diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8356e86..1ea673b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "polyapi",
-  "version": "0.24.1",
+  "version": "0.24.2",
   "description": "Poly is a CLI tool to help create and manage your Poly definitions.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run lint && npm run build",
     "preversion": "npm run lint",
     "postversion": "git push && git push --tags",
+
     "test": "node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 75d9e16..ed550b4 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,47 @@ import { loadConfig } from './config';
 import { type RenameT } from './commands/model';
 import { DEFAULT_POLY_PATH } from './constants';
 import { isValidHttpUrl } from './utils';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 
 if (process.env.NO_COLOR) {
   // Support NO_COLOR env variable https://no-color.org/
   chalk.level = 0;
 }
 
+const showWelcomeIfFirstTime = () => {
+  try {
+    const polyDir = DEFAULT_POLY_PATH;
+    const welcomeFile = path.join(polyDir, '.welcome-shown');
+    
+    // If welcome has already been shown, return early
+    if (fs.existsSync(welcomeFile)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    // Get version from package.json
+    const packagePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json');
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packagePath, 'utf8'));
+    const version = packageJson.version;
+    
+    // Show welcome message
+    console.log('');
+    console.log(chalk.green('✓ PolyAPI SDK installed successfully!'));
+    console.log(chalk.blue(`📦 Version: ${version}`));
+    console.log('');
+    console.log(chalk.yellow('Getting started:'));
+    console.log('  • Run ' + chalk.cyan('poly --help') + ' to see all available commands');
+    console.log('  • Run ' + chalk.cyan('poly setup') + ' to configure your Poly connection');
+    console.log('');
+    
+    // Ensure .poly directory exists and mark welcome as shown
+    fs.mkdirSync(polyDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(welcomeFile, new Date().toISOString());
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Silently fail if there's an issue - don't break the CLI
+  }
+};
+
 const checkPolyConfig = (polyPath: string) => {
   loadConfig(polyPath);
 
@@ -24,6 +59,9 @@ const checkPolyConfig = (polyPath: string) => {
   return true;
 };
 
+// Show welcome message on first usage
+showWelcomeIfFirstTime();
+
 void yargs
   .usage('$0 <cmd> [args]')
   .command(