diff --git a/apps/studio/TANSTACK_MIGRATION.md b/apps/studio/TANSTACK_MIGRATION.md
index 536450f6635..410932b3e8c 100644
--- a/apps/studio/TANSTACK_MIGRATION.md
+++ b/apps/studio/TANSTACK_MIGRATION.md
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ These are the layout-only TanStack files. Most hold a single product layout comp
 
 - [x] A `routes/project/$ref/index.tsx` ← `pages/project/[ref]/index.tsx` (route wraps in `ProjectLayoutWithAuth` itself — see shell delta above)
 - [x] `routes/project/$ref/merge.tsx` ← `pages/project/[ref]/merge.tsx` (leaf wraps body in `ProjectLayoutWithAuth`; parent `project/$ref.tsx` shell provides DefaultLayout)
-- [x] A `routes/project/$ref/explorer.tsx` ← `pages/project/[ref]/explorer/index.tsx` (new placeholder page; leaf wraps body in `ProjectLayoutWithAuth`; parent `project/$ref.tsx` shell provides DefaultLayout)
+- [x] `routes/project/$ref/explorer.tsx` — converted from a leaf into a shell (`ExplorerLayout` + `Outlet`) to host the new `/explorer/notebook/$id` leaf; parent `project/$ref.tsx` shell still provides DefaultLayout.
 
 ### Project shell — `/api/*`
 
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ These are the layout-only TanStack files. Most hold a single product layout comp
 - [x] A `routes/project/$ref/editor/$id.tsx` ← `pages/project/[ref]/editor/[id].tsx`
 - [x] A `routes/project/$ref/editor/new.tsx` ← `pages/project/[ref]/editor/new.tsx`
 
+### Project shell — `/explorer/*`
+
+- [x] A `routes/project/$ref/explorer/index.tsx` ← `pages/project/[ref]/explorer/index.tsx`
+- [x] A `routes/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id.tsx` ← `pages/project/[ref]/explorer/notebook/[id].tsx`
+
 ### Auth shell — `/sign-in`, `/sign-up`, etc.
 
