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ThinkingIndicator
Pre-token "I'm working on it" cue. Three variants: shimmer (Anthropic), dots (iMessage), pulse (minimalist).
Inspired by Claude's text shimmer, iMessage typing dots, Linear's pulse status.
Preview
What it looks like.
Shimmer
Thinking…
Dots
Thinking…
Pulse
Thinking…
Usage
Drop it into your app.
import { ThinkingIndicator } from '@locara/components'
<ThinkingIndicator variant="shimmer" label="Thinking…" />
<ThinkingIndicator variant="dots" />
<ThinkingIndicator variant="pulse" label="Generating" />
Or copy the source into your repo:
locara add thinking-indicator