diff --git a/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts b/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts
index 9516671597cb..b824eadabc2b 100644
--- a/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts
+++ b/code/addons/docs/src/preset.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,20 @@ type BabelParams = {
 };
 function createBabelOptions({ babelOptions, mdxBabelOptions, configureJSX }: BabelParams) {
   const babelPlugins = mdxBabelOptions?.plugins || babelOptions?.plugins || [];
+
+  const filteredBabelPlugins = babelPlugins.filter((p: any) => {
+    const name = Array.isArray(p) ? p[0] : p;
+    if (typeof name === 'string') {
+      return !name.includes('plugin-transform-react-jsx');
+    }
+    return true;
+  });
+
   const jsxPlugin = [
     require.resolve('@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx'),
     { pragma: 'React.createElement', pragmaFrag: 'React.Fragment' },
   ];
-  const plugins = configureJSX ? [...babelPlugins, jsxPlugin] : babelPlugins;
+  const plugins = configureJSX ? [...filteredBabelPlugins, jsxPlugin] : babelPlugins;
   return {
     // don't use the root babelrc by default (users can override this in mdxBabelOptions)
     babelrc: false,
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.jsx b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.jsx
index 83ee57533ddc..eefda2bffe3f 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.jsx
+++ b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/** @jsx h */
-import { h } from 'preact';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import './button.css';
 
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.stories.jsx b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.stories.jsx
index f047a64a4508..080a4bfc3d61 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.stories.jsx
+++ b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Button.stories.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/** @jsx h */
-import { h } from 'preact';
 import { Button } from './Button';
 
 // More on default export: https://storybook.js.org/docs/preact/writing-stories/introduction#default-export
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.jsx b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.jsx
index 06580039741c..9a81e7788225 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.jsx
+++ b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/** @jsx h */
-import { h, Fragment } from 'preact';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 import { Button } from './Button';
@@ -29,17 +27,17 @@ export const Header = ({ user, onLogin, onLogout, onCreateAccount }) => (
       </div>
       <div>
         {user ? (
-          <Fragment>
+          <>
             <span className="welcome">
               Welcome, <b>{user.name}</b>!
             </span>
             <Button size="small" onClick={onLogout} label="Log out" />
-          </Fragment>
+          </>
         ) : (
-          <Fragment>
+          <>
             <Button size="small" onClick={onLogin} label="Log in" />
             <Button primary size="small" onClick={onCreateAccount} label="Sign up" />
-          </Fragment>
+          </>
         )}
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.stories.jsx b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.stories.jsx
index c4bb91225001..19f58b372ed6 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.stories.jsx
+++ b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Header.stories.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/** @jsx h */
-import { h } from 'preact';
 import { Header } from './Header';
 
 export default {
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.jsx b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.jsx
index 4b04da0af2b3..a88603626679 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.jsx
+++ b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/** @jsx h */
-import { h } from 'preact';
 import { useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 
 import { Header } from './Header';
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.stories.jsx b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.stories.jsx
index f41bab61b7a9..c79af4904740 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.stories.jsx
+++ b/code/lib/cli/rendererAssets/preact/Page.stories.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/** @jsx h */
-import { h } from 'preact';
 import { within, userEvent } from '@storybook/testing-library';
 
