diff --git a/packages/chat-ui/src/styles.css b/packages/chat-ui/src/styles.css
index 45237d7393..4e82c63499 100644
--- a/packages/chat-ui/src/styles.css
+++ b/packages/chat-ui/src/styles.css
@@ -2561,6 +2561,50 @@
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--foreground) 55%, transparent);
 }
 
+.chat-silk-thinking-indicator {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  color: var(--muted-foreground);
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+}
+
+.chat-silk-thinking-mark {
+  width: 1.875rem;
+  height: auto;
+  overflow: visible;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+
+.chat-silk-thinking-mark-base {
+  fill: var(--muted-foreground);
+}
+
+.chat-silk-thinking-mark-active {
+  fill: var(--primary);
+}
+
+.chat-silk-beam-x {
+  animation: chat-silk-sweep 1.45s cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.05, 0.38, 1) infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes chat-silk-sweep {
+  0% {
+    transform: translateX(8px);
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  8% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  86% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  100% {
+    transform: translateX(130px);
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+}
+
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
   .chat-typing-indicator-dots span {
     animation: chat-typing-dot 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;
@@ -2575,6 +2619,14 @@
   }
 }
 
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .chat-silk-beam-x {
+    animation: none;
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translateX(44px);
+  }
+}
+
 @keyframes chat-typing-dot {
   0%,
   60%,
diff --git a/packages/chat-ui/src/typing-indicator.tsx b/packages/chat-ui/src/typing-indicator.tsx
index 868adfc060..2749ea2c6d 100644
--- a/packages/chat-ui/src/typing-indicator.tsx
+++ b/packages/chat-ui/src/typing-indicator.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 // forwards that event type (see use-workbench-stream.ts) — so this is wiring
 // an existing read, not new realtime backend.
 
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { CORBITS_MARK_PATH } from "@corbits/react-ui";
+import { useEffect, useId, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import type { ParticipantRecord } from "./api";
 import { localPartOf, type CurrentUser } from "./timeline";
@@ -166,6 +167,69 @@ function TypingDotsBubble({ status }: { readonly status: string }) {
   );
 }
 
+function SilkThinkingIndicator({ status }: { readonly status: string }) {
+  const gradientId = useId();
+  const maskId = useId();
+
+  return (
+    <div className="chat-bubble-row chat-typing-row" data-own="false">
+      <div
+        className="chat-silk-thinking-indicator"
+        role="status"
+        aria-label={status}
+      >
+        <svg
+          className="chat-silk-thinking-mark"
+          viewBox="0 0 100 70"
+          aria-hidden="true"
+        >
+          <defs>
+            <linearGradient id={gradientId}>
+              <stop stopColor="white" stopOpacity="0" />
+              <stop offset=".45" stopColor="white" stopOpacity=".65" />
+              <stop offset=".78" stopColor="white" />
+              <stop offset="1" stopColor="white" stopOpacity="0" />
+            </linearGradient>
+            <mask
+              id={maskId}
+              maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
+              x="-10"
+              y="-10"
+              width="120"
+              height="90"
+            >
+              <rect
+                className="chat-silk-beam-x"
+                x="-35"
+                y="0"
+                width="48"
+                height="75"
+                fill={`url(#${gradientId})`}
+              />
+            </mask>
+          </defs>
+          <path
+            className="chat-silk-thinking-mark-base"
+            d={CORBITS_MARK_PATH}
+            transform="translate(-2.3 -15) scale(.213)"
+            opacity=".7"
+          />
+          <path
+            className="chat-silk-thinking-mark-active"
+            d={CORBITS_MARK_PATH}
+            transform="translate(-2.3 -15) scale(.213)"
+            mask={`url(#${maskId})`}
+          />
+        </svg>
+        <span className="chat-silk-thinking-text" aria-hidden="true">
+          Thinking…
+        </span>
+        <span className="chat-typing-indicator-label">{status}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 export function TypingIndicator({ label }: { readonly label: string }) {
   return <TypingDotsBubble status={CHAT_STRINGS.typingIndicator(label)} />;
 }
@@ -182,5 +246,5 @@ export function AgentTypingIndicator({
   readonly names: readonly string[];
 }) {
   if (names.length === 0) return null;
-  return <TypingDotsBubble status={CHAT_STRINGS.agentsTyping(names)} />;
+  return <SilkThinkingIndicator status={CHAT_STRINGS.agentsTyping(names)} />;
 }
diff --git a/packages/chat-ui/test/agent-typing-indicator.test.tsx b/packages/chat-ui/test/agent-typing-indicator.test.tsx
index f87d3f3903..a318b9b4ae 100644
--- a/packages/chat-ui/test/agent-typing-indicator.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/chat-ui/test/agent-typing-indicator.test.tsx
@@ -19,26 +19,33 @@ function render(names: readonly string[]) {
     container,
     label: () =>
       container.querySelector(".chat-typing-indicator-label")?.textContent,
-    unmount: () => root.unmount(),
+    unmount: () => act(() => root.unmount()),
   };
 }
 
 describe("AgentTypingIndicator", () => {
   test("renders nothing when no agent is streaming", () => {
     const { container, unmount } = render([]);
-    expect(container.querySelector(".chat-typing-indicator")).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".chat-silk-thinking-indicator")).toBeNull();
     unmount();
   });
 
-  test("one agent reads as a single typist", () => {
+  test("one agent renders the branded Silk thinking state", () => {
     const { container, label, unmount } = render(["Myra"]);
     expect(label()).toBe("Myra is typing…");
     expect(
-      container.querySelector(".chat-typing-indicator-dots"),
+      container.querySelector(".chat-silk-thinking-indicator"),
     ).not.toBeNull();
     expect(
-      container.querySelectorAll(".chat-agent-typing-avatar"),
-    ).toHaveLength(0);
+      container.querySelector(".chat-silk-thinking-mark-base"),
+    ).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      container.querySelector(".chat-silk-thinking-mark-active"),
+    ).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".chat-silk-beam-x")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      container.querySelector(".chat-silk-thinking-text")?.textContent,
+    ).toBe("Thinking…");
     expect(
       container.querySelector(".chat-typing-row")?.getAttribute("data-own"),
     ).toBe("false");