 - [x] A `routes/_auth/sign-in.tsx` ← `pages/sign-in.tsx`
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/NotebookEditor.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/NotebookEditor.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef473ebe2b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/NotebookEditor.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { useParams } from 'common'
+import { useEffect, useEffectEvent } from 'react'
+
+import { useNotebooksStateSnapshot } from '@/state/notebooks/notebooks-state'
+import { createTabId, useTabsStateSnapshot } from '@/state/tabs'
+
+export const NotebookEditor = () => {
+  const { id } = useParams()
+  const tabs = useTabsStateSnapshot()
+  const snap = useNotebooksStateSnapshot()
+  const stateNotebook = id ? snap.notebooks[id] : undefined
+
+  const registerTab = useEffectEvent(() => {
+    if (!id) return
+    tabs.addTab({
+      id: createTabId('notebook', { id }),
+      type: 'notebook',
+      label: stateNotebook?.notebook.name ?? 'New Notebook',
+      metadata: { notebookId: id },
+    })
+  })
+
+  useEffect(() => registerTab(), [id])
+
+  return <div>This is a notebook</div>
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/__tests__/NotebookEditor.test.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/__tests__/NotebookEditor.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5706043bfae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/__tests__/NotebookEditor.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { NotebookEditor } from '../NotebookEditor'
+import { notebooksState } from '@/state/notebooks/notebooks-state'
+import type { Notebook } from '@/state/notebooks/types'
+
+const { mockUseParams, mockAddTab } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  mockUseParams: vi.fn(),
+  mockAddTab: vi.fn(),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('common', () => ({
+  useParams: () => mockUseParams(),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/state/tabs', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('@/state/tabs')>()
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    useTabsStateSnapshot: () => ({ addTab: mockAddTab }),
+  }
+})
+
+function makeNotebook(id: string, overrides: Partial<Notebook> = {}): Notebook {
+  return {
+    id,
+    type: 'notebook',
+    name: 'My Notebook',
+    description: '',
+    visibility: 'project',
+    favorite: false,
+    owner_id: 7,
+    project_id: 42,
+    content: { schema_version: '1.0', cells: [] },
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+describe('NotebookEditor tab registration', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockAddTab.mockClear()
+    mockUseParams.mockReturnValue({ ref: 'default', id: 'notebook-1' })
+
+    // notebooksState is a module-level singleton, so reset the state these tests touch
+    for (const id of Object.keys(notebooksState.notebooks)) {
+      delete notebooksState.notebooks[id]
+    }
+    notebooksState.needsSaving.clear()
+  })
+
+  it('registers a tab with the notebook id, type, loaded name, and metadata', () => {
+    notebooksState.setNotebook({
+      projectRef: 'default',
+      notebook: makeNotebook('notebook-1', { name: 'My Notebook' }),
+    })
+
+    render(<NotebookEditor />)
+
+    expect(mockAddTab).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(mockAddTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      id: 'notebook-notebook-1',
+      type: 'notebook',
+      label: 'My Notebook',
+      metadata: { notebookId: 'notebook-1' },
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to "New Notebook" as the label when the notebook has not loaded yet', () => {
+    render(<NotebookEditor />)
+
+    expect(mockAddTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      id: 'notebook-notebook-1',
+      type: 'notebook',
+      label: 'New Notebook',
+      metadata: { notebookId: 'notebook-1' },
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('does not register a tab when there is no id in the route', () => {
+    mockUseParams.mockReturnValue({ ref: 'default', id: undefined })
+
+    render(<NotebookEditor />)
+
+    expect(mockAddTab).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/hooks.ts b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/hooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c23c31eee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Explorer/hooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
+
+import { useSelectedProjectQuery } from '@/hooks/misc/useSelectedProject'
+import { generateUuid } from '@/lib/api/snippets.browser'
+import { useProfile } from '@/lib/profile'
+import { useNotebooksStateSnapshot } from '@/state/notebooks/notebooks-state'
+import { type Notebook } from '@/state/notebooks/types'
+
+export const useCreateNotebook = () => {
+  const router = useRouter()
+  const { profile } = useProfile()
+  const { data: project } = useSelectedProjectQuery()
+  const notebooksSnap = useNotebooksStateSnapshot()
+
+  const createNotebook = ({ id: idOverride, name }: { id?: string; name?: string } = {}) => {
+    if (!profile) return console.error('Profile is required')
+    if (!project) return console.error('Project is required')
+
+    const id = idOverride ?? generateUuid()
+
+    const notebook: Notebook = {
+      id,
+      type: 'notebook',
+      name: name ?? 'New Notebook',
+      description: '',
+      visibility: 'project',
+      favorite: false,
+      content: {
+        schema_version: '1.0',
+        cells: [],
+      },
+      owner_id: profile.id,
+      project_id: project.id,
+    }
+
+    notebooksSnap.addNotebook({ projectRef: project.ref, notebook })
+    notebooksSnap.addNeedsSaving(notebook.id)
+
+    router.push(`/project/${project.ref}/explorer/notebook/${notebook.id}`)
+  }
+
+  return { createNotebook }
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx
index e8e4b916ea5..c3c47f4f3fb 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { type ExplorerResourceType } from './ExplorerLayout.constants'
 import { ExplorerNavChats } from './ExplorerNavChats'
 import { ExplorerNavHome } from './ExplorerNavHome'
 import { ExplorerNavNotebooks } from './ExplorerNavNotebooks'
+import { useCreateNotebook } from '@/components/interfaces/Explorer/hooks'
 
 export interface ExplorerLayoutProps extends ComponentProps<typeof ProjectLayoutWithAuth> {
   children: ReactNode
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ const HomeTabButton = () => {
 }
 
 const NewTabButton = () => {
+  const { createNotebook } = useCreateNotebook()
+
   return (
     <DropdownMenu>
       <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ const NewTabButton = () => {
         </motion.button>
       </DropdownMenuTrigger>
       <DropdownMenuContent className="w-40" align="end">
-        <DropdownMenuItem className="gap-x-2">
+        <DropdownMenuItem className="gap-x-2" onClick={() => createNotebook()}>
           <NotebookText size={14} />
           <span>New notebook</span>
         </DropdownMenuItem>
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/ui/EntityTypeIcon.tsx b/apps/studio/components/ui/EntityTypeIcon.tsx
index 2dc05a6df58..f238dcab366 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/ui/EntityTypeIcon.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/ui/EntityTypeIcon.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Eye, GitBranch, ScrollText, Table2 } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Eye, GitBranch, NotebookText, ScrollText, Table2 } from 'lucide-react'
 import { cn, SQL_ICON } from 'ui'
 
