[BUG] Claude welcome tip misleading about creating CLAUDE.md file when one already exists

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

The VS Code extension welcome screen rotates through a set of tips, one of which suggests creating a CLAUDE.md file. This tip displays even when a CLAUDE.md already exists at the project root. It's misleading — it implies the file is missing or not being detected.

What Should Happen?

The welcome tip rotation should be context-aware. If a CLAUDE.md already exists in the project, skip the "create a CLAUDE.md" tip or replace it with something relevant like "CLAUDE.md loaded." At a minimum add "If you haven't already, you can......[rest of the tip here]"

Error Messages/Logs

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technically no error

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a project that already has a CLAUDE.md file at the repo root
2. Open the Claude Code panel in VS Code
3. Start a new chat repeatedly — the welcome screen rotates through tips
4. Eventually the "create a CLAUDE.md" tip appears, despite one already existing

Claude Model

Not sure / Multiple models

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.50 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

It's very minor, but figured I'd report it anyways because it made me doubt my setup and waste tokens asking claude and searching the internet