diff --git a/packages/cli/examples/spinner.ts b/packages/cli/examples/spinner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2153c7f2385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/examples/spinner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import * as Prompt from "@effect/cli/Prompt"
+import { NodeRuntime, NodeTerminal } from "@effect/platform-node"
+import { Console, Effect } from "effect"
+
+// Demonstration of success, failure, and custom final messages
+const program = Effect.gen(function*() {
+  // Success case with custom success message
+  const user = yield* Prompt.spinner(
+    Effect.sleep("1200 millis").pipe(Effect.as({ id: 42, name: "Ada" })),
+    {
+      message: "Fetching user…",
+      onSuccess: (user: { id: number; name: string }) => `Loaded ${user.name} (ID: ${user.id})`
+    }
+  )
+  yield* Console.log(`User: ${JSON.stringify(user)}`)
+
+  // Failure case with custom error message and proper error handling
+  yield* Prompt.spinner(
+    Effect.sleep("800 millis").pipe(Effect.zipRight(Effect.fail(new Error("Network timeout")))),
+    {
+      message: "Processing data…",
+      onFailure: (error: Error) => `Processing failed: ${error.message}`
+    }
+  ).pipe(
+    Effect.catchAll((error) => Console.log(`Caught error: ${error.message}`))
+  )
+
+  // Success case with both success and error mappers
+  yield* Prompt.spinner(
+    Effect.sleep("600 millis").pipe(Effect.as({ uploaded: 5, skipped: 2 })),
+    {
+      message: "Uploading files…",
+      onSuccess: (result: { uploaded: number; skipped: number }) => `Uploaded ${result.uploaded} files (${result.skipped} skipped)`,
+      onFailure: (error: unknown) => `Upload failed: ${error}`
+    }
+  )
+
+  // Simple case without custom messages (uses original message)
+  yield* Prompt.spinner(
+    Effect.sleep("300 millis").pipe(Effect.as("done")),
+    {
+      message: "Cleaning up…"
+    }
+  )
+
+  // Timeout case - demonstrates spinner handles timeout/interruption gracefully
+  yield* Prompt.spinner(
+    Effect.sleep("2 seconds").pipe(Effect.as("completed")),
+    {
+      message: "Long running task…",
+      onSuccess: () => "Task completed successfully",
+      onFailure: () => "Task timed out"
+    }
+  ).pipe(
+    Effect.timeout("800 millis"),
+    Effect.catchAll((error) => Console.log(`Caught timeout: ${error._tag}`))
+  )
+
+  // Die case - demonstrates spinner handles defects gracefully
+  yield* Prompt.spinner(
+    Effect.sleep("400 millis").pipe(Effect.zipRight(Effect.die("Unexpected system error"))),
+    {
+      message: "Risky operation…",
+      onFailure: (error: unknown) => `Operation failed: ${error}`
+    }
+  ).pipe(
+    Effect.catchAllCause((cause) => Console.log(`Caught defect: ${cause}`))
+  )
+
+  yield* Console.log("All done!")
+})
+
+const MainLive = NodeTerminal.layer
+
+program.pipe(Effect.provide(MainLive), NodeRuntime.runMain)
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/Prompt.ts b/packages/cli/src/Prompt.ts
index 6b128790e11..50ce5699c65 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/Prompt.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/Prompt.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import * as InternalListPrompt from "./internal/prompt/list.js"
 import * as InternalMultiSelectPrompt from "./internal/prompt/multi-select.js"
 import * as InternalNumberPrompt from "./internal/prompt/number.js"
 import * as InternalSelectPrompt from "./internal/prompt/select.js"
+import * as InternalSpinner from "./internal/prompt/spinner.js"
 import * as InternalTextPrompt from "./internal/prompt/text.js"
 import * as InternalTogglePrompt from "./internal/prompt/toggle.js"
 import type { Primitive } from "./Primitive.js"
@@ -595,6 +596,38 @@ export const date: (options: Prompt.DateOptions) => Prompt<Date> = InternalDateP
  */
 export const file: (options?: Prompt.FileOptions) => Prompt<string> = InternalFilePrompt.file
 
+/**
+ * Displays a spinner while the provided `effect` runs and then renders a
+ * check mark on success or a cross on failure. The error from `effect` is
+ * rethrown unchanged.
