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+name: Smoke Tests for Notebooks
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths:
+      - "notebooks/**/*.ipynb"
+      - ".github/workflows/validate-and-execute-notebooks.yml"
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - "notebooks/**/*.ipynb"
+      - ".github/workflows/validate-and-execute-notebooks.yml"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate_tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # Set the notebooks to validate, wildcards are allowed
+        notebooks_to_validate: ["notebooks/**/*.ipynb"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          cache: pip
+
+      - name: Install Testing Tools
+        run: |
+          pip install nbformat ipykernel
+          ipython kernel install --name "python3" --user
+
+      - name: Validate Notebooks
+        run: |
+          set -ux
+
+          shopt -s globstar nullglob
+
+          for FILE in ${{ matrix.notebooks_to_validate }}; do
+            if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
+              echo "Validating notebook '$FILE'..."
+
+              FILE="$FILE" python - <<'PY'
+          import os, sys, nbformat
+
+          f = os.environ['FILE']
+
+          n = nbformat.read(f, nbformat.NO_CONVERT)
+
+          # Validate the notebook
+          nbformat.validate(n)
+
+          has_parameters_cell = False
+
+          for cell in n.cells:
+            if cell.cell_type == 'code':
+
+              # Fail test if notebook has any code cell with outputs
+              if cell.outputs:
+                print(f'Code cell in notebook {f} has outputs')
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+              # Fail test if notebook has any code cell with execution count
+              if cell.execution_count:
+                print(f'Code cell in notebook {f} has execution count')
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+              # Check for code cells tagged with 'parameters'
+              if 'tags' in cell.metadata and 'parameters' in cell.metadata.tags:
+                has_parameters_cell = True
+
+          # Fail test if notebook doesn't have any code cell tagged with 'parameters'
+          if not has_parameters_cell:
+            print(f'Notebook {f} does not have any cell tagged with \'parameters\'')
+            sys.exit(1)
+          PY
+
+            fi
+          done
+  
+  execute_tests:
+    needs: validate_tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # Set the notebooks to execute
+        notebook_to_execute: ["notebooks/use-cases/document-conversion-standard.ipynb"]
+
+        # Set the files use in each notebook execution
+        file_to_use: ["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/py-pdf/sample-files/refs/heads/main/001-trivial/minimal-document.pdf"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          cache: pip
+
+      - name: Install Testing Tools
+        run: |
+          pip install papermill ipykernel
+          ipython kernel install --name "python3" --user
+
+      - name: Execute Notebooks
+        run: |
+          set -ux
+
+          NOTEBOOK="${{ matrix.notebook_to_execute }}"
+          FILE="${{ matrix.file_to_use }}"
+
+          echo "Executing notebook '$NOTEBOOK' with file '$FILE'..."
+
+          papermill $NOTEBOOK $NOTEBOOK.tmp.ipynb -b $(echo -n "files: [\"$FILE\"]" | base64 -w 0)
+
+          echo "✓ Notebook $NOTEBOOK executed successfully"