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A notebook cell an agent writes and runs: the code streams in with syntax colors, the cell queues and runs with a live timer, printed output arrives line by line and a table result lands under it.
Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds Notebook Cell to your project and fits it to your theme.
Code
How Notebook Cell is used: the demo's code. The component's own source comes with a free account.
Usage.tsx
"use client"
import * as React from "react"
import { NotebookCell, NotebookCellStatus, NotebookOutput } from "@/components/ui/notebook-cell"
const FIT_CSS = "html,body{overflow:hidden}[data-fit-small] [data-fit-hide]{display:none!important}"
/**
* 21st shows a demo in a small frame: about 674 by 421 on a component page, 358 by 224 on a
* phone and 245 by 139 on a profile card. A demo taller than its frame gets scrollbars, which
* render white on dark pages. FitFrame fills the frame exactly instead.
*
* - "scale": the content shrinks until it fits, centered. For visuals such as orbs.
* - "crop": the content stays at full size from the top and fades out at the bottom. For text
* that streams in, where a changing scale would make the page breathe.
*
* `minWidth` lays out a wide demo (a table, a two column panel) at that width and scales it down
* to the frame, instead of letting it collapse to a narrow layout. The frame centers it, so it
* shrinks evenly on both sides.
*
* Anything marked `data-fit-hide` (state buttons, the chatcn.dev line) drops out in frames
* shorter than `hideBelow`, so a profile card shows the visual alone.
*/
function FitFrame({
children,
mode = "scale",
hideBelow = 360,
minWidth,
}: {
children: React.ReactNode
mode?: "scale" | "crop"
hideBelow?: number
minWidth?: string
}) {
const content = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
const [cropped, setCropped] = React.useState(false)
React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
const el = content.current
if (!el) return
const measure = () => {
const vw = window.innerWidth
const vh = window.innerHeight
el.toggleAttribute("data-fit-small", vh < hideBelow)
// Layout sizes ignore the transform, so measuring never feeds back.
const w = Math.max(el.offsetWidth, el.scrollWidth)
const h = Math.max(el.offsetHeight, el.scrollHeight)
const scale = mode === "scale" ? Math.min(1, vw / w, vh / h) : 1
el.style.transform = scale < 1 ? `scale(${scale})` : ""
setCropped(mode === "crop" && h > vh + 1)
}
measure()
const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure)
observer.observe(el)
// Content that changes inside a fixed width box (a headline that cycles words) never resizes
// the box itself, so changes below it measure again on the next frame.
let frame = 0
const mutations = new MutationObserver(() => {
cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
frame = requestAnimationFrame(measure)
})
mutations.observe(el, { subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true })
window.addEventListener("resize", measure)
return () => {
observer.disconnect()
mutations.disconnect()
cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
window.removeEventListener("resize", measure)
}
}, [mode, hideBelow])
const fade = "linear-gradient(to bottom, #000 calc(100% - 40px), transparent)"
return (
<div
className="flex w-full justify-center overflow-hidden"
style={{
height: "100dvh",
alignItems: mode === "crop" ? "flex-start" : "center",
maskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
WebkitMaskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
}}
>
<style>{FIT_CSS}</style>
<div
ref={content}
className="w-full shrink-0"
style={{ transformOrigin: mode === "crop" ? "top center" : "center", minWidth }}
>
{children}
</div>
</div>
)
}
type Phase = "writing" | NotebookCellStatus
const CODE = `for region in ["EU", "NA", "APAC"]:
rate = subs[subs.region == region].churned.mean()
print(f"{region:<5} churn {rate:.2%}")
by_plan`
const LINES = ["EU churn 4.12%\n", "NA churn 2.87%\n", "APAC churn 2.39%\n"]
const byPlanOutputs: NotebookOutput[] = [
{
type: "table",
indexName: "plan",
index: ["Team", "Starter", "Business"],
columns: ["accounts", "churned", "mrr", "churn_rate"],
rows: [
[6214, 389, 412_880, 0.0626],
[9870, 171, 148_050, 0.0173],
[2358, 51, 377_280, 0.0216],
],
},
]
/** The agent writes the cell, it queues, runs with a live timer, streams lines, then lands. */
function NotebookCellDemo() {
const [phase, setPhase] = React.useState<Phase>("writing")
const [length, setLength] = React.useState(0)
const [printed, setPrinted] = React.useState(0)
const [table, setTable] = React.useState(false)
const [count, setCount] = React.useState(3)
const [startedAt, setStartedAt] = React.useState<number>()
React.useEffect(() => {
let id: number
if (phase === "writing") {
id =
length < CODE.length
? window.setTimeout(() => setLength((n) => Math.min(CODE.length, n + 4)), 30)
: window.setTimeout(() => setPhase("queued"), 400)
} else if (phase === "queued") {
id = window.setTimeout(() => {
setStartedAt(Date.now())
setPhase("running")
}, 900)
} else if (phase === "running") {
id =
printed < LINES.length
? window.setTimeout(() => setPrinted((n) => n + 1), 900)
: window.setTimeout(() => {
setTable(true)
setPhase("done")
}, 700)
} else {
id = window.setTimeout(() => {
setLength(0)
setPrinted(0)
setTable(false)
setCount((n) => n + 1)
setPhase("writing")
}, 5000)
}
return () => window.clearTimeout(id)
}, [phase, length, printed])
const outputs: NotebookOutput[] = [
...(printed > 0
? [
{
type: "stream" as const,
name: "stdout" as const,
text: LINES.slice(0, printed).join(""),
},
]
: []),
...(table ? byPlanOutputs : []),
]
return (
<NotebookCell
className="w-full max-w-2xl"
code={CODE.slice(0, length)}
streaming={phase === "writing"}
status={phase === "writing" ? "idle" : phase}
executionCount={phase === "done" ? count : null}
startedAt={startedAt}
outputs={outputs}
onRun={() => {
setPrinted(0)
setTable(false)
setCount((n) => n + 1)
setPhase("queued")
}}
onInterrupt={() => setPhase("done")}
/>
)
}
/** The line under each 21st demo that points back to the kit. */
function MoreOn({ slug, children }: { slug: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
return (
<p data-fit-hide className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-faint) text-center text-balance">
{children}{" "}
<a
href={`https://chatcn.dev/docs/components/${slug}`}
target="_blank"
rel="noopener"
className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) hover:text-(color:--chatcn-fg) underline underline-offset-2"
>
chatcn.dev
</a>
</p>
)
}
/** The kit's own example, framed for the 21st preview. */
export default function NotebookCellPreview() {
return (
<FitFrame minWidth="40rem">
<div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-6">
<div className="flex h-[25rem] w-full max-w-2xl items-start justify-center">
<NotebookCellDemo />
</div>
<MoreOn slug="notebook-cell">Notebook cells an agent writes and runs, with output. On</MoreOn>
</div>
</FitFrame>
)
}








