tree-sitter-storybook

Tree-sitter grammar for the Storybook narrative DSL.

Overview

This is a Tree-sitter grammar for Storybook, a domain-specific language for narrative design and character development. The grammar provides syntax highlighting, code navigation, and other editor features through Tree-sitter.

Features

Syntax highlighting for all Storybook constructs
Symbol outline for navigating characters, templates, relationships, etc.
Bracket matching including special handling for prose blocks
Auto-indentation support

Installation

For development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Generate parser
npm run build

# Run tests
npm run test

For Zed editor

This grammar is integrated into the Zed Storybook extension. See the zed-storybook directory for the extension.

Grammar Structure

The grammar supports the following top-level declarations:

use - Import statements
character - Character definitions
template - Reusable field templates
life_arc - State machines for character development
schedule - Daily schedules and routines
behavior - Behavior trees for AI
institution - Organizations and groups
relationship - Multi-party relationships
location - Places and settings
species - Species definitions with templates
enum - Enumeration types

Special Features

Prose Blocks

The grammar includes an external scanner (written in C) to handle prose blocks:

---backstory
This is a prose block that can contain
multiple lines of narrative text.
---

Expression Support

Full support for expressions in life arc transitions:

on self.age >= 18 and self.location is wonderland -> adult_state

Testing

The grammar includes comprehensive tests. Run them with:

tree-sitter test

To test parsing a specific file:

tree-sitter parse path/to/file.sb

License

MIT

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