Reference
Reference
System requirements, keyboard controls, local paths, update behavior, and current product boundaries.
System requirements
| Platform | Apple Silicon Mac |
| Operating system | macOS 13 or newer |
| Distribution | Signed and notarized DMG from motriz.ai |
| Account | No Motriz account required |
| AI access | At least one configured provider login or API credential |
| Repository | Optional for ventures; any local directory for code projects; Git recommended |
Keyboard controls
| Control | Action |
|---|---|
| Enter | Send the composer message or submit a quick-answer free-text response. |
| Shift + Enter | Insert a newline in the composer. |
| ⌘ + ⌃ + S | Toggle the sidebar on macOS when focus is not inside an input or editor. |
| Esc | Cancel active dictation; close Settings or Flows pages; or dismiss floating artifact surfaces when no modal/menu is open. |
Attachment limits
- Maximum 10 files per message.
- Maximum 10 MB per file.
- Supported: common source and text files, JSON, CSV, logs, PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, and PDF.
- Empty, unsupported, or oversized files are rejected before the run.
Settings sections
- Providers — CLI paths, browser sign-in, API keys, endpoints, and available models.
- Integrations — Linear and Notion authorization and status.
- Web search — engines, Brave API key, SafeSearch, region, and test search.
- Voice — local dictation model download, selection, and removal.
- Appearance — app theme, editor theme, and file icons.
- About — version, repository roots, database path, and local runtime URL.
Local paths
The exact database and repository roots appear in Settings → About. Uploads, artifacts, updates, encryption material, and voice models live under Motriz's platform app-data location. Prefer the UI-displayed paths over assumptions about a specific username or home directory.
Update behavior
- The UI polls local update state frequently, while the remote manifest is fetched at most about once per hour.
- Offline and transient manifest failures are silent and retried later.
- Only a newer published build ID is offered.
- Installation requires every active run to stop.
- Remote updater archives have a 200 MB cap and must pass checksum and code-signing verification.
- A successful installation restarts Motriz automatically; a failed bundle swap attempts rollback.
Current product boundaries
- No hosted Motriz account or project sync.
- No Motriz Cloud credit balance or billing plan in the current release.
- No Windows or Linux distribution in the current public install contract.
- No Git requirement for a manually added folder, though Git unlocks changes and GitHub workflows.
- No per-command permission prompt for Build agents.