 import type { SqlSnippetSource } from '@/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/querySource'
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const LogsSnippetIcon = ({
 )
 
 interface EntityTypeIconProps {
-  type: 'sql' | 'schema' | 'new' | 'r' | 'v' | 'm' | 'f' | 'p'
+  type: 'sql' | 'schema' | 'new' | 'r' | 'v' | 'm' | 'f' | 'p' | 'notebook'
   size?: number
   strokeWidth?: number
   isActive?: boolean
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ export const EntityTypeIcon = ({
     )
   }
 
+  if (type === 'notebook') {
+    return <NotebookText size={size} strokeWidth={strokeWidth} className={''} />
+  }
+
   return (
     <div
       className={cn(
diff --git a/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/explorer/notebook/[id].tsx b/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/explorer/notebook/[id].tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40dc4b68e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/explorer/notebook/[id].tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { NotebookEditor } from '@/components/interfaces/Explorer/NotebookEditor'
+import { DefaultLayout } from '@/components/layouts/DefaultLayout'
+import { ExplorerLayout } from '@/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout'
+import type { NextPageWithLayout } from '@/types'
+
+const NotebookPage: NextPageWithLayout = () => {
+  return <NotebookEditor />
+}
+
+NotebookPage.getLayout = (page) => (
+  <DefaultLayout>
+    <ExplorerLayout>{page}</ExplorerLayout>
+  </DefaultLayout>
+)
+
+export default NotebookPage
diff --git a/apps/studio/routeTree.gen.ts b/apps/studio/routeTree.gen.ts
index c134b2af421..93a2d78dc37 100644
--- a/apps/studio/routeTree.gen.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/routeTree.gen.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ import { Route as ProjectRefObservabilityIndexRouteImport } from './routes/proje
 import { Route as ProjectRefLogsIndexRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/logs/index'
 import { Route as ProjectRefIntegrationsIndexRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/integrations/index'
 import { Route as ProjectRefFunctionsIndexRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/functions/index'
+import { Route as ProjectRefExplorerIndexRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/explorer/index'
 import { Route as ProjectRefEditorIndexRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/editor/index'
 import { Route as ProjectRefBranchesIndexRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/branches/index'
 import { Route as ProjectRefApiIndexRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/api/index'
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ import { Route as ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugLogsRouteImport } from './route
 import { Route as ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugInvocationsRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/invocations'
 import { Route as ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugDetailsRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/details'
 import { Route as ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/code'
+import { Route as ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id'
 import { Route as ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersEventRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/database/triggers/event'
 import { Route as ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersDataRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/database/triggers/data'
 import { Route as ProjectRefDatabaseTablesIdRouteImport } from './routes/project/$ref/database/tables/$id'
@@ -728,6 +730,11 @@ const ProjectRefFunctionsIndexRoute =
     path: '/',
     getParentRoute: () => ProjectRefFunctionsRoute,
   } as any)
+const ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute = ProjectRefExplorerIndexRouteImport.update({
+  id: '/',
+  path: '/',
+  getParentRoute: () => ProjectRefExplorerRoute,
+} as any)
 const ProjectRefEditorIndexRoute = ProjectRefEditorIndexRouteImport.update({
   id: '/',
   path: '/',
@@ -1509,6 +1516,12 @@ const ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRoute =
     path: '/code',
     getParentRoute: () => ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugRoute,
   } as any)
+const ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute =
+  ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRouteImport.update({
+    id: '/notebook/$id',
+    path: '/notebook/$id',
+    getParentRoute: () => ProjectRefExplorerRoute,
+  } as any)
 const ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersEventRoute =
   ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersEventRouteImport.update({
     id: '/event',
@@ -2099,7 +2112,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesByFullPath {
   '/project/$ref/branches': typeof ProjectRefBranchesRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/database': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/editor': typeof ProjectRefEditorRouteWithChildren
-  '/project/$ref/explorer': typeof ProjectRefExplorerRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer': typeof ProjectRefExplorerRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/functions': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/integrations': typeof ProjectRefIntegrationsRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/logs': typeof ProjectRefLogsRouteWithChildren
@@ -2224,6 +2237,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesByFullPath {
   '/project/$ref/api/': typeof ProjectRefApiIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/branches/': typeof ProjectRefBranchesIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/editor/': typeof ProjectRefEditorIndexRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer/': typeof ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/integrations/': typeof ProjectRefIntegrationsIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/logs/': typeof ProjectRefLogsIndexRoute
@@ -2268,6 +2282,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesByFullPath {
   '/project/$ref/database/tables/$id': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTablesIdRoute
   '/project/$ref/database/triggers/data': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersDataRoute
   '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersEventRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id': typeof ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/code': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/details': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugDetailsRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/invocations': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugInvocationsRoute
@@ -2403,7 +2418,6 @@ export interface FileRoutesByTo {
   '/project/$ref/advisors': typeof ProjectRefAdvisorsRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/auth': typeof ProjectRefAuthRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/database': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseRouteWithChildren
-  '/project/$ref/explorer': typeof ProjectRefExplorerRoute
   '/project/$ref/merge': typeof ProjectRefMergeRoute
