signalHacker News Show HN2026-09-25
Show HN: Multi-agent coding feels like pre-GitHub development
Motif is a self-hosted memory layer for AI coding agents that collects sessions from Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor into a single graph on your own server. It imports existing sessions on first run, supports live sync via a daemon, and offers commands like recall, ask, and projects to manage team memory. Setup is one npm install and one command, with no account, cloud, or API key required.
- for who
- Developers and teams using multiple AI coding agents who need shared, persistent context across tools and sessions.
- why now
- Motif's new release unifies AI agent memory across tools, a timely gap for solo devs.
- what changes
- Agent sessions become searchable and queryable across tools and time, eliminating cold starts and re-deriving decisions, while preserving privacy through self-hosting.
- to do
- Install Motif with npm i -g getmotif, run motif up, then motif mcp install to register with Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, and start importing sessions.
key points
- Motif streams sessions from Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor to a self-hosted server
- Commands: motif up, motif mcp install, motif ask, motif recall
- Team memory with project scoping and personal exclusions
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