Feat/create starter notebook on get notebooks (#1441)

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cognee/modules/notebooks/methods/create_notebook.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from cognee.infrastructure.databases.relational import with_async_session
 
 from ..models.Notebook import Notebook, NotebookCell
 
+TUTORIAL_NOTEBOOK_NAME = "Python Development with Cognee Tutorial 🧠"
+
 
 async def _create_tutorial_notebook(
     user_id: UUID, session: AsyncSession, force_refresh: bool = False
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ async def _create_tutorial_notebook(
             zip_url=TUTORIAL_ZIP_URL,
             owner_id=user_id,
             notebook_filename="tutorial.ipynb",
-            name="Python Development with Cognee Tutorial 🧠",
+            name=TUTORIAL_NOTEBOOK_NAME,
             deletable=False,
             force=force_refresh,
         )

cognee/modules/notebooks/methods/get_notebooks.py

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 from uuid import UUID
 from typing import List
-from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy import select, and_
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from cognee.infrastructure.databases.relational import with_async_session
 
 from ..models.Notebook import Notebook
+from .create_notebook import _create_tutorial_notebook, TUTORIAL_NOTEBOOK_NAME
+
+from cognee.shared.logging_utils import get_logger
+
+logger = get_logger()
 
 
 @with_async_session
@@ -13,6 +18,27 @@ async def get_notebooks(
     user_id: UUID,
     session: AsyncSession,
 ) -> List[Notebook]:
+    # Check if tutorial notebook already exists for this user
+    tutorial_query = select(Notebook).where(
+        and_(
+            Notebook.owner_id == user_id,
+            Notebook.name == TUTORIAL_NOTEBOOK_NAME,
+            ~Notebook.deletable,
+        )
+    )
+    tutorial_result = await session.execute(tutorial_query)
+    tutorial_notebook = tutorial_result.scalar_one_or_none()
+
+    # If tutorial notebook doesn't exist, create it
+    if tutorial_notebook is None:
+        logger.info(f"Tutorial notebook not found for user {user_id}, creating it")
+        try:
+            await _create_tutorial_notebook(user_id, session, force_refresh=False)
+        except Exception as e:
+            # Log the error but continue to return existing notebooks
+            logger.error(f"Failed to create tutorial notebook for user {user_id}: {e}")
+
+    # Get all notebooks for the user
     result = await session.execute(select(Notebook).where(Notebook.owner_id == user_id))
 
     return list(result.scalars().all())

cognee/modules/users/methods/create_user.py

@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ async def create_user(
                     if auto_login:
                         await session.refresh(user)
 
-                    await _create_tutorial_notebook(user.id, session)
-
                     return user
     except UserAlreadyExists as error:
         print(f"User {email} already exists")