   '/project/$ref/realtime': typeof ProjectRefRealtimeRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/settings': typeof ProjectRefSettingsRouteWithChildren
@@ -2520,6 +2534,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesByTo {
   '/project/$ref/api': typeof ProjectRefApiIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/branches': typeof ProjectRefBranchesIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/editor': typeof ProjectRefEditorIndexRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer': typeof ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/integrations': typeof ProjectRefIntegrationsIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/logs': typeof ProjectRefLogsIndexRoute
@@ -2564,6 +2579,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesByTo {
   '/project/$ref/database/tables/$id': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTablesIdRoute
   '/project/$ref/database/triggers/data': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersDataRoute
   '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersEventRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id': typeof ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/code': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/details': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugDetailsRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/invocations': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugInvocationsRoute
@@ -2706,7 +2722,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesById {
   '/project/$ref/branches': typeof ProjectRefBranchesRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/database': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/editor': typeof ProjectRefEditorRouteWithChildren
-  '/project/$ref/explorer': typeof ProjectRefExplorerRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer': typeof ProjectRefExplorerRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/functions': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/integrations': typeof ProjectRefIntegrationsRouteWithChildren
   '/project/$ref/logs': typeof ProjectRefLogsRouteWithChildren
@@ -2831,6 +2847,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesById {
   '/project/$ref/api/': typeof ProjectRefApiIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/branches/': typeof ProjectRefBranchesIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/editor/': typeof ProjectRefEditorIndexRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer/': typeof ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/integrations/': typeof ProjectRefIntegrationsIndexRoute
   '/project/$ref/logs/': typeof ProjectRefLogsIndexRoute
@@ -2875,6 +2892,7 @@ export interface FileRoutesById {
   '/project/$ref/database/tables/$id': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTablesIdRoute
   '/project/$ref/database/triggers/data': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersDataRoute
   '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event': typeof ProjectRefDatabaseTriggersEventRoute
+  '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id': typeof ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/code': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/details': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugDetailsRoute
   '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/invocations': typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugInvocationsRoute
@@ -3141,6 +3159,7 @@ export interface FileRouteTypes {
     | '/project/$ref/api/'
     | '/project/$ref/branches/'
     | '/project/$ref/editor/'
+    | '/project/$ref/explorer/'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/'
     | '/project/$ref/integrations/'
     | '/project/$ref/logs/'
@@ -3185,6 +3204,7 @@ export interface FileRouteTypes {
     | '/project/$ref/database/tables/$id'
     | '/project/$ref/database/triggers/data'
     | '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event'
+    | '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/code'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/details'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/invocations'
@@ -3320,7 +3340,6 @@ export interface FileRouteTypes {
     | '/project/$ref/advisors'
     | '/project/$ref/auth'
     | '/project/$ref/database'
-    | '/project/$ref/explorer'
     | '/project/$ref/merge'
     | '/project/$ref/realtime'
     | '/project/$ref/settings'
@@ -3437,6 +3456,7 @@ export interface FileRouteTypes {
     | '/project/$ref/api'
     | '/project/$ref/branches'
     | '/project/$ref/editor'
+    | '/project/$ref/explorer'
     | '/project/$ref/functions'
     | '/project/$ref/integrations'
     | '/project/$ref/logs'
@@ -3481,6 +3501,7 @@ export interface FileRouteTypes {
     | '/project/$ref/database/tables/$id'
     | '/project/$ref/database/triggers/data'
     | '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event'
+    | '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/code'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/details'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/invocations'
@@ -3747,6 +3768,7 @@ export interface FileRouteTypes {
     | '/project/$ref/api/'
     | '/project/$ref/branches/'
     | '/project/$ref/editor/'
+    | '/project/$ref/explorer/'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/'
     | '/project/$ref/integrations/'
     | '/project/$ref/logs/'
@@ -3791,6 +3813,7 @@ export interface FileRouteTypes {
     | '/project/$ref/database/tables/$id'
     | '/project/$ref/database/triggers/data'
     | '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event'
+    | '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/code'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/details'
     | '/project/$ref/functions/$functionSlug/invocations'
@@ -4558,6 +4581,13 @@ declare module '@tanstack/react-router' {
       preLoaderRoute: typeof ProjectRefFunctionsIndexRouteImport
       parentRoute: typeof ProjectRefFunctionsRoute
     }
+    '/project/$ref/explorer/': {
+      id: '/project/$ref/explorer/'
+      path: '/'
+      fullPath: '/project/$ref/explorer/'
+      preLoaderRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerIndexRouteImport
+      parentRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerRoute
+    }
     '/project/$ref/editor/': {
       id: '/project/$ref/editor/'
       path: '/'
@@ -5531,6 +5561,13 @@ declare module '@tanstack/react-router' {
       preLoaderRoute: typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRouteImport
       parentRoute: typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugRoute
     }
+    '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id': {
+      id: '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id'
+      path: '/notebook/$id'
+      fullPath: '/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id'
+      preLoaderRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRouteImport
+      parentRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerRoute
+    }
     '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event': {
       id: '/project/$ref/database/triggers/event'
       path: '/event'
@@ -6477,6 +6514,19 @@ const ProjectRefEditorRouteChildren: ProjectRefEditorRouteChildren = {
 const ProjectRefEditorRouteWithChildren =
   ProjectRefEditorRoute._addFileChildren(ProjectRefEditorRouteChildren)
 
