{"slug":"visual-regression-storybook-review","title":"visual-regression-storybook-review","summary":"Reviews Storybook visual-testing setup -- test-runner wiring, Chromatic integration, and the a11y addon's axe-core gating -- to ensure visually-critical components have deterministic pixel-diff and accessibility coverage before merge, grounded in current Storybook docs.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:52:17.978865Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: visual-regression-storybook-review\ndescription: Reviews Storybook visual-testing setup -- test-runner wiring, Chromatic integration, and the a11y addon's axe-core gating -- to ensure visually-critical components have deterministic pixel-diff and accessibility coverage before merge, grounded in current Storybook docs.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-07-02\"\ncategory: delivery</h2>\n<h1>Visual Regression (Storybook) Review</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Storybook can run three different kinds of automated checks -- the generic <code>test-runner</code>, hosted Chromatic visual/interaction diffing, and the <code>a11y</code> addon's axe-core accessibility checks -- and teams frequently conflate them or wire only one when they need two. This skill reviews which checks are actually wired, whether they gate merge or are advisory-only, and whether visually-critical components and all theme variants are in scope, grounded in current, version-specific Storybook API behavior rather than remembered config shapes that may be stale across majors.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill when the user asks to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>review or configure Storybook's <code>test-runner</code>, Chromatic, or <code>a11y</code> addon setup,</li>\n<li>diagnose why a visual or accessibility regression shipped despite Storybook tests passing,</li>\n<li>decide whether a check should run locally, in the test-runner, or via Chromatic,</li>\n<li>audit whether dark mode/RTL/reduced-motion story variants have visual and a11y coverage.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Context7 Documentation Protocol</h2>\n<p>Storybook's addon config shape (<code>preVisit</code>/<code>postVisit</code> hooks, <code>parameters.a11y.*</code>, <code>chromatic.config.json</code> fields) has changed across Storybook 8/9/10 and is documented, not folklore -- never assert a hook signature, parameter name, or default value from memory.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Call <code>ToolSearch</code> with query <code>\"context7\"</code> (or <code>\"select:mcp__Context7__resolve-library-id,mcp__Context7__query-docs\"</code>) to load the Context7 tools if not already loaded in this session.</li>\n<li>Call <code>mcp__Context7__resolve-library-id</code> with library name <code>Storybook</code> to obtain the current Context7-compatible ID (<code>/storybookjs/storybook</code>); prefer the resolved ID over guessing.</li>\n<li>Call <code>mcp__Context7__query-docs</code> for the specific claim in question -- e.g. \"test-runner preVisit postVisit hooks configuration\", \"a11y addon parameters.a11y.test values\", \"Chromatic config.json fields and CI wiring\" -- before stating it as fact. Do this per review, not once from a prior session's memory.</li>\n<li>Prefer the official docs URLs in <code>official_docs</code> for primary normative statements (exact parameter names, exact config shape); use Context7 to ground and cross-check the claim before writing it into a finding.</li>\n<li>If Context7 is unavailable or returns no relevant match, fall back to the <code>official_docs</code> URLs and mark the claim <code>documentation-based (Context7 unavailable)</code> rather than presenting it as freshly verified.</li>\n<li>Never invent a config key, addon parameter, hook name, or axe-core rule ID that no queried source confirms.</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Distinguish the three tools explicitly: <code>test-runner</code> (generic CI test harness, runs locally or in CI via Playwright-driven <code>preVisit</code>/<code>postVisit</code> hooks), Chromatic (hosted visual + interaction diffing with a reviewer UI and git-provider sync), and the <code>a11y</code> addon (axe-core checks configured through <code>parameters.a11y.*</code>) -- do not treat them as interchangeable or assume one subsumes the others.</li>\n<li>Confirm whether <code>parameters.a11y.test</code> is set to <code>'error'</code> (fails the build on violations) rather than left unset or at <code>'todo'</code> (warns only) before crediting a project with enforced accessibility gating; <code>'off'</code> disables the check entirely except for manual panel review.</li>\n<li>Require that visually-critical stories include dark mode, RTL, and <code>prefers-reduced-motion</code> variants in the checked set, not just the default light theme -- a diff/a11y suite that only ever renders the default theme systematically misses regressions in every other supported mode.</li>\n<li>Verify the exact addon/config API shape (e.g., <code>preVisit</code>/<code>postVisit</code> hook signatures, <code>injectAxe</code>/<code>configureAxe</code>/<code>checkA11y</code> from <code>axe-playwright</code>, or <code>parameters.a11y.context</code>/<code>config</code>/<code>options</code>) against the installed Storybook major version before recommending a <code>.storybook/test-runner.ts</code> or <code>preview.ts</code> diff, since these shapes have changed across Storybook 8/9/10.</li>\n<li>Recommend masking or mocking non-deterministic content (timestamps, animations, randomized data, live network responses) before recommending a looser pixel-diff tolerance -- widening tolerance first hides the actual source of visual noise rather than fixing it.</li>\n<li>Treat the test-runner and Chromatic as complementary, not redundant: the test-runner can run custom assertions locally and in any CI, while Chromatic adds hosted visual/interaction diffing with reviewer approval and git sync; a project that has only one may still have a real coverage gap depending on what it needs.</li>\n<li>Load the design-token-governance skill instead of this one when the root cause is a token/contrast issue rather than a Storybook wiring gap; load <code>wcag-22-accessibility-audit</code> when the question is about accessibility compliance strategy broader than what the <code>a11y</code> addon checks.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/test-runner-and-chromatic-wiring.md\">Test-runner and Chromatic wiring</a> -- use when reviewing or configuring the <code>test-runner</code>'s <code>preVisit</code>/<code>postVisit</code> hooks, CI invocation, or Chromatic project setup and the distinction between the two.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/accessibility-addon-gating.md\">Accessibility addon gating</a> -- use when reviewing or configuring the <code>a11y</code> addon's <code>parameters.a11y.test</code> gating behavior, axe-core rule configuration, or diagnosing why violations aren't failing CI.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/theme-and-variant-coverage.md\">Theme and variant coverage</a> -- use when auditing whether dark mode, RTL, and reduced-motion story variants have visual/a11y coverage, or when non-deterministic content needs masking before diffing.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>which of the three tools (test-runner/Chromatic/a11y addon) is in scope and whether it currently gates merge,</li>\n<li>theme/variant coverage gap (dark mode, RTL, reduced-motion) if any,</li>\n<li>evidence level and the Storybook major version the guidance targets,</li>\n<li>proposed config diff (not applied),</li>\n<li>security caveat on any Chromatic/Percy token or PII-bearing baseline reviewed.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1286,"isText":true},{"path":"references/accessibility-addon-gating.md","sizeBytes":7102,"isText":true},{"path":"references/test-runner-and-chromatic-wiring.md","sizeBytes":5864,"isText":true},{"path":"references/theme-and-variant-coverage.md","sizeBytes":5654,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":6445,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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