I cloned the project from our repository
ah, ok. there's been some understandable confusion around what files should be kept in source control and which files should not. we'll make this easier soon but in the meantime, here's the info:
additionally, while opinions differ i would check in the launch.json and settings.json files within your project's .vscode directory - at the least in their initial states after running Particle: Create Project and ignoring changes after that. just be aware that .vscode directory usage is somewhat up in the air at the moment and occasionally you'll find extension authors breaking certain assumptions - example. whitelisting specific files makes things a bit less risky.
One does show up after I got a
launch.jsonfrom a coworker
for future reference, try moving that out of the .vscode directory and following the steps i shared above - you should see a new launch.json file be created with our configs 