+ *
+ * **Example**
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * import * as Prompt from "@effect/cli/Prompt"
+ * import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
+ *
+ * const fetchUser = Effect.sleep("500 millis").pipe(Effect.as({ id: 1, name: "Ada" }))
+ *
+ * const program = Prompt.spinner(fetchUser, {
+ *   message: "Fetching user…",
+ *   onSuccess: (user) => `Loaded ${user.name}`
+ * })
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ * @category constructors
+ */
+export const spinner: {
+  <A, E, R>(
+    options: InternalSpinner.SpinnerOptions<A, E>
+  ): (effect: Effect<A, E, R>) => Effect<A, E, R | Terminal>
+  <A, E, R>(
+    effect: Effect<A, E, R>,
+    options: InternalSpinner.SpinnerOptions<A, E>
+  ): Effect<A, E, R | Terminal>
+} = InternalSpinner.spinner
+
 /**
  * @since 1.0.0
  * @category combinators
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/internal/prompt/spinner.ts b/packages/cli/src/internal/prompt/spinner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78e349f0506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/internal/prompt/spinner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import * as Terminal from "@effect/platform/Terminal"
+import * as Ansi from "@effect/printer-ansi/Ansi"
+import * as Doc from "@effect/printer-ansi/AnsiDoc"
+import * as Optimize from "@effect/printer/Optimize"
+import * as Cause from "effect/Cause"
+import type * as Duration from "effect/Duration"
+import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
+import * as Exit from "effect/Exit"
+import * as Fiber from "effect/Fiber"
+import { dual } from "effect/Function"
+import * as Option from "effect/Option"
+import * as InternalAnsiUtils from "./ansi-utils.js"
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export interface SpinnerOptions<A, E> {
+  readonly message: string
+  readonly frames?: ReadonlyArray<string>
+  readonly interval?: Duration.DurationInput
+  readonly onSuccess?: (value: A) => string
+  readonly onFailure?: (error: E) => string
+}
+
+// Full classic dots spinner sequence
+const DEFAULT_FRAMES: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
+  "⠋",
+  "⠙",
+  "⠹",
+  "⠸",
+  "⠼",
+  "⠴",
+  "⠦",
+  "⠧",
+  "⠇",
+  "⠏"
+]
+
+const DEFAULT_INTERVAL: Duration.DurationInput = "80 millis" as Duration.DurationInput
+
+// Small render helpers to reduce per-frame work.
+const CLEAR_LINE = Doc.cat(Doc.eraseLine, Doc.cursorLeft)
+const CURSOR_HIDE = Doc.render(Doc.cursorHide, { style: "pretty" })
+const CURSOR_SHOW = Doc.render(Doc.cursorShow, { style: "pretty" })
+const renderWithWidth = (columns: number) => Doc.render({ style: "pretty", options: { lineWidth: columns } })
+
+const optimizeAndRender = (columns: number, doc: Doc.Doc<any>, addNewline = false) => {
+  const prepared = addNewline ? Doc.cat(doc, Doc.hardLine) : doc
+  return prepared.pipe(Optimize.optimize(Optimize.Deep), renderWithWidth(columns))
+}
+
+/**
+ * A spinner that renders while `effect` runs and prints ✔/✖ on completion.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const spinner: {
+  <A, E, R>(
+    options: SpinnerOptions<A, E>
+  ): (effect: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>) => Effect.Effect<A, E, R | Terminal.Terminal>
+  <A, E, R>(
+    effect: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>,
+    options: SpinnerOptions<A, E>
+  ): Effect.Effect<A, E, R | Terminal.Terminal>
+} = dual(
+  2,
+  <A, E, R>(
+    effect: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>,
+    options: SpinnerOptions<A, E>
+  ): Effect.Effect<A, E, R | Terminal.Terminal> =>
+    Effect.acquireUseRelease(
+      // acquire
+      Effect.gen(function*() {
+        const terminal = yield* Terminal.Terminal
+
+        // Hide cursor while active
+        yield* Effect.orDie(terminal.display(CURSOR_HIDE))
+
+        let index = 0