 import { Page } from './Page';
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/repro-templates.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/repro-templates.ts
index f0d7439e6e2a..6b949fc19844 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/repro-templates.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/repro-templates.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const craTemplates = {
   'cra/default-js': {
     name: 'Create React App (Javascript)',
-    script: 'npx create-react-app .',
+    script: 'npx create-react-app {{beforeDir}}',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/cra',
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const craTemplates = {
   },
   'cra/default-ts': {
     name: 'Create React App (Typescript)',
-    script: 'npx create-react-app . --template typescript',
+    script: 'npx create-react-app {{beforeDir}} --template typescript',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     // Re-enable once https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/19351 is fixed.
     skipTasks: ['smoke-test'],
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const craTemplates = {
 const reactViteTemplates = {
   'react-vite/default-js': {
     name: 'React Vite (JS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template react',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template react',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/react-vite',
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const reactViteTemplates = {
   },
   'react-vite/default-ts': {
     name: 'React Vite (TS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template react-ts',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template react-ts',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/react-vite',
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const reactViteTemplates = {
 const reactWebpackTemplates = {
   'react-webpack/18-ts': {
     name: 'React Webpack5 (TS)',
-    script: 'yarn create webpack5-react .',
+    script: 'yarn create webpack5-react {{beforeDir}}',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/react-webpack5',
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const reactWebpackTemplates = {
   },
   'react-webpack/17-ts': {
     name: 'React Webpack5 (TS)',
-    script: 'yarn create webpack5-react . --version-react="17" --version-react-dom="17"',
+    script:
+      'yarn create webpack5-react {{beforeDir}} --version-react="17" --version-react-dom="17"',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/react-webpack5',
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ const reactWebpackTemplates = {
 const vue3ViteTemplates = {
   'vue3-vite/default-js': {
     name: 'Vue3 Vite (JS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template vue',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template vue',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/vue3-vite',
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ const vue3ViteTemplates = {
   },
   'vue3-vite/default-ts': {
     name: 'Vue3 Vite (TS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template vue-ts',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template vue-ts',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/vue3-vite',
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ const vue2ViteTemplates = {
     // We don't really want to maintain weird custom scripts like this,
     // preferring community bootstrap scripts / generators instead.
     script:
-      'yarn create vite . --template vanilla && yarn add --dev @vitejs/plugin-vue2 vue-template-compiler vue@2 && echo "import vue2 from \'@vitejs/plugin-vue2\';\n\nexport default {\n\tplugins: [vue2()]\n};" > vite.config.js',
+      'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template vanilla && yarn add --dev @vitejs/plugin-vue2 vue-template-compiler vue@2 && echo "import vue2 from \'@vitejs/plugin-vue2\';\n\nexport default {\n\tplugins: [vue2()]\n};" > vite.config.js',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/vue2-vite',
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ const vue2ViteTemplates = {
 const htmlWebpackTemplates = {
   'html-webpack/default': {
     name: 'HTML Webpack5',
-    script: 'yarn create webpack5-html .',
+    script: 'yarn create webpack5-html {{beforeDir}}',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/html-webpack5',
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ const htmlWebpackTemplates = {
 const svelteViteTemplates = {
   'svelte-vite/default-js': {
     name: 'Svelte Vite (JS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template svelte',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template svelte',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/svelte-vite',
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ const svelteViteTemplates = {
   },
   'svelte-vite/default-ts': {
     name: 'Svelte Vite (TS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template svelte-ts',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template svelte-ts',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/svelte-vite',
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ const svelteViteTemplates = {
 const litViteTemplates = {
   'lit-vite/default-js': {
     name: 'Lit Vite (JS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template lit',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template lit',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'] as any,
     // Re-enable once https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/19351 is fixed.
     skipTasks: ['smoke-test'],
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ const litViteTemplates = {
   },
   'lit-vite/default-ts': {
     name: 'Lit Vite (TS)',
-    script: 'yarn create vite . --template lit-ts',
+    script: 'yarn create vite {{beforeDir}} --template lit-ts',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'] as any,
     // Re-enable once https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/19351 is fixed.
     skipTasks: ['smoke-test'],
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ const litViteTemplates = {
 const vueCliTemplates = {
   'vue-cli/default-js': {
     name: 'Vue-CLI (Default JS)',
-    script: 'npx -p @vue/cli vue create . --default --packageManager=yarn --force --merge',
+    script:
+      'npx -p @vue/cli vue create {{beforeDir}} --default --packageManager=yarn --force --merge',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     // Re-enable once https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/19351 is fixed.
     skipTasks: ['smoke-test'],
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ const vueCliTemplates = {
   'vue-cli/vue2-default-js': {
     name: 'Vue-CLI (Vue2 JS)',
     script:
-      'npx -p @vue/cli vue create . --default --packageManager=yarn --force --merge --preset=Default\\ (Vue\\ 2)',
+      'npx -p @vue/cli vue create {{beforeDir}} --default --packageManager=yarn --force --merge --preset=Default\\ (Vue\\ 2)',
     cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
     // Re-enable once https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/19351 is fixed.
     skipTasks: ['smoke-test'],
@@ -200,6 +202,31 @@ const vueCliTemplates = {
   },
 };
 
