Dot Swarm: a loader for parallel tool calls

Several waves travel down a dot sphere at once. A React loader for parallel tool calls and subagents running together. Install with shadcn.

Installation

Install with the shadcn CLI, or copy the component file. It only needs React.

npx shadcn@latest add https://oxyn.space/r/dot-swarm.json

Updates live with the parameters you set.

import { DotSwarm } from "@/components/dot-swarm";

export function Thinking() {
  return (
    <DotSwarm />
  );
}

Prop	Type	Default	Description
pattern	"rings"\|"fibonacci"\|"grid"	"rings"	How the dots are laid out on the sphere.
dotSize	number	3	Diameter of the front dots in px. Back dots scale down automatically.
density	number	12	Rows of dots. Higher means more dots.
size	number	160	Width and height of the orb in px.
waves	number	2	Waves travelling down the orb at once: one per call running in parallel.
lift	number	0.16	How far every other wave pushes the dots outward, as a fraction of the orb's radius.
depth	number	0.2	How far the remaining waves pull the dots in toward the vertical axis, as a fraction of the orb's radius.
duration	number	2	Seconds for each wave to travel from the top pole to the bottom one.
tilt	number	18	Lean toward the viewer in degrees, so the top shows.
backOpacity	number	0.2	Opacity of the furthest dots. Front dots are always fully opaque.
color	string	"#e4e4e7"	Dot color.
paused	boolean	false	Coast to a stop on the current frame without unmounting. Turning it off eases back up to speed.
label	string	"Thinking"	Accessible name; the wrapper is role="status".
className / style	—	—	Spread onto the wrapper div, along with any other div props.

Dot Swarm is one of the animations in Dot Globe. Use the group when the agent's state changes, and it morphs between them.