Thinking… Shimmer Label — effect skill for AI agent flows

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A muted "Thinking…" label with a moving shine shows the model working between prompt and answer.

What it does

Built on Shimmering Text by animate-ui, MIT + Commons Clause. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Small grey text with a light band sweeping through it, or three bouncing dots, placed exactly where the answer will appear.

When: Short waits in AI demos; it marks time without dead air.

Watch out: Do not hold it longer than ~1.5 s in a film; cut the real wait down.

Timing: Sweep period 1.2–1.6 s; show for 0.6–1.5 s total.

Also called: thinking indicator, generating label, typing dots

In HyperFrames

npx hyperframes add typing-indicator

Or text-shimmer on a muted label for the "Generating…" look.

In Remotion

const x = ((frame % 40) / 40) * 160 - 30;
<span style={{backgroundImage:`linear-gradient(90deg,#666 ${x-15}%,#eee ${x}%,#666 ${x+15}%)`,WebkitBackgroundClip:'text',color:'transparent'}}>Thinking…</span>

In CapCut

Text "Thinking…" in grey; Effects → "Shine" or Animation Loop "Flicker" gently.

Ready-made components

Where this comes from

Use when

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Install

Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/25a0d11eb722/lib-animate-ui-shimmering-text.mp4 — Preview of the Shimmering Text component that builds this take (credit: Captured from the library’s own demo page (Animate UI), https://animate-ui.com/docs/primitives/animate-ui/shimmering-text)

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