refactor(sdk): migrate Providing_base_cases.ipynb to unified google-genai SDK

[bhasinagam]

Summary

Migrates examples/prompting/Providing_base_cases.ipynb from the legacy
google-generativeai SDK to the modern google-genai Unified SDK, with
full compliance to .gemini/styleguide.md.

Changes

SDK Migration

• %pip install 'google-genai>=1.0.0' (with version per styleguide)
• from google import genai (correct import)
• client = genai.Client() pattern
• client.models.generate_content() with config dict

Styleguide Compliance

• Import placed with first use (client init cell)
• Model selector updated: gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-3-*-preview
• Imperative text style ("Define...", "Test...")
• Removed redundant model instantiation cells

Testing

• Runs successfully in Colab
• Formatted with nbfmt

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request refactors the Providing_base_cases.ipynb example notebook to align with the latest google-genai Unified SDK and internal style guidelines. The primary goal is to modernize the notebook's codebase, ensuring it leverages the most current SDK features and follows best practices for clarity and maintainability, while also enhancing the quality of the example outputs.

Highlights

• SDK Migration: The notebook Providing_base_cases.ipynb has been updated to use the google-genai Unified SDK, replacing the legacy google-generativeai SDK. This includes changes to package installation, import statements (from google import genai), client initialization (client = genai.Client()), and content generation calls (client.models.generate_content()).
• Styleguide Compliance: The notebook now adheres to the .gemini/styleguide.md, incorporating changes such as placing imports with first use, updating model selectors to include gemini-2.5-flash and gemini-3-*-preview, adopting an imperative text style in markdown cells, and removing redundant model instantiation cells.
• Content Refinement: The example outputs for model responses have been updated to provide more detailed and structured information, specifically for the San Diego beaches safety tips and book recommendations.

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Code Review

The pull request updates the Providing_base_cases.ipynb notebook to utilize the google-genai>=1.0.0 library, replacing the older google-generativeai package. This involves refactoring the API client initialization from genai.configure to genai.Client, introducing a configurable MODEL_ID variable, and modifying generate_content calls to explicitly pass model and system instruction configurations. The notebook's content was also refined with updated markdown descriptions and more detailed example outputs for model responses. A review comment noted that the execution_count values in the notebook were not null, indicating that the nbfmt formatting script had not been run, and requested that it be executed to reset these counts before merging.