feat: Add variety to loading messages with shimmer animation

code_puppy/callbacks.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "register_model_providers",
     "message_history_processor_start",
     "message_history_processor_end",
+    "register_loading_messages",
 ]
 CallbackFunc = Callable[..., Any]
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
     "register_model_providers": [],
     "message_history_processor_start": [],
     "message_history_processor_end": [],
+    "register_loading_messages": [],
 }
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -672,3 +674,31 @@ def on_message_history_processor_end(
         messages_added,
         messages_filtered,
     )
+
+
+def on_register_loading_messages() -> List[Any]:
+    """Trigger callbacks to register additional loading messages.
+
+    Plugins can register callbacks that call
+    ``loading_messages.register_messages(category, messages)``
+    to inject their own spinner / status display messages.
+
+    This is fired once, lazily, when loading messages are first needed.
+
+    Example callback (in a plugin's register_callbacks.py)::
+
+        from code_puppy.callbacks import register_callback
+        from code_puppy.loading_messages import register_messages
+
+        def _add_my_messages():
+            register_messages("my_org", [
+                "rolling back prices...",
+                "stocking the shelves...",
+            ])
+
+        register_callback("register_loading_messages", _add_my_messages)
+
+    Returns:
+        List of results from registered callbacks.
+    """
+    return _trigger_callbacks_sync("register_loading_messages")

