---
title: "Motive"
description: "one motive of a buyer profile or a router: its kind, its text and its evidence"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/motive
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Motive

one motive of a buyer profile or a router: its kind, its text and its evidence

[figure: Motive is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `kind` | [KindOfMotive](/concepts/kindofmotive) | yes |  |
| `text` | `text` | yes |  |
| `evidence` | [EvidenceRef](/concepts/evidenceref) | yes | a motive with no evidence is a claim under test |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns Motive directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.