VS Code: option to disable rotating placeholder verbs in chat input

Problem

The VS Code chat input placeholder cycles through different verbs ("Ask Claude to...", "Tell Claude to...", etc.). This is charming for the first day but becomes distracting during regular use. There's no setting to disable it or set a static placeholder.

Proposed solution

Add a setting to either:

1. Disable the rotation and show a static placeholder (e.g., just "Message Claude")
2. Or remove the animation entirely

Something like claude-code.staticPlaceholder: true in VS Code settings.

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