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Skeleton Loading Effect

Animated skeleton placeholder with shimmer pulse — smooth loading state for cards and content blocks.

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Targets: JS HTML

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Skeleton Loading Effect

Animated skeleton placeholder with shimmer gradient. Reference patterns from loading-skeleton and ai-thinking-loader.

Features

  • CSS-only shimmer animation (no JS required)
  • Card skeleton with avatar, title, text, and image placeholders
  • Customizable via CSS custom properties
  • prefers-reduced-motion respected