+const preactWebpackTemplates = {
+  'preact-webpack5/default-js': {
+    name: 'Preact CLI (Default JS)',
+    script: 'npx preact-cli create default {{beforeDir}} --name preact-app --yarn --no-install',
+    // cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
+    cadence: [] as string[],
+    expected: {
+      framework: '@storybook/preact-webpack5',
+      renderer: '@storybook/preact',
+      builder: '@storybook/builder-webpack5',
+    },
+  },
+  'preact-webpack5/default-ts': {
+    name: 'Preact CLI (Default TS)',
+    script: 'npx preact-cli create typescript {{beforeDir}} --name preact-app --yarn --no-install',
+    // cadence: ['ci', 'daily', 'weekly'],
+    cadence: [] as string[],
+    expected: {
+      framework: '@storybook/preact-webpack5',
+      renderer: '@storybook/preact',
+      builder: '@storybook/builder-webpack5',
+    },
+  },
+};
+
 export default {
   ...craTemplates,
   ...reactWebpackTemplates,
@@ -210,6 +237,7 @@ export default {
   ...litViteTemplates,
   ...vueCliTemplates,
   ...htmlWebpackTemplates,
+  ...preactWebpackTemplates,
   // FIXME: missing documentation.json
   // 'angular/latest': {
   //   name: 'Angular (latest)',
diff --git a/code/presets/preact-webpack/src/index.ts b/code/presets/preact-webpack/src/index.ts
index a64e9d1771a8..72d6f12c46a7 100644
--- a/code/presets/preact-webpack/src/index.ts
+++ b/code/presets/preact-webpack/src/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const babel: StorybookConfig['babelDefault'] = (config) => {
       ...(config.plugins || []).filter((p) => {
         const name = Array.isArray(p) ? p[0] : p;
         if (typeof name === 'string') {
-          return !name.includes('babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx');
+          return !name.includes('plugin-transform-react-jsx');
         }
         return true;
       }),
@@ -23,20 +23,6 @@ export const babel: StorybookConfig['babelDefault'] = (config) => {
 };
 
 export const webpackFinal: StorybookConfig['webpackFinal'] = (config) => {
-  const rules = config.module?.rules || [];
-  const tsxRule = rules.find((rule) => (rule.test as RegExp).test?.('main.tsx'));
-  tsxRule.use = (tsxRule.use as any).map((entry: any) => {
-    let newPlugins = entry.options.plugins;
-    if (entry.loader?.includes('babel-loader')) {
-      newPlugins = (entry.options as any).plugins.map((plugin: any) => {
-        if (plugin[0]?.includes?.('@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx')) {
-          return [plugin[0], { importSource: 'preact', runtime: 'automatic' }];
-        }
-        return plugin;
-      });
-    }
-    return { ...entry, options: { ...entry.options, plugins: newPlugins } };
-  });
   return {
     ...config,
     resolve: {
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/src/config.ts b/code/renderers/preact/src/config.ts
index 7e2023a437d5..73bae9076ba3 100644
--- a/code/renderers/preact/src/config.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/src/config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-export { renderToDOM } from './render';
+export { renderToDOM, render } from './render';
 
 export const parameters = { framework: 'preact' as const };
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx b/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx
index 0ed43f5ebf06..a3328dac2577 100644
--- a/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
+/** @jsx h */
 import * as preact from 'preact';
 import { dedent } from 'ts-dedent';
 import type { RenderContext } from '@storybook/store';
+import { ArgsStoryFn } from '@storybook/csf';
+
 import type { StoryFnPreactReturnType, PreactFramework } from './types';
 
