## Objective When a notebook has no cells, the editor renders a blank pane with no visible way to add one. Cells can only be added via the toolbar icons or keybindings, which aren't discoverable from an empty editor — so a newly created `.ipynb` looks broken. This is the follow-up direction suggested in #61296. ## Solution Render an empty-state in the editor body when the notebook has no cells, with "Add code cell" / "Add markdown cell" buttons (dispatching the existing `add_code_block` / `add_markdown_block` handlers), matching the affordance VSCode provides. ## Testing Tested locally on macOS with the notebook feature enabled (`LOCAL_NOTEBOOK_DEV=1`): - Opening an empty `.ipynb` shows the empty-state instead of a blank pane. - Clicking "Add code cell" inserts an editable code cell and marks the tab dirty. ## Showcase **Before** — empty notebook renders a blank pane:  **After** — empty notebook shows add-cell controls:  Clicking "Add code cell" inserts a cell:  Release Notes: - N/A --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Finn Evers <finn.evers@outlook.de>
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