diff --git a/.github/workflows/empty-files.yml b/.github/workflows/empty-files.yml
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+name: Empty Files Checker
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master, staging, stable ]
+  merge_group:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [ opened, reopened, synchronize, ready_for_review ]
+    paths:
+    - 'Content.Client/**'
+    - 'Content.Server/**'
+    - 'Content.Shared/**'
+    - 'Resources/**'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name != 'merge_group' }}
+
+env:
+  # Directories to scan for empty files. obj/ and bin/ are skipped
+  SEARCH_PATHS: "Content.Client Content.Server Content.Shared Resources"
+  # File extensions to check, without dots
+  FILE_EXTENSIONS: "cs xaml yaml yml ftl xml json"
+
+jobs:
+  check_empty_files:
+    name: Check for empty files
+    if: github.actor != 'PJBot' && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+    - name: Setup Submodule
+      run: git submodule update --init
+
+    - name: Find empty files
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        set -e
+
+        read -ra paths <<< "$SEARCH_PATHS"
+        read -ra exts  <<< "$FILE_EXTENSIONS"
+
+        find_expr=()
+        for ext in "${exts[@]}"; do
+          find_expr+=( -o -name "*.$ext" )
+        done
+        find_expr=("${find_expr[@]:1}")   # drop leading -o
+
+        mapfile -t EMPTY < <(
+          find "${paths[@]}" \
+            \( -name obj -o -name bin \) -prune -o \
+            -type f \( "${find_expr[@]}" \) \
+            -exec sh -c 'test -z "$(tr -d "[:space:]" < "$1")" && echo "$1"' sh {} \;
+        )
+
+        if [ "${#EMPTY[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
+          echo "::error::Found empty files:"
+          printf '  - %s\n' "${EMPTY[@]}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "No empty files found."
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Nutrition/EntitySystems/UtensilSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Nutrition/EntitySystems/UtensilSystem.cs
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diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Weapons/Guns/Projectiles/projectiles.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Weapons/Guns/Projectiles/projectiles.yml
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diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Procedural/salvage_misc.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Procedural/salvage_misc.yml
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