ESLint Plugin: Bundle CSF helpers so the plugin loads without storybook

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Closes #31805

What I did

Bundled the small CSF helpers (isExportStory, storyNameFromExport) that eslint-plugin-storybook needs by importing them from core source at build time, instead of leaving a runtime import of storybook/internal/csf.

• Added src/utils/csf-helpers.ts as the single import site for core CSF utilities
• Routed existing rule/utils imports through that module
• Removed storybook from peer dependencies (consumers no longer need it just to load the plugin)
• Added storybook as a workspace dev dependency so Nx compiles core before the plugin prebuild loads rules
• Documented in README that installing storybook is not required to load the ESLint plugin
• Added an integration test asserting dist/index.js does not reference storybook/internal/csf

Checklist for Contributors

Testing

The changes in this PR are covered in the following automated tests:

• stories
• unit tests
• integration tests
• end-to-end tests

Manual testing

1. In an empty directory, install only eslint and a canary build of eslint-plugin-storybook from this PR (do not install storybook).
2. Create an ESLint flat config that imports the plugin and spreads storybook.configs['flat/recommended'] for *.stories.tsx files.
3. Run eslint — it should start without Cannot find module 'storybook/internal/csf'.
4. Optionally repeat with a shared-config setup: export a React preset that includes the Storybook plugin from a package root index.js, consume it from a Node-only project, and confirm ESLint still loads.

Documentation

• Add or update documentation reflecting your changes
• If you are deprecating/removing a feature, make sure to update
  MIGRATION.MD

Checklist for Maintainers

• When this PR is ready for testing, make sure to add ci:normal, ci:merged or ci:daily GH label to it to run a specific set of sandboxes. The particular set of sandboxes can be found in code/lib/cli-storybook/src/sandbox-templates.ts

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Walkthrough

The ESLint plugin now bundles its CSF helpers through local re-exports, removes runtime imports from storybook/internal/csf, updates dependency metadata and installation guidance, and adds bundle validation.

Changes

ESLint plugin CSF bundling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Core CSF helper exports code/core/src/csf/export-story.ts, code/core/src/csf/index.ts	CSF export matching and story-name utilities move to export-story.ts. The CSF index re-exports the utilities.
Local CSF helper wiring code/lib/eslint-plugin/src/utils/csf-helpers.ts, code/lib/eslint-plugin/src/rules/*, code/lib/eslint-plugin/src/utils/index.ts	The plugin re-exports core CSF helpers and updates rule and utility imports to use the local helper module.
Bundle contract and package metadata code/lib/eslint-plugin/package.json, code/lib/eslint-plugin/tests/bundled-csf.spec.ts, code/lib/eslint-plugin/README.md, code/lib/eslint-plugin/tsconfig.json	storybook is now a development dependency. Documentation states that the plugin bundles its CSF helpers. A test verifies that the built bundle contains no storybook/internal/csf import and remains below 150,000 bytes. The TypeScript configuration includes Node.js type definitions.

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 71af1

This PR bundles the CSF helpers so the ESLint plugin can load without Storybook; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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