diff --git a/src/components/ChattyLLM/ConversationBox.vue b/src/components/ChattyLLM/ConversationBox.vue
index e085b202..d8436953 100644
--- a/src/components/ChattyLLM/ConversationBox.vue
+++ b/src/components/ChattyLLM/ConversationBox.vue
@@ -18,18 +18,20 @@
 				<NcLoadingIcon />
 			</template>
 		</NoSession>
-		<Message v-for="(message, idx) in messages"
-			v-else
-			:id="'message' + idx"
-			:key="'message' + idx"
-			:class="{ 'convo-box__message--dim': regenerateFromId && regenerateFromId <= message.id }"
-			:message="message"
-			:show-regenerate="message.role === 'assistant' && idx === (messages.length - 1)"
-			:delete-loading="loading.messageDelete && message.id === deleteMessageId"
-			:regenerate-loading="loading.llmGeneration && message.id === regenerateFromId"
-			:new-message-loading="loading.newHumanMessage && idx === (messages.length - 1)"
-			@regenerate="regenerate(message.id)"
-			@delete="deleteMessage(message.id)" />
+		<div v-else>
+			<Message v-for="(message, idx) in messages"
+				:id="'message' + idx"
+				:key="'message' + idx"
+				:class="{ 'convo-box__message--dim': regenerateFromId && regenerateFromId <= message.id }"
+				:message="message"
+				:show-regenerate="message.role === 'assistant' && idx === (messages.length - 1)"
+				:delete-loading="loading.messageDelete && message.id === deleteMessageId"
+				:regenerate-loading="loading.llmGeneration && message.id === regenerateFromId"
+				:new-message-loading="loading.newHumanMessage && idx === (messages.length - 1)"
+				@regenerate="regenerate(message.id)"
+				@delete="deleteMessage(message.id)" />
+			<LoadingPlaceholder v-if="loading.llmGeneration" />
+		</div>
 	</div>
 </template>
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import AlertOutlineIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/AlertOutline.vue'
 
 import NcLoadingIcon from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcLoadingIcon.js'
 
+import LoadingPlaceholder from './LoadingPlaceholder.vue'
 import Message from './Message.vue'
 import NoSession from './NoSession.vue'
 
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ export default {
 
 		NcLoadingIcon,
 
+		LoadingPlaceholder,
 		Message,
 		NoSession,
 	},
diff --git a/src/components/ChattyLLM/InputArea.vue b/src/components/ChattyLLM/InputArea.vue
index ecb598e0..e1c74fe7 100644
--- a/src/components/ChattyLLM/InputArea.vue
+++ b/src/components/ChattyLLM/InputArea.vue
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 				type="primary"
 				@click="$emit('submit', $event)">
 				<template #icon>
-					<NcLoadingIcon v-if="loading.llmGeneration" />
-					<SendIcon v-else :size="20" />
+					<SendIcon :size="20" />
 				</template>
 			</NcButton>
 		</div>
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ import SendIcon from 'vue-material-design-icons/Send.vue'
 
 import NcButton from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcButton.js'
 import NcRichContenteditable from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcRichContenteditable.js'
-import NcLoadingIcon from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcLoadingIcon.js'
 
 /*
 maxlength calculation (just a rough estimate):
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ export default {
 