+interface ProjectRefExplorerRouteChildren {
+  ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute
+  ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute
+}
+
+const ProjectRefExplorerRouteChildren: ProjectRefExplorerRouteChildren = {
+  ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute: ProjectRefExplorerIndexRoute,
+  ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute: ProjectRefExplorerNotebookIdRoute,
+}
+
+const ProjectRefExplorerRouteWithChildren =
+  ProjectRefExplorerRoute._addFileChildren(ProjectRefExplorerRouteChildren)
+
 interface ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugRouteChildren {
   ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRoute: typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugCodeRoute
   ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugDetailsRoute: typeof ProjectRefFunctionsFunctionSlugDetailsRoute
@@ -6756,7 +6806,7 @@ interface ProjectRefRouteChildren {
   ProjectRefBranchesRoute: typeof ProjectRefBranchesRouteWithChildren
   ProjectRefDatabaseRoute: typeof ProjectRefDatabaseRouteWithChildren
   ProjectRefEditorRoute: typeof ProjectRefEditorRouteWithChildren
-  ProjectRefExplorerRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerRoute
+  ProjectRefExplorerRoute: typeof ProjectRefExplorerRouteWithChildren
   ProjectRefFunctionsRoute: typeof ProjectRefFunctionsRouteWithChildren
   ProjectRefIntegrationsRoute: typeof ProjectRefIntegrationsRouteWithChildren
   ProjectRefLogsRoute: typeof ProjectRefLogsRouteWithChildren
@@ -6776,7 +6826,7 @@ const ProjectRefRouteChildren: ProjectRefRouteChildren = {
   ProjectRefBranchesRoute: ProjectRefBranchesRouteWithChildren,
   ProjectRefDatabaseRoute: ProjectRefDatabaseRouteWithChildren,
   ProjectRefEditorRoute: ProjectRefEditorRouteWithChildren,
-  ProjectRefExplorerRoute: ProjectRefExplorerRoute,
+  ProjectRefExplorerRoute: ProjectRefExplorerRouteWithChildren,
   ProjectRefFunctionsRoute: ProjectRefFunctionsRouteWithChildren,
   ProjectRefIntegrationsRoute: ProjectRefIntegrationsRouteWithChildren,
   ProjectRefLogsRoute: ProjectRefLogsRouteWithChildren,
diff --git a/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer.tsx b/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer.tsx
index d31f51f8179..96a78bdcee6 100644
--- a/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+import { createFileRoute, Outlet } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 
-import { ExplorerHome } from '@/components/interfaces/Explorer/ExplorerHome'
 import { ExplorerLayout } from '@/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout'
 
