Skeleton

A flat fill breathing opacity (1 → 0.55, 1.8s) — no shimmer wash. Spinners are banned outside buttons.

npx candlelight-ds add skeleton

Use when

A pane is fetching content with a known rough shape.

Don't use when

An action button is pending — use its disabled state.

States

breathingstatic under reduced motion

Acceptance

• The breathe loop dies under prefers-reduced-motion.
• SkeletonRows carries role=status aria-label for screen readers.

Raw twin: /components/skeleton.md·Registry item: /r/skeleton.json