Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add DevExpress/agent-skills --skill devexpress-winforms-loading-indicatorsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DevExpress/agent-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/devexpress/agent-skills/devexpress-winforms-loading-indicators)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/devexpress/agent-skills/devexpress-winforms-loading-indicators"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/devexpress/agent-skills/devexpress-winforms-loading-indicators/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/devexpress/agent-skills/devexpress-winforms-loading-indicators"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/devexpress/agent-skills/devexpress-winforms-loading-indicators.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00211 | $0.03241 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00105 | $0.01621 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00042 | $0.00648 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00021 | $0.00324 |
Grade A, and why
devexpress-winforms-loading-indicators scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 208 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
DevExpress WinForms Loading Indicators
DevExpress.XtraSplashScreen.SplashScreenManager is the single static component that manages all loading indicator types in DevExpress WinForms. It provides four distinct indicator categories suited to different scenarios: a Splash Screen shown at app startup, a Wait Form that blocks the whole window during operations, an Overlay Form that blocks a specific panel or control (the WinForms equivalent of the WPF LoadingDecorator), and a ProgressPanel control for inline non-blocking feedback.
All types run in a separate thread (except ProgressPanel, which is a plain control) so they stay animated while your main thread performs work.
When to Use This Skill
- Choosing between the four indicator types for a given scenario.
- Showing a splash screen before the main form loads (
ShowFluentSplashScreen/ShowForm). - Showing a Wait Form during a long operation and updating its caption/description dynamically.
- Overlaying a specific control or form with a semi-transparent spinner (Overlay Form / Loading Decorator pattern).
- Dropping a
ProgressPanelonto a form for inline progress feedback. - Implementing try/finally patterns to guarantee overlays are always closed.
- Customizing the Overlay Form with a custom painter (
OverlayWindowPainterBase).
Prerequisites & Installation
NuGet Package
| Package | Required For |
|---|---|
DevExpress.Win.Navigation |
SplashScreenManager, Overlay Form, Wait Form, ProgressPanel — all loading indicator types. |
DevExpress.Win (umbrella, optional) |
Covers all WinForms controls including loading indicators. |
Assembly and Namespaces
using DevExpress.XtraSplashScreen; // SplashScreenManager, IOverlaySplashScreenHandle
using DevExpress.XtraWaitForm; // WaitForm base class, ProgressPanel
Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v26.1.dll
Host Form
Always use XtraForm or RibbonForm — never a plain Form. This ensures skin propagation works correctly for Wait Forms and Overlay Forms.
What ships with it
4 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 10d ago First seen · 208 lines · 211 tokens per session scan A 671998b94fe3
devexpress-winforms-loading-indicators is a skill published in the GitHub repository DevExpress/agent-skills (52 stars, last pushed 22d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 211 tokens to every session and 3,241 once invoked, about $0.0011 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
Other skills, from other repositories
TEMPLATE
../../../agents/personas/TEMPLATE.md.
amazon-location-service
Integrates Amazon Location Service APIs for AWS applications. Use this skill when users want to add maps (interactive MapLibre or static images); geocode addresses to coordinates or reverse geocode coordinates to addresses; calculate routes, travel times, or service areas; find places and businesses through text…
gsd-ui-phase
Generate UI design contract (UI-SPEC.md) for frontend phases.
gsd-ui-review
Retroactive 6-pillar visual audit of implemented frontend code.
uicraft
Create, improve, audit, and polish distinctive production-grade web interfaces, including marketing/landing pages and personal portfolio sites. Use for UI or frontend design, responsive layouts, typography, color, motion, UX copy, accessibility, performance, design-system alignment, onboarding, edge cases, or visual…
design-system
DESIGN.md integration for Forge — ensures visual consistency across all UI tasks through standardized design specifications.