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Canonical design instructions. Design a canonical mobile AI app blank-state screen in portrait iPhone format. The design pattern should combine the shared structure seen across leading AI chat apps:

• minimalist top navigation
• quiet central canvas
• a few starter action chips
• a persistent bottom composer dock

Create a polished, production-quality UI with these characteristics:

Overall structure:

• iPhone portrait screen with large rounded device corners
• very light neutral background, almost white with a slight warm or cool tint
• calm, premium, modern interface
• no clutter, no dashboard density, no hard dividers

Top bar:

• small menu icon on the top left
• centered product name
• one small utility or profile avatar on the top right
• very light visual weight, lots of breathing room

Center / blank state:

• keep most of the center intentionally sparse
• include a short greeting and one clear headline prompt such as “What do you want to make today?”
• below that, show 4–5 rounded action chips for common multimodal tasks
• example chips: Ask anything, Create image, Write draft, Summarize file, Generate video
• chips should feel tappable, lightweight, and elegant, not loud

Bottom composer dock:

• floating rounded rectangular dock anchored near the bottom
• primary text input field with placeholder like “Ask anything”
• plus button for attachments/tools
• microphone or voice input button
• optional small mode pill such as Fast / Smart or Ask / Create
• one stronger primary action on the right for voice or submit
• dock should feel like the center of gravity of the interface

Visual language:

• monochrome or near-monochrome palette with subtle grays
• use color only sparingly for avatar accents or one tiny highlight
• soft shadows, almost invisible
• large corner radii everywhere
• simple sans serif typography, medium contrast, clear hierarchy
• elegant spacing and alignment
• premium consumer AI aesthetic

Design goals:

• the screen should feel immediately usable, not empty
• balance Gemini-style task clarity with ChatGPT-style restraint
• avoid Grok-style control clutter, but keep strong input affordances
• emphasize initiation, calmness, and multimodal possibility
• make the blank state feel purposeful rather than vacant

Output:

• one canonical screen
• one variant with a more activated blank state
• one variant with a more minimal blank state