diff --git a/community/resource_types/state.json b/community/resource_types/state.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a05ef1a47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/resource_types/state.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "workspace_id": "starter",
+  "name": "state",
+  "schema": {
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+    "properties": {},
+    "required": [],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  "description": ""
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/EditorBar.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/EditorBar.svelte
index 93ab76153e..1de6f99099 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/EditorBar.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/EditorBar.svelte
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@
 	$: editor && addEditorActions()
 
 	async function loadVariables() {
-		return (await VariableService.listVariable({ workspace: $workspaceStore ?? '' })).map((x) => {
-			return { name: x.path, ...x }
-		})
+		return await VariableService.listVariable({ workspace: $workspaceStore ?? '' })
 	}
 
 	async function loadContextualVariables() {
@@ -147,13 +145,10 @@
 		sendUserToast(`${name} inserted at cursor`)
 	}}
 	itemName="Variable"
-	extraField="name"
+	extraField="path"
 	loadItems={loadVariables}
 >
 	<div slot="submission" class="flex flex-row">
-		<div class="text-xs mr-2 align-middle">
-			The variable you were looking for does not exist yet?
-		</div>
 		<Button
 			variant="border"
 			color="blue"
@@ -193,7 +188,8 @@
 		sendUserToast(`${path} inserted at cursor`)
 	}}
 	itemName="Resource"
-	extraField="resource_type"
+	buttons={{ edit: (x) => resourceEditor.initEdit(x) }}
+	extraField="description"
 	loadItems={async () =>
 		await ResourceService.listResource({ workspace: $workspaceStore ?? 'NO_W' })}
 >
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte
index 8b97528729..2a5598d93c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 	import { Drawer, Skeleton } from './common'
 	import DrawerContent from './common/drawer/DrawerContent.svelte'
 	import IconedResourceType from './IconedResourceType.svelte'
-	import WindmillIcon from './icons/WindmillIcon.svelte'
 
 	type Item = Record<string, any>
 	export let pickCallback: (path: string, f: string) => void
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 	export let itemName: string
 	export let closeOnClick = true
 	export let noItemMessage = ''
+	export let buttons: Record<string, (x: string) => void> = {}
 
 	let loading = false
 	let items: Item[] | undefined = []
@@ -60,25 +60,55 @@
 			{:else if filteredItems}
 				<ul class="divide-y divide-gray-200">
 					{#each filteredItems as obj}
-						<li
-							class="py-4 px-1 gap-1 flex flex-col hover:bg-white hover:border text-black cursor-pointer"
-							on:click={() => {
-								if (closeOnClick) {
-									drawer.closeDrawer()
-								}
-								pickCallback(obj['path'], obj[extraField])
-							}}
-						>
-							<p class="text-sm font-semibold flex flex-row">
+						<li class="flex flex-row w-full">
+							<button
+								class="py-4 px-1 gap-1 flex flex-row grow hover:bg-white hover:border text-black"
+								on:click={() => {
+									if (closeOnClick) {
+										drawer.closeDrawer()
+									}
+									pickCallback(obj['path'], obj[extraField])
+								}}
+							>
 								{#if `app` in obj}
-									<IconedResourceType silent={true} name={obj['app']} />
-									<span class="mr-2" />
+									<div class="mr-2 text-sm text-left truncate w-24">
+										<IconedResourceType silent={true} name={obj['app']} />
+									</div>
 								{/if}
-								<span class="mr-2">{obj[extraField]}</span><span class="font-normal break-words"
-									>{obj['path'] ?? ''}</span
-								>
-							</p>
-							<p class="text-xs italic">{obj['description'] ?? ''}</p>
+								{#if `resource_type` in obj}
+									<div class="mr-2 truncate text-left w-24 text-sm">
+										<IconedResourceType after={true} name={obj['resource_type']} />
+									</div>
+								{/if}
+								<div class="flex flex-col">
+									<div class="text-sm font-semibold flex flex-col">
+										<span class="mr-2 text-left">{obj[extraField] ?? ''}</span>
+										{#if extraField != 'path'}
+											<span class="font-normal text-xs text-left italic overflow-hidden"
+												>{obj['path'] ?? ''}</span
+											>
+										{/if}
+									</div>
+									{#if extraField != 'description'}
+										<div class="text-xs font-light italic text-left">{obj['description'] ?? ''}</div
+										>
+									{/if}
+								</div>
+							</button>
+							{#if buttons}
+								<div class="flex flex-row">
+									{#each Object.entries(buttons) as [name, button]}
+										<button
+											class="py-4 px-1 gap-1 flex flex-row grow hover:bg-white hover:border text-black"
+											on:click={() => {
+												button(obj['path'] ?? '')
+											}}
+										>
+											{name}
+										</button>
+									{/each}
+								</div>
+							{/if}
 						</li>
 					{/each}
 				</ul>
@@ -86,7 +116,7 @@
 				<span class="mt-2 text-sm text-red-400">{noItemMessage}</span>
 			{/if}
 		</div>
-		<span slot="submission">
+		<span slot="submission" class="mr-2">
 			<slot name="submission" />
 		</span>
 	</DrawerContent>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte
index 3388612edb..e7878d9517 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 	import ResourceTypePicker from './ResourceTypePicker.svelte'
 	import DrawerContent from './common/drawer/DrawerContent.svelte'
 	import autosize from 'svelte-autosize'
+	import SimpleEditor from './SimpleEditor.svelte'
 
