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

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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.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• 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.

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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.

Changes

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.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: brendan-kellam

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e35cb

The feature removal is otherwise mergeable, but the changelog entry should be moved to Unreleased before merging.

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P3: The changelog entry was added inside the already-released `[5.1.14] - 2026-09-17` section instead of under `[Unreleased]`. Per AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md, every PR must place its changelog entry under `[Unreleased]`; adding it to a released version's section makes the released notes falsely claim the fix shipped in 5.1.14. Also, repo convention tracks removals under a `### Removed` section (see 5.1.6 "Removed the Langfuse integration"), so a removal entry under `### Fixed` is inconsistent with existing usage. Move the line to the `[Unreleased]` section, in a `### Removed` (or at minimum the appropriate) section.</violation>
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P3: The changelog entry was added inside the already-released [5.1.14] - 2026-09-17 section instead of under [Unreleased]. Per AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md, every PR must place its changelog entry under [Unreleased]; adding it to a released version's section makes the released notes falsely claim the fix shipped in 5.1.14. Also, repo convention tracks removals under a ### Removed section (see 5.1.6 "Removed the Langfuse integration"), so a removal entry under ### Fixed is inconsistent with existing usage. Move the line to the [Unreleased] section, in a ### Removed (or at minimum the appropriate) section.

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<comment>The changelog entry was added inside the already-released `[5.1.14] - 2026-09-17` section instead of under `[Unreleased]`. Per AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md, every PR must place its changelog entry under `[Unreleased]`; adding it to a released version's section makes the released notes falsely claim the fix shipped in 5.1.14. Also, repo convention tracks removals under a `### Removed` section (see 5.1.6 "Removed the Langfuse integration"), so a removal entry under `### Fixed` is inconsistent with existing usage. Move the line to the `[Unreleased]` section, in a `### Removed` (or at minimum the appropriate) section.</comment>

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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [EE] Fixed missing account-linking prompts during OAuth authorization and restored prompts when new optional providers are configured. [#1663](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/1663)
 - Prevented browser performance instrumentation from breaking code views when `performance.measure()` returns no value. [#1665](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/1665)
 - Added specific authentication error messages and recovery guidance shared by the login form and error page. [#1669](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/1669)
+- Removed the Ask Sourcebot first-visit tutorial banner. [#1675](https://github.com/sourcebot-dev/sourcebot/pull/1675)
 
 ## [5.1.13] - 2026-09-12
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