 export const Route = createFileRoute('/project/$ref/explorer')({
-  component: ProjectExplorerRoute,
+  component: ExplorerShell,
 })
 
-function ProjectExplorerRoute() {
+function ExplorerShell() {
   return (
     <ExplorerLayout>
-      <ExplorerHome />
+      <Outlet />
     </ExplorerLayout>
   )
 }
diff --git a/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer/index.tsx b/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c77bdd40f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+
+import { ExplorerHome } from '@/components/interfaces/Explorer/ExplorerHome'
+
+export const Route = createFileRoute('/project/$ref/explorer/')({
+  component: ProjectExplorerIndexRoute,
+})
+
+function ProjectExplorerIndexRoute() {
+  return <ExplorerHome />
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id.tsx b/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54c476a94ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/routes/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+
+import NotebookPage from '@/pages/project/[ref]/explorer/notebook/[id]'
+
+export const Route = createFileRoute('/project/$ref/explorer/notebook/$id')({
+  component: ProjectExplorerNotebookRoute,
+})
+
+function ProjectExplorerNotebookRoute() {
+  return <NotebookPage dehydratedState={undefined} />
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebook-session-state.ts b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebook-session-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed760aecd43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebook-session-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Ephemeral, per-session notebook state that is NOT persisted: query cell
+ * results and the row limit. Kept separate from the notebook content store
+ * (which deals with persistence) because none of this is saved — it lives
+ * only for the current editing session, keyed by cell id rather than
+ * notebook id since a single notebook can have many independent query cells.
+ *
+ * [Joshen] Will be fleshed out in subsequent PRs
+ */
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebooks-state.test.ts b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebooks-state.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c0de761ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebooks-state.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { notebooksState } from './notebooks-state'
+import type { Notebook } from './types'
+
+function makeNotebook(id: string, overrides: Partial<Notebook> = {}): Notebook {
+  return {
+    id,
+    type: 'notebook',
+    name: 'My Notebook',
+    description: '',
+    visibility: 'project',
+    favorite: false,
+    owner_id: 7,
+    project_id: 42,
+    content: { schema_version: '1.0', cells: [] },
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+describe('notebooksState', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // notebooksState is a module-level singleton, so reset the state these tests touch
+    for (const id of Object.keys(notebooksState.notebooks)) {
+      delete notebooksState.notebooks[id]
+    }
+    notebooksState.needsSaving.clear()
+  })
+
+  it('addNotebook marks a locally-created notebook as new', () => {
+    notebooksState.addNotebook({ projectRef: 'ref', notebook: makeNotebook('notebook-1') })
+
+    expect(notebooksState.notebooks['notebook-1'].status).toBe('new')
+  })
+
+  it('setNotebook marks a notebook not yet in the store as saved', () => {
+    notebooksState.setNotebook({ projectRef: 'ref', notebook: makeNotebook('notebook-1') })
+
+    expect(notebooksState.notebooks['notebook-1'].status).toBe('saved')
+  })
+
+  it('editing a loaded (saved) notebook transitions it to unsaved and queues it for saving', () => {
+    notebooksState.setNotebook({ projectRef: 'ref', notebook: makeNotebook('notebook-1') })
+
+    notebooksState.updateCells({
+      id: 'notebook-1',
+      cells: [{ type: 'markdown', content: 'hello' }],
+    })
+
+    expect(notebooksState.notebooks['notebook-1'].status).toBe('unsaved')
+    expect(notebooksState.needsSaving.get('notebook-1')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('editing a notebook that has never been saved keeps it as new', () => {
+    notebooksState.addNotebook({ projectRef: 'ref', notebook: makeNotebook('notebook-1') })
+
+    notebooksState.updateCells({
+      id: 'notebook-1',
+      cells: [{ type: 'markdown', content: 'hello' }],
+    })
+
+    expect(notebooksState.notebooks['notebook-1'].status).toBe('new')
+  })
+
+  it('setNotebook does not downgrade an already-loaded notebook back to saved after edits', () => {
+    notebooksState.setNotebook({ projectRef: 'ref', notebook: makeNotebook('notebook-1') })
+    notebooksState.updateCells({
+      id: 'notebook-1',
+      cells: [{ type: 'markdown', content: 'hello' }],
+    })
+    expect(notebooksState.notebooks['notebook-1'].status).toBe('unsaved')
+
+    // Re-fetching/merging content for the same notebook (e.g. a second setNotebook
+    // call) must not reset its status back to 'saved' while edits are pending.
+    notebooksState.setNotebook({ projectRef: 'ref', notebook: makeNotebook('notebook-1') })
+
+    expect(notebooksState.notebooks['notebook-1'].status).toBe('unsaved')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebooks-state.ts b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebooks-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cca4f9e95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/notebooks-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { proxy, snapshot, useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
