanced | Auto-approves safe actions, asks for unknown commands |
| Yolo | Full autonomy for trusted environments |
Approval system — Fine-grained file permission policies with per-action Always Allow / Ask / Deny.
Local-first — All data stays on your machine. Only API requests leave your device.
~/.motive/skills/, no code changes required.⌥Space from anywhere, like Spotlight.| Chip | Download |
|---|---|
| Apple Silicon | Motive-arm64.dmg |
| Intel | Motive-x86_64.dmg |
First launch: macOS may block unsigned apps. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Click "Open Anyway".
⌥Space to open the command barFor detailed guides, see the documentation.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
⌥Space |
Open command bar |
↵ |
Submit task |
Esc |
Dismiss command bar |
⌘, |
Open settings |
Cursor needs you in its window. Claude Code needs you in the terminal. Switch away and you won't notice when they need input.
Motive runs the agent as a background process. When it needs input, a native popup appears from the menu bar regardless of what app you're in.
Anything OpenCode can do — refactor code, generate files, run scripts, organize projects, write docs, and more. OpenCode handles the agent work; Motive handles the macOS experience on top.
No. Sessions and history stay on your machine. The only network traffic is API requests to your chosen AI provider. Use Ollama for fully offline operation.
Yes. Select Ollama as your provider and point it to your local instance.
To register the global hotkey (⌥Space) that opens the command bar from anywhere.
git clone https://github.com/geezerrrr/motive.git
cd motive
open Motive.xcodeproj
The OpenCode binary is bundled automatically during release builds. For development, place it at Motive/Resources/opencode.
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