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+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from "@storybook/react-vite";
+import type { Issue } from "@paperclipai/shared";
+import { IssueMonitorActivityCard } from "@/components/IssueMonitorActivityCard";
+import { IssueProperties } from "@/components/IssueProperties";
+import {
+  storybookExecutionWorkspaces,
+  storybookIssueDocuments,
+  storybookIssues,
+} from "../fixtures/paperclipData";
+
+const issueDocumentSummaries = storybookIssueDocuments.map(({ body: _body, ...summary }) => summary);
+
+const baseIssue: Issue = {
+  ...storybookIssues[0]!,
+  planDocument: storybookIssueDocuments.find((document) => document.key === "plan") ?? null,
+  documentSummaries: issueDocumentSummaries,
+  currentExecutionWorkspace: storybookExecutionWorkspaces[0]!,
+};
+
+const inFiveMinutes = () => new Date(Date.now() + 5 * 60_000);
+const inTwoHours = () => new Date(Date.now() + 2 * 60 * 60_000);
+
+const monitoredIssue: Issue = {
+  ...baseIssue,
+  monitorNextCheckAt: inFiveMinutes(),
+  monitorNotes: "Polling Greptile for completed analysis.",
+  monitorAttemptCount: 2,
+  executionPolicy: {
+    ...(baseIssue.executionPolicy ?? { mode: "normal", commentRequired: true, stages: [] }),
+    monitor: {
+      nextCheckAt: inFiveMinutes().toISOString(),
+      notes: "Polling Greptile for completed analysis.",
+      kind: "external_service",
+      scheduledBy: "assignee",
+      serviceName: "Greptile",
+      externalRef: "https://app.greptile.com/runs/abc123",
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+const longerWaitIssue: Issue = {
+  ...baseIssue,
+  monitorNextCheckAt: inTwoHours(),
+  monitorNotes: null,
+  monitorAttemptCount: 0,
+  executionPolicy: {
+    ...(baseIssue.executionPolicy ?? { mode: "normal", commentRequired: true, stages: [] }),
+    monitor: {
+      nextCheckAt: inTwoHours().toISOString(),
+      notes: null,
+      kind: null,
+      scheduledBy: "assignee",
+      serviceName: null,
+      externalRef: null,
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+function MonitorSurfaceStories() {
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-8 p-6">
+      <section className="space-y-2">
+        <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+          IssueMonitorActivityCard - external service (Greptile)
+        </div>
+        <IssueMonitorActivityCard
+          issue={monitoredIssue}
+          onCheckNow={() => undefined}
+          checkingNow={false}
+        />
+      </section>
+
+      <section className="space-y-2">
+        <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+          IssueMonitorActivityCard - generic 2h wait, no service metadata
+        </div>
+        <IssueMonitorActivityCard
+          issue={longerWaitIssue}
+          onCheckNow={() => undefined}
+          checkingNow={false}
+        />
+      </section>
+
+      <section className="space-y-2">
+        <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+          IssueMonitorActivityCard - returns null when no monitor is set
+        </div>
+        <div className="rounded-lg border border-dashed border-border px-3 py-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          (intentionally renders nothing for issues without a scheduled monitor)
+        </div>
+        <IssueMonitorActivityCard issue={baseIssue} onCheckNow={() => undefined} />
+      </section>
+
+      <div className="grid gap-6 lg:grid-cols-2">
+        <section className="space-y-2">
+          <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+            IssueProperties Monitor row - Not scheduled (default state)
+          </div>
+          <div className="rounded-lg border border-border bg-background/70 p-4">
+            <IssueProperties
+              issue={baseIssue}
+              onUpdate={() => undefined}
+              inline
+            />
+          </div>
+        </section>
+
+        <section className="space-y-2">
+          <div className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+            IssueProperties Monitor row - Scheduled (Greptile, in 5m)
+          </div>
+          <div className="rounded-lg border border-border bg-background/70 p-4">
+            <IssueProperties
+              issue={monitoredIssue}
+              onUpdate={() => undefined}
+              inline
+            />
+          </div>
+        </section>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+const meta = {
+  title: "Product/Issue Monitor surfaces",
+  component: MonitorSurfaceStories,
+  parameters: {
+    docs: {
+      description: {
+        component:
+          "Surfaces the IssueMonitorActivityCard and IssueProperties Monitor row in scheduled / not-scheduled / external-service variants for UX review.",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+} satisfies Meta<typeof MonitorSurfaceStories>;
+
+export default meta;
+
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof meta>;
+
+export const MonitorSurfaces: Story = {};