+import { proxyMap } from 'valtio/utils'
+
+import type { Notebook, NotebookCell, StateNotebook } from './types'
+import type { SnippetStatus } from '@/data/content/snippet-status'
+
+// [Joshen] Deliberately copied from sql-editor-lifecycle cause we might deprecate
+// that in favor of notebooks in the long run
+function statusOnEdit(status: SnippetStatus): SnippetStatus {
+  return status === 'saved' ? 'unsaved' : status
+}
+
+export const notebooksState = proxy({
+  notebooks: {} as Record<string, StateNotebook>,
+  needsSaving: proxyMap<string, boolean>([]),
+
+  /**
+   * Load notebook into the Valtio store. No-ops if already present.
+   */
+  addNotebook: ({ projectRef, notebook }: { projectRef: string; notebook: Notebook }) => {
+    if (notebooksState.notebooks[notebook.id]) return
+    notebooksState.notebooks[notebook.id] = { projectRef, notebook, status: 'new' }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Load notebook content into the store. Notebooks fetched from the list
+   * endpoint don't have `content` loaded (to keep that response small), so
+   * content is fetched separately and merged in here on demand.
+   *
+   * Unlike `addNotebook` (for locally-created notebooks, status 'new'), a
+   * notebook reaching this function was already persisted, so it's inserted
+   * with status 'saved'.
+   */
+  setNotebook: ({ projectRef, notebook }: { projectRef: string; notebook: Notebook }) => {
+    const stateNotebook = notebooksState.notebooks[notebook.id]
+    if (stateNotebook) {
+      if (!stateNotebook.notebook.content) {
+        stateNotebook.notebook.content = notebook.content
+      }
+    } else {
+      notebooksState.notebooks[notebook.id] = { projectRef, notebook, status: 'saved' }
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Rename follows its own async save directly at the call site rather than going
+   * through needsSaving/the debounced scheduler.
+   */
+  renameNotebook: ({ id, name }: { id: string; name: string }) => {
+    const stateNotebook = notebooksState.notebooks[id]
+    if (stateNotebook) {
+      stateNotebook.notebook.name = name
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Remove notebook from the store, and optionally remove it from the sync
+   * saving queue. Also clears any cached query-cell results for this notebook
+   * from the ephemeral session store.
+   */
+  removeNotebook: ({ id, skipSave = false }: { id: string; skipSave?: boolean }) => {
+    const { [id]: notebook, ...otherNotebooks } = notebooksState.notebooks
+    notebooksState.notebooks = otherNotebooks
+    if (!skipSave) notebooksState.needsSaving.delete(id)
+
+    // TODO: clear notebookSessionState once it exists
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Replace a notebook's full cell array and queue it for sync saving. The
+   * single entry point for every cell-level change — adding, removing,
+   * reordering, or editing a cell's content all compute the next `cells` array
+   * at the call site and pass it here, since the notebook is saved as one JSON
+   * document rather than per-cell.
+   */
+  updateCells: ({
+    id,
+    cells,
+    skipSave,
+  }: {
+    id: string
+    cells: NotebookCell[]
+    skipSave?: boolean
+  }) => {
+    const stateNotebook = notebooksState.notebooks[id]
+    if (!stateNotebook?.notebook.content) return
+    stateNotebook.notebook.content.cells = cells
+    stateNotebook.status = statusOnEdit(stateNotebook.status)
+    if (!skipSave) notebooksState.needsSaving.set(id, false)
+  },
+
+  addNeedsSaving: (id: string) => notebooksState.needsSaving.set(id, true),
+})
+
+export const getNotebooksStateSnapshot = () => snapshot(notebooksState)
+
+export const useNotebooksStateSnapshot = (options?: Parameters<typeof useSnapshot>[1]) =>
+  useSnapshot(notebooksState, options)
+
+export const useNotebooks = (projectRef: string) => {
+  const snapshot = useNotebooksStateSnapshot()
+  return useMemo(
+    () =>
+      Object.values(snapshot.notebooks)
+        .filter((x) => x.projectRef === projectRef)
+        .map((x) => x.notebook),
+    [projectRef, snapshot.notebooks]
+  )
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/notebooks/types.ts b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69ee18a1ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/state/notebooks/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { SnippetStatus } from '@/data/content/snippet-status'
+
+/** Start and end follows ISO8601 convention */
+type AbsoluteTimeRange = { start: string; end: string }
+type RelativeTimeRange = { unit: 'm' | 'h' | 'd' | 'w' | 'M' | 'y'; amount: number }
+type TimeRange = AbsoluteTimeRange | RelativeTimeRange
+
+type DatabaseQueryCell = { type: 'sql'; sql: string }
+type LogsQueryCell = { type: 'logs'; sql: string; range: TimeRange }
+type MarkdownCell = { type: 'markdown'; content: string }
+export type NotebookCell = DatabaseQueryCell | LogsQueryCell | MarkdownCell
+
+interface NotebookContent {
+  schema_version: string
+  cells: NotebookCell[]
+}
+
+export interface Notebook {
+  id: string
+  type: 'notebook'
+  name: string
+  description?: string
+  visibility: 'project'
+  favorite: boolean
+  owner_id: number
+  project_id: number
+  content?: NotebookContent // Undefined until loaded
+}
+
+export interface StateNotebook {
+  projectRef: string
+  notebook: Notebook
+  status: SnippetStatus
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx b/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx
index dc8ba7e00fe..62a02e5c279 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const editorEntityTypes = {
   explorer: ['notebook'],
 }
 
