Find Or Publish Canary Release

Use this skill to get a branch-specific canary build from pkg.pr.new.

Canary publishes are driven by the publish-canary.yml workflow.

Automatic canary publishes:

• Every push to next
• In-repo PRs labeled ci:canary (a human must apply that label). While it remains, every push to the PR republishes. The label does nothing on fork PRs.

Version string

The canary version string is constructed like this:

storybook@https://pkg.pr.new/storybook@<SHA>

Replace <SHA> with the short commit SHA (first 7 characters). Compact URLs (https://pkg.pr.new/storybook@<SHA>) resolve to the same tarball as the owner/repo form. The pkg.pr.new dashboard is always https://pkg.pr.new/~/storybookjs/storybook.

Check whether a canary already exists

SHA=$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
curl -I "https://pkg.pr.new/storybook@$SHA"

An HTTP 200 status code means the canary already exists for that commit.

Decision flow

Use this skill with the following if-then behavior.

A. If the branch already has a PR with the ci:canary label

Do not trigger anything manually. Read the canary heading and install commands from the PR body. That section is the current run status and the most recent release.

BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)

gh pr list \
	--repo storybookjs/storybook \
	--head "$BRANCH" \
	--state open \
	--json number,title,labels,url \
	--jq '.[] | select(any(.labels[]?; .name == "ci:canary"))'

gh pr view <NUMBER> --repo storybookjs/storybook --json body --jq .body

Use the heading and the CANARY_RELEASE_SECTION commands as-is. A follow-up workflow (publish-canary-pr-body.yml) writes those sections after publish finishes, including after a maintainer manual run.

Fork PRs never use path A. Use path C.

• Released — use the install commands from the body
• Failed — the heading links to pkg.pr.new; the failure comment links to the workflow run
• Not run — publish is still in progress, unlabeled, or the follow-up has not run yet

B. If the in-repo branch does not have a PR with the ci:canary label

Trigger the canary workflow manually on the branch and watch it finish. It usually takes 5-10 minutes. You can also use the GitHub Actions UI: open publish-canary.yml, click "Run workflow", and select the branch. Optional inputs pr, branch, and sha must agree when more than one is set.

BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)

gh workflow run --repo storybookjs/storybook publish-canary.yml --ref "$BRANCH"

Find the new workflow run and watch it:

BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)

RUN_ID=$(gh run list \
	--repo storybookjs/storybook \
	--workflow publish-canary.yml \
	--branch "$BRANCH" \
	--event workflow_dispatch \
	--json databaseId \
	--jq '.[0].databaseId')

gh run watch "$RUN_ID" --repo storybookjs/storybook

When it finishes successfully, read the canary heading from the PR body if a PR was updated. Otherwise construct the version string from the published SHA (the run's headSha is the workflow-source branch, which may differ when you passed pr or sha):

RUN_SHA=$(gh run view "$RUN_ID" --repo storybookjs/storybook --json jobs --jq '[.jobs[].steps[]?.name | select(startswith("canary-ref "))][0]' | sed -n 's/.*sha=\([0-9a-fA-F]\{7,40\}\).*/\1/p')
SHORT_SHA="${RUN_SHA:0:7}"
echo "storybook@https://pkg.pr.new/storybook@$SHORT_SHA"

C. If the change is a fork PR

Do not add ci:canary. Dispatch the workflow from this repository with the PR number. The fork author does not need to do anything.

gh workflow run --repo storybookjs/storybook publish-canary.yml --ref next -f pr=<PR_NUMBER>

If you also pass branch or sha, they must be that PR's current head. A later push on the fork does not republish until you run the workflow again.

Optionally confirm the package is live:

curl -I "https://pkg.pr.new/storybook@$SHORT_SHA"

Use the canary

For a new project:

npx --yes --allow-remote=all https://pkg.pr.new/create-storybook@<SHA>

For an existing project:

npx --yes --allow-remote=all https://pkg.pr.new/storybook@<SHA> upgrade

Requirements

• You need gh CLI authenticated for storybookjs/storybook
• You need permission to run workflows in the repository for manual dispatch
• The canary workflow is publish-canary.yml

Monitor progress

Workflow page:

• https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/actions/workflows/publish-canary.yml

CLI:

gh run list --repo storybookjs/storybook --workflow publish-canary.yml