+        let exit: Exit.Exit<A, E> | undefined = undefined
+
+        const message = options.message
+        const frames = options.frames ?? DEFAULT_FRAMES
+        const frameCount = frames.length
+        const interval = options.interval ?? DEFAULT_INTERVAL
+
+        const messageDoc = Doc.annotate(Doc.text(message), Ansi.bold)
+
+        const displayDoc = (doc: Doc.Doc<any>, addNewline = false) =>
+          Effect.gen(function*() {
+            const columns = yield* terminal.columns
+            const out = optimizeAndRender(columns, doc, addNewline)
+            yield* Effect.orDie(terminal.display(out))
+          })
+
+        const renderFrame = Effect.gen(function*() {
+          const i = index
+          index = index + 1
+          const spinnerDoc = Doc.annotate(Doc.text(frames[i % frameCount]!), Ansi.blue)
+
+          const line = Doc.hsep([spinnerDoc, messageDoc])
+          yield* displayDoc(Doc.cat(CLEAR_LINE, line))
+        })
+
+        const computeFinalMessage = (exit: Exit.Exit<A, E>): string =>
+          Exit.match(exit, {
+            onFailure: (cause) => {
+              let baseMessage = message
+              if (options.onFailure) {
+                const failureOption = Cause.failureOption(cause)
+                if (Option.isSome(failureOption)) {
+                  baseMessage = options.onFailure(failureOption.value)
+                }
+              }
+              if (Cause.isInterrupted(cause)) {
+                return `${baseMessage} (interrupted)`
+              } else if (Cause.isDie(cause)) {
+                return `${baseMessage} (died)`
+              } else {
+                return baseMessage
+              }
+            },
+            onSuccess: (value) => options.onSuccess ? options.onSuccess(value) : message
+          })
+
+        const renderFinal = (exit: Exit.Exit<A, E>) =>
+          Effect.gen(function*() {
+            const figures = yield* InternalAnsiUtils.figures
+            const icon = Exit.isSuccess(exit)
+              ? Doc.annotate(figures.tick, Ansi.green)
+              : Doc.annotate(figures.cross, Ansi.red)
+
+            const finalMessage = computeFinalMessage(exit)
+
+            const msgDoc = Doc.annotate(Doc.text(finalMessage), Ansi.bold)
+            const line = Doc.hsep([icon, msgDoc])
+
+            yield* displayDoc(Doc.cat(CLEAR_LINE, line), true)
+          })
+
+        // Spinner fiber: loop until we see an Exit in exit, then render final line and stop.
+        const loop = Effect.gen(function*() {
+          while (true) {
+            if (exit !== undefined) {
+              yield* renderFinal(exit)
+              break
+            }
+            yield* renderFrame
+            yield* Effect.sleep(interval)
+          }
+        }).pipe(
+          // Always restore cursor from inside the spinner fiber too
+          Effect.ensuring(Effect.orDie(terminal.display(CURSOR_SHOW)))
+        )
+
+        const fiber = yield* Effect.fork(loop)
+        return {
+          fiber,
+          terminal,
+          setExit: (e: Exit.Exit<A, E>) => {
+            exit = e
+          }
+        }
+      }),
+      // use
+      (_) => effect,
+      // release
+      ({ fiber, setExit, terminal }, exitValue) =>
+        Effect.gen(function*() {
+          // Signal the spinner fiber to finish by setting the exit.
+          // (No external interrupt of the spinner fiber.)
+          setExit(exitValue)
+
+          // Wait a short, bounded time for the spinner to flush final output.
+          // If this ever times out in a pathological TTY, we fail-safe and continue.
+          yield* Fiber.await(fiber).pipe(Effect.timeout("2 seconds"), Effect.ignore)
+        }).pipe(
+          // Ensure cursor is shown even if something above failed.
+          Effect.ensuring(Effect.orDie(terminal.display(CURSOR_SHOW)))
+        )
+    )
+)