Create Pull Request

Creates a PR following Storybook conventions.

Title format

[Area]: [Description]

• Area is capitalized, no spaces (dashes allowed)
• Examples:
• CSFFactories: Fix type export
• Nextjs-Vite: Add support
• CLI: Fix automigrate issue

Labels

Add these labels to the PR:

Category (required, pick one):

• bug - fixes incorrect behavior
• maintenance - user-facing maintenance
• dependencies - upgrading/downgrading deps
• build - internal build/test updates (no changelog)
• cleanup - minor cleanup (no changelog)
• documentation - docs only (no changelog)
• feature request - new feature
• BREAKING CHANGE - breaks compatibility
• other - doesn't fit above

CI (required, pick one):

• ci:normal - standard sandbox set; default for most code changes
• ci:merged - merged sandbox set
• ci:daily - daily sandbox set; use this when changes affect prerelease sandboxes or sandboxes pinned to a framework or React version other than latest
• ci:docs - documentation-only changes (use with documentation category)

Canary (optional):

• ci:canary - publish pkg.pr.new canary packages for an in-repo PR; later pushes republish while the label remains. Does nothing on fork PRs. To canary a fork PR, a maintainer runs publish-canary.yml with the pr input; do not ask the fork author to publish. Do not add this label unless the user asks for a canary.

QA (required, pick one):

Tells the release team whether manual QA is needed before the next minor release.

• qa:needed — a human must manually verify this PR at release time
• qa:skip — no per-PR manual QA needed at release time

Heuristics:

• User explicitly asked for manual QA before release → qa:needed
• Part of a larger project that gets holistic QA (not per-PR) → qa:skip
• Touches paths, filesystem, or anything that could break on Windows → qa:needed
• Complex change spanning multiple areas that must work together → qa:needed
• Small change in central/shared code with high side-effect risk (e.g. layout CSS in shared UI) → qa:needed
• Simple, straightforward change → qa:skip
• Unsure → ask the user whether manual QA before minor release is necessary

PR body

Read .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md from the repository root.

Copy that template EXACTLY, including all HTML comments (<!-- ... -->). Fill in the relevant sections based on the changes, but keep all comments intact.

Manual testing (required)

The Manual testing section is mandatory — never leave it empty. Write steps for a separate maintainer, not a log of how you tested.

Each step should be:

• Clear and easy to follow
• Copy-pasteable shell commands where applicable
• Explicit about what behavior to inspect (expected outcome, not just "check it works")
• Linked to specific stories for UI changes, or to build artifacts when relevant
• Lists areas most likely to regress and worth extra scrutiny

Verify your own steps first — run through them locally before opening the PR.

When useful, link to published Chromatic Storybooks (CI must finish first; links won't work immediately after opening the PR):

• Internal UI: https://<branch>--635781f3500dd2c49e189caf.chromatic.com/?path=/story/<story_id>
• React Vite TS: https://<branch>--630511d655df72125520f051.chromatic.com/?path=/story/<story_id>

Replace <branch> with Chromatic's normalized slug (special chars → dashes, e.g. feature/foo → feature-foo) and <story_id> with the story path (e.g. example-button--primary).

Command

Always create PRs in draft mode:

bash
gh pr create --draft --title "<Area>: <Description>" --body "<FILLED_TEMPLATE>" --label "<category>,<ci>,<qa>"