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Mcp: Support JsDoc annotations in component documentation - #35963

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Closes storybookjs/mcp#367

What I did

This PR makes the docs toolset formatter forward component-level JSDoc tags.

  • Top tags (currently just deprecated) render as a callout right below the ID: line, above the description so Agents can discover the most important tags first
  • Hidden tags (ignore, desc, description, describe) are never rendered
  • example renders after the description as an **Example:** label with a fenced code block, since multi-line code doesn't fit a blockquote.
  • Everything else (since, see, author, requires, custom tags, …) is forwarded generically below the description as > **<Tag>:** <value> lines, one per value, author order preserved.

Example output for a deprecated component:

# Button

ID: example-button

> **Deprecated:** Use `NewButton` from `@acme/ui` instead.

A basic button.

> **Since:** 8.0
> **See:** NewButton

Tag resolution covers both data paths, for components and subcomponents through docgen payload AND the legacy react path.

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Testing

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

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

Unit coverage: both resolution paths (top-level jsDocTags and legacy reactDocgenTypescript.tags), bare @deprecated with no message, generic forwarding order, hidden tags excluded, @example fencing, subcomponent callouts, tag normalization (non-string values skipped), and a guard that untagged components render unchanged.

Manual testing

  1. Generate a sandbox: yarn task sandbox --template react-vite/default-ts --start-from auto
  2. In the sandbox, add tags to a component's docblock, e.g. on Button:
    /**
     * A basic button.
     *
     * @deprecated Use `NewButton` instead.
     * @since 8.0
     */
  3. Enable addon-mcp and start Storybook, then call the get-documentation tool for the Button component (any MCP client, or the probe script from https://github.com/rachelslurs/storybook-mcp-jsdoctags-repro).
  4. Verify the > **Deprecated:** … callout appears above the description and > **Since:** 8.0 below it.
  5. Repeat with features: { experimentalDocgenServer: true } in .storybook/main.ts to cover the docgen-server path — output should be identical.
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Documentation

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

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The manifest formatter now parses component and subcomponent JSDoc tags and renders supported tags in Markdown. The parser normalizes tag values before formatting.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Normalize docgen tags
code/core/src/shared/open-service/toolsets/docs/manifest-formatter/parse-react-docgen.ts, code/core/src/shared/open-service/toolsets/docs/manifest-formatter/parse-react-docgen.test.ts
Parsed docgen data now includes optional normalized tags. Tests cover scalar, array, null, object, and boolean values.
Render JSDoc tags in Markdown
code/core/src/shared/open-service/toolsets/docs/manifest-formatter/markdown.ts, code/core/src/shared/open-service/toolsets/docs/manifest-formatter/markdown.test.ts
The formatter renders deprecation, generic, and fenced example tags for components and subcomponents. It filters empty, hidden, and structured tags. Tests verify tag ordering and unchanged untagged output.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant formatComponentManifest
  participant getParsedDocgen
  participant parseComponentDocLike
  participant MarkdownOutput
  formatComponentManifest->>getParsedDocgen: parse component metadata
  getParsedDocgen->>parseComponentDocLike: normalize props and tags
  parseComponentDocLike-->>getParsedDocgen: return parsed docgen data
  getParsedDocgen-->>formatComponentManifest: provide normalized tags
  formatComponentManifest->>MarkdownOutput: render Markdown tag sections
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 2e567

The formatter now exposes component JSDoc tags, but affected multiline tags may render malformed documentation and unusual tag values may cause formatting to fail. These are bounded issues requiring owner awareness or follow-up; the PR remains generally mergeable.

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104-126: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add fallback coverage for the remaining docgen tag sources.

Lines 104-126 test only reactDocgenTypescript. Add public-output tests for tags from reactDocgen and reactComponentMeta. This validates the parser branches used by getParsedDocgen, including the legacy React path required by this PR.

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formatComponentManifest with public-output cases covering deprecated tags
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104-127: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add formatter coverage for reactComponentMeta tags.

This suite covers manifest tags and the reactDocgenTypescript fallback, but it does not exercise tags resolved from the legacy reactComponentMeta path. Add a case with reactComponentMeta.tags.deprecated and assert the rendered callout.

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In
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around lines 104 - 127, Add a test alongside the existing
formatComponentManifest coverage that provides a manifest with
reactComponentMeta.tags.deprecated and verifies the rendered Deprecated callout
in the inline snapshot. Keep the case focused on the legacy reactComponentMeta
tag-resolution path.
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- Around line 149-156: Update tagValues so the JSON.stringify branch converts an
undefined serialization result to an empty string before returning it, ensuring
formatJsDocTagBlockquote can safely call trim().

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- Around line 104-127: Add a test alongside the existing formatComponentManifest
coverage that provides a manifest with reactComponentMeta.tags.deprecated and
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