 		NcButton,
 		NcRichContenteditable,
-		NcLoadingIcon,
 	},
 
 	props: {
diff --git a/src/components/ChattyLLM/LoadingPlaceholder.vue b/src/components/ChattyLLM/LoadingPlaceholder.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca509bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/ChattyLLM/LoadingPlaceholder.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+<!--
+  - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+  - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+<template>
+	<ul :class="'placeholder-list placeholder-list--' + type">
+		<li v-for="(item, index) in placeholderData" :key="index" class="placeholder-item">
+			<div class="placeholder-item__avatar" :style="{ '--avatar-size': item.avatarSize }">
+				<div class="placeholder-item__avatar-circle" />
+			</div>
+			<div class="placeholder-item__content" :style="{'--last-line-width': item.width}">
+				<div v-for="idx in item.amount" :key="idx" class="placeholder-item__content-line" />
+			</div>
+			<div v-if="type === 'messages'" class="placeholder-item__info" />
+		</li>
+	</ul>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+const AVATAR = {
+	SIZE: {
+		EXTRA_SMALL: 22,
+		COMPACT: 24,
+		SMALL: 32,
+		DEFAULT: 40,
+		MEDIUM: 64,
+		LARGE: 128,
+		EXTRA_LARGE: 180,
+		FULL: 512,
+	},
+}
+
+export default {
+	name: 'LoadingPlaceholder',
+
+	props: {
+		type: {
+			type: String,
+			default: 'messages',
+			validator(value) {
+				return ['conversations', 'messages', 'participants'].includes(value)
+			},
+		},
+		count: {
+			type: Number,
+			default: 1,
+		},
+	},
+
+	computed: {
+		placeholderData() {
+			const data = []
+			for (let i = 0; i < this.count; i++) {
+				// set up amount of lines in skeleton and generate random widths for last line
+				data.push({
+					amount: this.type === 'messages' ? 4 : this.type === 'conversations' ? 2 : 1,
+					width: this.type === 'participants' ? '60%' : (Math.floor(Math.random() * 40) + 30) + '%',
+					avatarSize: (this.type === 'messages' ? AVATAR.SIZE.SMALL : AVATAR.SIZE.DEFAULT) + 'px',
+				})
+			}
+			return data
+		},
+	},
+}
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+.placeholder-list {
+	width: 100%;
+	transform: translateZ(0); // enable hardware acceleration
+}
+
+.placeholder-item {
+	display: flex;
+	gap: 8px;
+	width: 100%;
+
+	&__avatar {
+		flex-shrink: 0;
+		&-circle {
+			height: var(--avatar-size);
+			width: var(--avatar-size);
+			border-radius: var(--avatar-size);
+		}
+	}
+
+	&__content {
+		display: flex;
+		flex-direction: column;
+		width: 100%;
+
+		&-line {
+			margin: 5px 0 4px;
+			width: 100%;
+			height: 15px;
+
+			&:last-child {
+				width: var(--last-line-width);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Conversations placeholder ruleset
+.placeholder-list--conversations {
+	.placeholder-item {
+		margin: 2px 0;
+		padding: 8px 10px;
+
+		&__content {
+			width: 70%;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Messages placeholder ruleset
+.placeholder-list--messages {
+	max-width: 100%;
+	margin: auto;
+
+	.placeholder-item {
+		padding-inline-end: 8px;
+		&__avatar {
+			padding: 8px 0 0 8px;
+		}
+
+		&__content {
+			max-width: 100%;
+			padding: 12px 0;
+
+			&-line {
+				margin: 4px 0 3px;
+
+				&:first-child {
+					margin-bottom: 9px;
+					width: 20%;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		&__info {
+			width: 100px;
+			height: 15px;
+			margin-block: 16px 0;
+			margin-inline: 8px;
+			animation-delay: 0.8s;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Participants placeholder ruleset
+.placeholder-list--participants {
+	.placeholder-item {
+		--padding : calc(var(--default-grid-baseline) * 2);
+		gap: calc(var(--default-grid-baseline) * 2);
+		padding: calc(var(--padding) * 3 / 2) var(--padding) var(--padding);
+		height: 59px;
+		align-items: center;
+
+		&__avatar {
+			margin: auto;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Animation
+.placeholder-item__avatar-circle,
+.placeholder-item__content-line,
+.placeholder-item__info {
+	background-size: 200vw;
+	background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--color-placeholder-dark) 65%, var(--color-placeholder-light) 70%, var(--color-placeholder-dark) 75%);
+	animation: loading-animation 3s forwards infinite linear;
+	will-change: background-position;
+}
+
+@keyframes loading-animation {
+	0% {
+		background-position: 0;
+	}
+	100% {
+		background-position: 140vw;
+	}
+}
+</style>