+const { h } = preact;
+
+export const render: ArgsStoryFn<PreactFramework> = (args, context) => {
+  const { id, component: Component } = context;
+  if (!Component) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unable to render story ${id} as the component annotation is missing from the default export`
+    );
+  }
+
+  // @ts-expect-error I think the type of Component should be Preact.ComponentType, but even that
+  // doens't make TS happy, I suspect because TS wants "react" components.
+  return <Component {...args} />;
+};
+
 let renderedStory: Element;
 
 function preactRender(story: StoryFnPreactReturnType | null, domElement: Element): void {
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Button.jsx b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Button.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6115046e83ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Button.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* eslint-disable react/react-in-jsx-scope */
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+export const Button = ({ onClick, children }) => (
+  <button type="button" onClick={onClick}>
+    {children}
+  </button>
+);
+
+Button.propTypes = {
+  onClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  children: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
+};
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Form.jsx b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Form.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f12e905f0dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Form.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* eslint-disable react/react-in-jsx-scope */
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { useState } from 'preact/hooks';
+
+export const Form = ({ onSuccess }) => {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState('');
+  const [complete, setComplete] = useState(false);
+
+  function onSubmit(event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    onSuccess(value);
+
+    setTimeout(() => setComplete(true), 500);
+    setTimeout(() => setComplete(false), 1500);
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <form id="interaction-test-form" onSubmit={onSubmit}>
+      <label>
+        Enter Value
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          data-testid="value"
+          value={value}
+          required
+          onChange={(event) => setValue(event.target.value)}
+        />
+      </label>
+      <button type="submit">Submit</button>
+      {complete && <p>Completed!!</p>}
+    </form>
+  );
+};
+
+Form.propTypes = {
+  onSuccess: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+};
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Html.jsx b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Html.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36cff8218890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Html.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* eslint-disable react/react-in-jsx-scope */
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line react/no-danger
+export const Html = ({ content }) => <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: content }} />;
+
+Html.propTypes = {
+  content: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+};
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Pre.jsx b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Pre.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7efec93be9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/Pre.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* eslint-disable react/react-in-jsx-scope */
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+export const Pre = ({ style, object, text }) => (
+  <pre style={style} data-testid="pre">
+    {object ? JSON.stringify(object, null, 2) : text}
+  </pre>
+);
+
+Pre.propTypes = {
+  style: PropTypes.shape({}),
+  object: PropTypes.shape({}),
+  text: PropTypes.string,
+};
+
+Pre.defaultProps = {
+  style: {},
+  object: null,
+  text: '',
+};
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/template/components/index.js b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d952d26f9b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/template/components/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import globalThis from 'global';
+
+import { Button } from './Button.jsx';
+import { Pre } from './Pre.jsx';
+import { Form } from './Form.jsx';
+import { Html } from './Html.jsx';
+
+globalThis.Components = { Button, Pre, Form, Html };
+globalThis.storybookRenderer = 'preact';
diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/template/stories/.gitkeep b/code/renderers/preact/template/stories/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts b/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts
index 735c54b51349..6b9fbadc113d 100755
--- a/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts
+++ b/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export const runCommand = async (script: string, options: ExecaOptions) => {
     console.log(`Running command: ${script}`);
   }
 
-  return command(script, { stdout: shouldDebug ? 'inherit' : 'ignore', ...options });
+  return command(script, { stdout: shouldDebug ? 'inherit' : 'ignore', shell: true, ...options });
 };
 
 const addDocumentation = async (
@@ -133,13 +133,11 @@ const runGenerators = async (
 
         // We do the creation inside a temp dir to avoid yarn container problems
         const createBaseDir = directory();
-        const createBeforeDir = join(createBaseDir, BEFORE_DIR_NAME);
-
-        await ensureDir(createBeforeDir);
-
         await setupYarn({ cwd: createBaseDir });
 
-        await runCommand(script, { cwd: createBeforeDir });
+        const createBeforeDir = join(createBaseDir, BEFORE_DIR_NAME);
+        const scriptWithBeforeDir = script.replace('{{beforeDir}}', createBeforeDir);
+        await runCommand(scriptWithBeforeDir, { cwd: createBaseDir });
 
         await localizeYarnConfigFiles(createBaseDir, createBeforeDir);