 	let path = ''
 	let initialPath = ''
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
 	let variableEditor: VariableEditor
 	let drawer: Drawer
 
+	let rawCode: string | undefined = undefined
+
 	const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
 
 	export async function initNew(rt?: string) {
@@ -58,8 +61,8 @@
 		resourceToEdit = await ResourceService.getResource({ workspace: $workspaceStore!, path: p })
 		description = resourceToEdit!.description ?? ''
 		selectedResourceType = resourceToEdit!.resource_type
-		await loadResourceType()
 		args = resourceToEdit!.value
+		await loadResourceType()
 		drawer.openDrawer()
 	}
 
@@ -77,6 +80,14 @@
 	async function editResource(): Promise<void> {
 		try {
 			if (resourceToEdit) {
+				if (rawCode != undefined) {
+					try {
+						args = JSON.parse(rawCode)
+					} catch (e) {
+						sendUserToast("Couldn't parse the content as JSON", true)
+						return
+					}
+				}
 				await ResourceService.updateResource({
 					workspace: $workspaceStore!,
 					path: resourceToEdit.path,
@@ -95,13 +106,18 @@
 
 	async function loadResourceType(): Promise<void> {
 		if (selectedResourceType) {
-			resourceType = await ResourceService.getResourceType({
-				workspace: $workspaceStore!,
-				path: selectedResourceType
-			})
+			try {
+				resourceType = await ResourceService.getResourceType({
+					workspace: $workspaceStore!,
+					path: selectedResourceType
+				})
 
-			if (resourceType.schema) {
-				resourceSchema = resourceType.schema as Schema
+				if (resourceType.schema) {
+					resourceSchema = resourceType.schema as Schema
+				}
+			} catch (err) {
+				resourceSchema = undefined
+				rawCode = JSON.stringify(args, null, 2)
 			}
 		} else {
 			sendUserToast(`ResourceType cannot be undefined.`, true)
@@ -194,7 +210,9 @@
 							</div>
 						{/each}
 					{:else}
-						<div>Invalid schema</div>
+						<div class="h-full w-full">
+							<SimpleEditor class="editor" lang="json" bind:code={rawCode} />
+						</div>
 					{/if}
 				</div>
 			{/if}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts b/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts
index f4c9341e7e..aaa8dca4d6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/script_helpers.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import type { Script } from "./gen"
 export const PYTHON_INIT_CODE = `import os
 import wmill
 
+# You can import any package from PyPI, even if the assistant complains
+
 """
-Use Cmd/Ctrl + S to autoformat the code.
+Use Cmd/Ctrl + S to autoformat the code. Reset content in the bar to start from a clean template.
 The client is used to interact with windmill itself through its standard API.
 One can explore the methods available through autocompletion of \`wmill.XXX\`.
 """