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Motif Handbook

The operating manual for Motif — the product, the monorepo, and the philosophy behind it.

New to Motif? Start here for installation, core workflow, studio navigation, and common beginner mistakes.

What Motif is, what it is not, the core thesis, and the design principles that govern every decision.

Repository structure, package boundaries, toolchain, and why a monorepo.

Navigation map, screen relationships, state management, and where to start.

Building cues from scratch, working with custom samples, world scoring, automation capture, and library branching.

Rendering, runtime export, roadmap, and glossary.