code_puppy/loading_messages.py

@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+"""Loading messages for spinner and status display.
+
+Provides a shuffled deck of fun/silly loading messages that rotate
+during spinner cycles. Messages are drawn from several categories
+and shuffled so no message repeats until the entire deck is exhausted.
+
+Plugins can register additional message categories via
+``register_messages(category, messages)``.
+"""
+
+import random
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 🐶  Puppy / Dog Themed
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+_PUPPY_SPINNER: List[str] = [
+    "sniffing around...",
+    "wagging tail...",
+    "pawsing for a moment...",
+    "chasing tail...",
+    "digging up results...",
+    "barking at the data...",
+    "rolling over...",
+    "panting with excitement...",
+    "chewing on it...",
+    "prancing along...",
+    "howling at the code...",
+    "snuggling up to the task...",
+    "bounding through data...",
+    "fetching results...",
+    "playing fetch with ideas...",
+    "doing a happy dance...",
+    "perking up ears...",
+    "tilting head curiously...",
+    "burying a bone of knowledge...",
+    "shaking off the cobwebs...",
+    "begging for treats...",
+    "chasing the mailman...",
+    "guarding the codebase...",
+    "herding the functions...",
+    "learning new tricks...",
+    "napping on the keyboard...",
+    "pawing at the screen...",
+    "sniffing out bugs...",
+    "doing zoomies...",
+    "gnawing on a problem...",
+    "licking the screen...",
+    "being a good boy...",
+    "drooling over clean code...",
+    "marking territory...",
+    "digging a hole in the stack...",
+    "catching a frisbee...",
+    "whimpering at legacy code...",
+    "yipping with excitement...",
+    "rolling in the data...",
+    "scratching behind ear...",
+    "snoozing then coding...",
+    "burying the lede...",
+    "unleashing the code...",
+]
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 💻  Dev / Coding
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+_DEV_SPINNER: List[str] = [
+    "refactoring reality...",
+    "compiling thoughts...",
+    "parsing the universe...",
+    "rebasing on reality...",
+    "merging timelines...",
+    "deploying neurons...",
+    "linting the cosmos...",
+    "cherry-picking ideas...",
+    "stashing thoughts...",
+    "hashing it out...",
+    "vibe-coding...",
+]
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 🎲  Random Fun / Silly
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+_FUN_SPINNER: List[str] = [
+    "consulting the oracle...",
+    "asking the rubber duck...",
+    "reading tea leaves...",
+    "shaking the magic 8-ball...",
+    "channeling the force...",
+    "summoning the kraken...",
+    "calibrating the vibe...",
+    "vibing...",
+    "manifesting...",
+    "reticulating splines...",
+    "reversing the polarity...",
+    "rerouting the dilithium...",
+    "consulting the ancient texts...",
+    "interrogating the void...",
+    "pondering the orb...",
+    "adjusting the timeline...",
+    "wrangling the chaos...",
+    "herding cats...",
+    "spinning up hamster wheels...",
+    "brewing coffee...",
+    "microwaving leftovers...",
+    "ordering pizza...",
+    "updating the spreadsheet...",
+    "googling the answer...",
+    "Stack Overflowing...",
+    "reading the docs...",
+    "RTFM-ing...",
+    "blaming the intern...",
+    "turning it off and on...",
+    "wiggling the cables...",
+    "downloading more RAM...",
+    "feeding the hamsters...",
+    "dusting off the cobwebs...",
+    "polishing the pixels...",
+    "aligning the chakras...",
+    "balancing the universe...",
+    "crunching the numbers...",
+    "doing the math...",
+    "phoning a friend...",
+    "asking the audience...",
+    "inserting coin...",
+    "doing your work for you...",
+]
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ⚡  Action Verbs (short & punchy)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+_ACTION_SPINNER: List[str] = [
+    "deliberating...",
+    "contemplating...",
+    "hypothesizing...",
+    "brainstorming...",
+    "strategizing...",
+    "orchestrating...",
+    "crafting...",
+    "sculpting...",
+    "weaving...",
+    "assembling...",
+    "constructing...",
+    "investigating...",
+    "researching...",
+    "exploring...",
+    "discovering...",
+    "transforming...",
+    "transmuting...",
+    "conjuring...",
+    "invoking...",
+    "materializing...",
+    "crystallizing...",
+    "distilling...",
+    "curating...",
+    "polishing...",
+    "refining...",
+]
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+#  STANDALONE MESSAGES (no prefix — used only in the status display)
+# ===========================================================================
+_STANDALONE_MESSAGES: List[str] = [
+    # 🐶 Puppy
+    "Puppy pondering...",
+    "Nose to the ground...",
+    "Tail-wagging intensifies...",
+    "Sitting. Staying. Coding...",
+    "Belly rub loading...",
+    "Paws on keyboard...",
+    "Puppy eyes activated...",
+    # 🎲 Fun
+    "Loading loading screen...",
+    "It's not a bug...",
+    "Works on my machine...",
+    "Have you tried unplugging?",
+    "Percussive maintenance...",
+    "Deleting System32... jk...",
+    "50/50 lifeline used...",
+    "Plot twist incoming...",
+    "Stay tuned...",
+    "Warming up the flux capacitor...",
+    # 🤓 Nerdy / Pop culture
+    "sudo make me a sandwich...",
+    "There is no spoon...",
+    "Hello, World!...",
+    "I'm sorry Dave...",
+    "To infinity and beyond...",
+    "May the source be with you...",
+    "Use the --force, Luke...",
+    "Live long and prosper...",
+    "Beam me up, Scotty...",
+    "Winter is compiling...",
+    "One does not simply code...",
+    "My precious... data...",
+    "I am Groot (processing)...",
+    "Avengers, assemble code...",
+    "This is the way...",
+    "I have spoken...",
+    "Bazinga!...",
+    "Allons-y!...",
+    "Fantastic!...",
+    "Geronimo!...",
+    "Elementary, my dear...",
+    "The cake is a lie...",
+    "Do a barrel roll...",
+    "All your base are belong...",
+    "It's dangerous to go alone...",
+]
+
+# ===========================================================================
+#  Plugin Registry
+# ===========================================================================
+_plugin_categories: Dict[str, List[str]] = {}
+_plugins_initialized: bool = False
+
+
+def _ensure_plugins_loaded() -> None:
+    """Fire the register_loading_messages callback once.
+
+    This is called lazily the first time messages are requested,
+    giving plugins time to register their callbacks at import.
+    """
+    global _plugins_initialized
+    if _plugins_initialized:
+        return
+    _plugins_initialized = True
+
+    from code_puppy.callbacks import on_register_loading_messages
+
+    on_register_loading_messages()
+
+
+def register_messages(category: str, messages: List[str]) -> None:
+    """Register additional loading messages from a plugin.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    category:
+        A unique category name (e.g. ``"walmart"``).  If the category
+        already exists the new messages are **appended**.
+    messages:
+        List of message strings.  For spinner messages these will be
+        prefixed with ``"<PuppyName> is "`` automatically — keep them
+        lowercase and gerund-style (e.g. ``"rolling back prices..."``).
+    """
+    if category in _plugin_categories:
+        _plugin_categories[category].extend(messages)
+    else:
+        _plugin_categories[category] = list(messages)
+
+
+def unregister_messages(category: str) -> None:
+    """Remove a previously registered message category."""
+    _plugin_categories.pop(category, None)
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+#  Public API
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+def _all_spinner_messages() -> List[str]:
+    """Combine built-in + plugin spinner messages (not standalone)."""
+    _ensure_plugins_loaded()
+    combined = _PUPPY_SPINNER + _DEV_SPINNER + _FUN_SPINNER + _ACTION_SPINNER
+    for msgs in _plugin_categories.values():
+        combined = combined + msgs
+    return combined
+
+
+def get_spinner_messages() -> List[str]:
+    """Return a shuffled copy of all spinner messages.
+
+    Each call produces a fresh shuffle so that a spinner can draw
+    through the entire deck without repeats.
+    """
+    msgs = _all_spinner_messages()
+    random.shuffle(msgs)
+    return msgs
+
+
+def get_all_messages() -> List[str]:
+    """Return all messages (spinner + standalone) for status display."""
+    return _all_spinner_messages() + list(_STANDALONE_MESSAGES)
+
+
+def get_messages_by_category() -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
+    """Return messages organized by category (useful for testing)."""
+    _ensure_plugins_loaded()
+    result = {
+        "puppy": list(_PUPPY_SPINNER),
+        "dev": list(_DEV_SPINNER),
+        "fun": list(_FUN_SPINNER),
+        "action": list(_ACTION_SPINNER),
+        "standalone": list(_STANDALONE_MESSAGES),
+    }
+    for cat, msgs in _plugin_categories.items():
+        result[cat] = list(msgs)
+    return result

code_puppy/messaging/spinner/console_spinner.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from rich.live import Live
 from rich.text import Text
 
+from .shimmer import shimmer_text
 from .spinner_base import SpinnerBase
 
 
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@ def _generate_spinner_panel(self):
 
         text = Text()
 
-        # Show thinking message during normal processing
-        text.append(SpinnerBase.THINKING_MESSAGE, style="bold cyan")
+        # Show rotating thinking message with shimmer animation
+        text.append_text(shimmer_text(self.current_thinking_message, base="cyan"))
         text.append(self.current_frame, style="bold cyan")
 
         context_info = SpinnerBase.get_context_info()