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-# storybook-utils
-
-Utilities for Storybook.
-
-## createAddon
-
-Storybook addons are React components.
-The `createAddon` function returns a React component that wraps a custom element and passes on properties and events.
-This allows for creating addons with web components (and therefore LitElement).
-
-The wrapper can forward specific events to your addon (web component) as they occur.
-Your addon can listen for these events.
-Some useful Storybook events are forwarded by default (specifically `STORY_SPECIFIED`, `STORY_CHANGED`, `STORY_RENDERED`).
-An `options` parameter can be passed to `createAddon` that contains additional events that you may need for your use case.
-
-`api` and `active` are required props when rendering the React component.
-
-```js
 // my-addon/manager.js
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { STORY_RENDERED } from '@storybook/core-events';
 import { addons, types } from '@storybook/manager-api';
 import { createAddon } from '@web/storybook-utils';
+import { html, LitElement } from 'lit';
 
 const { createElement } = React;
 
+// Define the web component for the addon
 class MyAddonElement extends LitElement {
   constructor() {
     super();
-    this.addEventListener(STORY_RENDERED, event => {
-      // handle Storybook event
-    });
-    this.addEventListener('my-addon:custom-event-name', event => {
-      // handle my custom event
-    });
+    // Bind the event handlers for consistent reference
+    this._handleStoryRendered = this._handleStoryRendered.bind(this);
+    this._handleCustomEvent = this._handleCustomEvent.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    super.connectedCallback();
+    // Add event listeners when the component is attached to the DOM
+    this.addEventListener(STORY_RENDERED, this._handleStoryRendered);
+    this.addEventListener('my-addon:custom-event-name', this._handleCustomEvent);
+  }
+
+  disconnectedCallback() {
+    // Remove event listeners when the component is detached from the DOM
+    this.removeEventListener(STORY_RENDERED, this._handleStoryRendered);
+    this.removeEventListener('my-addon:custom-event-name', this._handleCustomEvent);
+    super.disconnectedCallback();
+  }
+
+  _handleStoryRendered(event) {
+    // Handle the STORY_RENDERED event
+    console.log('Story rendered', event);
+  }
+
+  _handleCustomEvent(event) {
+    // Handle custom addon events
+    console.log('Custom event', event);
   }
 
   render() {
     return html`
       <div>
-        <!-- my addon template -->
+        <!-- My Addon Template -->
+        <p>My addon content goes here</p>
       </div>
     `;
   }
 }
 
+// Define the custom element
 customElements.define('my-addon', MyAddonElement);
 
+// Create the React wrapper using the `createAddon` utility
 const MyAddonReactComponent = createAddon('my-addon', {
   events: ['my-addon:custom-event-name'],
 });
 
-addons.register('my-addon', api => {
+// Register the addon in Storybook
+addons.register('my-addon', (api) => {
   addons.add('my-addon/panel', {
     type: types.PANEL,
     title: 'My Addon',
     render: ({ active }) => createElement(MyAddonReactComponent, { api, active }),
   });
 });
-```
-
-```js
 // my-addon/decorator.js
 import { addons } from '@storybook/preview-api';
 
-// ...
-addons.getChannel().emit('my-addon:custom-event-name', {});
-// ...
-```
-
-Storybook expects only 1 addon to be in the DOM, which is the addon that is selected (active).
-This means addons can be continuously connected/disconnected when switching between addons and stories.
-This is important to understand to work effectively with LitElement lifecycle methods and events.
-Addons that rely on events that might occur when it is not active, should have their event listeners set up in the `constructor`.
-Event listeners set up in the `connectedCallback` should always also be disconnected.
+// Emitting the custom event to the addon from a story
+addons.getChannel().emit('my-addon:custom-event-name', {
+  detail: { message: 'This is a custom event message' },
+});