diff --git a/apps/docs/package.json b/apps/docs/package.json
index a969a9b..38d8a21 100644
--- a/apps/docs/package.json
+++ b/apps/docs/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "build-storybook": "storybook build --disable-telemetry --output-dir ../../.artifacts/storybook-static",
+    "build-storybook": "node ../../scripts/harness/build-storybook.mjs",
     "storybook": "WATCHPACK_POLLING=true CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING=true storybook dev -p 6006 --ci --disable-telemetry",
     "storybook:smoke": "WATCHPACK_POLLING=true CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING=true storybook dev -p 6006 --ci --smoke-test --disable-telemetry",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0045d3e..be2fec2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "pnpm --filter @ai-ui/tokens build && pnpm --filter @ai-ui/ui build",
-    "build:docs": "pnpm --dir apps/docs run build-storybook",
+    "build:docs": "node ./scripts/harness/build-storybook.mjs",
     "changeset": "changeset",
     "changeset:status": "changeset status --verbose",
     "dev:docs": "pnpm --dir apps/docs run storybook",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "registry:check": "node ./scripts/build-registry.mjs --check",
     "registry:install": "node ./scripts/registry-install.mjs",
     "release:publish": "pnpm build && pnpm changeset publish",
-    "release:validate": "pnpm lint && pnpm typecheck && pnpm test && pnpm build && pnpm registry:check && pnpm test:registry:consumer && pnpm test:package:consumer",
+    "release:validate": "pnpm harness:validate:release",
     "release:version": "pnpm changeset version && pnpm install --lockfile-only && pnpm registry:build",
     "test": "pnpm --filter @ai-ui/ui test",
     "test:e2e": "playwright test",
diff --git a/scripts/harness/build-storybook.mjs b/scripts/harness/build-storybook.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cee68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/harness/build-storybook.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+
+import { repoRoot } from "./core.mjs";
+
+const docsRoot = path.join(repoRoot, "apps", "docs");
+const finalOutputDir = path.join(repoRoot, ".artifacts", "storybook-static");
+const tempRootDir = path.join(repoRoot, ".artifacts", "storybook-builds");
+
+async function run(command, args, options = {}) {
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const child = spawn(command, args, {
+      cwd: repoRoot,
+      stdio: "inherit",
+      ...options
+    });
+
+    child.on("error", reject);
+    child.on("exit", (code) => {
+      if (code === 0) {
+        resolve();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      reject(new Error(`${command} ${args.join(" ")} exited with code ${code ?? "unknown"}`));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  await fs.mkdir(tempRootDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  const tempDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(tempRootDir, `${os.hostname().replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "-")}-`));
+
+  try {
+    await run(
+      "pnpm",
+      [
+        "exec",
+        "storybook",
+        "build",
+        "--disable-telemetry",
+        "--output-dir",
+        tempDir
+      ],
+      {
+        cwd: docsRoot,
+        env: process.env
+      }
+    );
+
+    await fs.rm(finalOutputDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await fs.rename(tempDir, finalOutputDir);
+  } catch (error) {
+    await fs.rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+await main();