-export type TabType = ENTITY_TYPE | 'sql'
+export type TabType = ENTITY_TYPE | 'sql' | 'notebook'
 
 type CreateTabIdParams = {
   r: { id: number }
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type CreateTabIdParams = {
   f: { id: number }
   p: { id: number }
   sql: { id: string }
+  notebook: { id: string }
   schema: { schema: string }
   view: never
   function: never
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export interface Tab {
     name?: string
     tableId?: number
     sqlId?: string
+    notebookId?: string
     scrollTop?: number
     /**
      * For SQL tabs, which backend the snippet queries (`'database'` | `'logs'`),
@@ -519,6 +521,9 @@ export function createTabsState(projectRef: string) {
             case 'sql':
               router.push(`/project/${router.query.ref}/sql`)
               break
+            case 'notebook':
+              router.push(`/project/${router.query.ref}/explorer`)
+              break
             case 'r':
             case 'v':
             case 'm':
@@ -638,6 +643,8 @@ export function createTabId<T extends TabType>(type: T, params: CreateTabIdParam
       return `p-${(params as CreateTabIdParams['p']).id}`
     case 'sql':
       return `sql-${(params as CreateTabIdParams['sql']).id}`
+    case 'notebook':
+      return `notebook-${(params as CreateTabIdParams['sql']).id}`
     default:
       return ''
   }