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fix(web): remove Ask Sourcebot banner on new visit - #1675

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Fixes SOU-2304

Remove the first-visit Ask Sourcebot tutorial dialog, its dismissal cookie action, and dedicated image assets. Ask Sourcebot chat and code search remain available.

Validation:

  • Before change on main: used a fresh anonymous browser profile with localhost cookies, localStorage, and session state cleared before opening /chat; the promotional tutorial appeared.
  • After change: repeated the same cleared-storage fresh-visit procedure; /chat loaded without the promotional tutorial.
  • /search loaded successfully and navigation back to /chat remained intact.
  • No removal-related browser console errors observed.
  • yarn workspace @sourcebot/web lint
  • yarn workspace @sourcebot/web test --run (149 files, 1,505 tests)

Ask LLM E2E on this branch:

  • Confirmed ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set without exposing its value.
  • Updated local ignored config.json with the existing GitHub connection plus an Anthropic claude-sonnet-4-5 model using token.env: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.
  • Cleared localhost cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage again before the fresh visit; the banner remained absent.
  • The Anthropic model appeared in the selector.
  • Submitted one real Ask query and received a successful response with a README.md code citation.
  • Browser console showed only normal HMR/React DevTools messages and no breaking errors.
  • No OpenAI key or second model was required.

Before:
Ask Sourcebot tutorial shown on a fresh /chat visit after storage reset

After banner removal:
Clean /chat landing page after clearing browser state

Fresh-state Ask shell and model:
Fresh-state Ask shell with claude-sonnet-4-5 selected and no banner
Anthropic claude-sonnet-4-5 visible in the model selector

Successful Ask response:
Successful Anthropic Ask response with README citation
Browser console without breaking errors after the successful response

Clean E2E walkthrough:
ask_anthropic_clean_fresh_state_e2e.mp4

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Summary by cubic

Fixes SOU-2304 by removing the Ask Sourcebot tutorial dialog that showed on a new visit. New users now go straight into chat; Ask Sourcebot chat and search are unaffected. Also removes the dismissal cookie action and constant, the three tutorial image assets, and adds a CHANGELOG entry noting the removal.

Written for commit 1cf2ad9. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • Changes
    • Removed the in-app agentic search tutorial dialog and its dismissal flow from chat.
    • Removed the related first-visit tutorial banner and dismissal setting.
    • The chat layout now displays only the MCP OAuth status notification alongside page content.
    • Mobile splash-screen dismissal remains available.
  • Documentation
    • Moved the tutorial banner removal entry to the unreleased changelog.

Co-authored-by: Michael Sukkarieh <msukkari@users.noreply.github.com>
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The pull request removes the agentic search tutorial dialog, its chat-layout integration, and its dismissal-cookie API. Mobile splash-screen dismissal remains available. The changelog records the tutorial banner removal.

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Agentic search tutorial removal

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove tutorial dismissal contracts
packages/web/src/actions.ts, packages/web/src/lib/constants.ts
The tutorial dismissal action and cookie-name constant are removed. The mobile splash-screen cookie import remains.
Remove tutorial UI integration
packages/web/src/app/(app)/chat/components/tutorialDialog.tsx, packages/web/src/app/(app)/chat/layout.tsx, CHANGELOG.md
The tutorial dialog and its conditional rendering are removed. The changelog records removal of the Ask Sourcebot first-visit tutorial banner.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1cf2a

The first-visit tutorial is removed while Ask Sourcebot chat and search remain available, with no current production impact requiring remediation before merge.

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