diff --git a/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.test.tsx b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3048a714fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { TooltipProvider } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
+import { SparkStat } from "./app.index";
+
+// #6984: SparkStat's loading branch hand-rolled its own animate-pulse divs instead of the shared
+// Skeleton primitive every other loading placeholder in this app already uses.
+describe("SparkStat loading state (#6984)", () => {
+  it("renders Skeleton placeholders (not the raw hand-rolled divs) while loading", () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <SparkStat
+        label="Open PRs"
+        value="4"
+        values={[1, 2, 3, 4]}
+        live
+        statusLabel="live"
+        loading
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole("status", { name: "Loading Open PRs" })).toBeTruthy();
+    // Skeleton renders animate-pulse blocks; the label/value/sparkline placeholders are 3 in total.
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll(".animate-pulse").length).toBe(3);
+    // The real label/value text never renders while loading.
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Open PRs")).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("4")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders the real label and value once data is available (not loading)", () => {
+    render(
+      <TooltipProvider>
+        <SparkStat label="Open PRs" value="4" values={[1, 2, 3, 4]} live statusLabel="live" />
+      </TooltipProvider>,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Open PRs")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("4")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("status", { name: "Loading Open PRs" })).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx
index 89acdac9f0..5791de28fc 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx
+++ b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   X,
 } from "lucide-react";
 
+import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipProvider, TooltipTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
 
 import { StatusPill } from "@/components/site/control-primitives";
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ function OnboardingChecklist() {
   );
 }
 
-function SparkStat({
+export function SparkStat({
   label,
   value,
   hint,
@@ -518,10 +519,10 @@ function SparkStat({
         aria-label={`Loading ${label}`}
         className="rounded-token border-hairline bg-card p-4"
       >
-        <div className="h-3 w-24 animate-pulse rounded bg-muted/40 motion-reduce:animate-none" />
+        <Skeleton className="h-3 w-24" />
         <div className="mt-3 flex items-end justify-between gap-3">
-          <div className="h-7 w-16 animate-pulse rounded bg-muted/40 motion-reduce:animate-none" />
-          <div className="h-10 w-24 animate-pulse rounded bg-muted/30 motion-reduce:animate-none" />
+          <Skeleton className="h-7 w-16" />
+          <Skeleton className="h-10 w-24" />
         </div>
       </div>
     );