From d151a118aebd0d3f98d97a89a0ebc903ece2ef6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes du Plessis <johannes@langchain.dev>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 14:23:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use Claude Code style spinner vocab for Slack loading
 messages (#1276)

---
 agent/utils/slack.py | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/agent/utils/slack.py b/agent/utils/slack.py
index 7bf6b989..5f4f3386 100644
--- a/agent/utils/slack.py
+++ b/agent/utils/slack.py
@@ -39,14 +39,16 @@ DEFAULT_ASSISTANT_STATUS = "is thinking…"
 # Curated rotating loading strings shown by Slack while the indicator is active.
 # Capped at 10 by Slack's API.
 DEFAULT_LOADING_MESSAGES: tuple[str, ...] = (
-    "reading the repo…",
-    "tracing call sites…",
-    "thinking through edge cases…",
-    "running commands…",
-    "drafting changes…",
-    "double-checking the diff…",
-    "writing tests…",
-    "tidying up…",
+    "Pondering…",
+    "Cogitating…",
+    "Ruminating…",
+    "Noodling…",
+    "Percolating…",
+    "Marinating…",
+    "Simmering…",
+    "Conjuring…",
+    "Tinkering…",
+    "Schlepping…",
 )