# Speed up sign-off & manage feedback

Bring designers, product managers, and engineers into one review flow. UI Review keeps sign-off visible in pull requests and CI so stakeholders can review the latest implementation.

Made by the Storybook team

## UI Review is like code review, but for UI

In tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, you assign other developers to review the code for a pull request. Chromatic complements this workflow by enabling you to assign designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to review visual changes in that pull request.

Stay on top of feedback

Get notified of changes and discussion via email and PR checks.

Keep track of every decision

Post comments and change requests right beside your live components, so that everyone can follow decision-making.

Syncs with Git and CI

Status checks show up in pull requests and CI so sign-off stays visible alongside your code changes.

Assign reviewers

Bring design, product, and engineering together to review UI changes.

Integrates with Figma

Embed Figma to compare the implementation to the design.

Set default reviewers

Automatically assign specific stakeholders to review open pull requests to speed up sign-off.

> “Time is money and Chromatic saves us at least 24 hours of manual review time every month.”

## How it works

Chromatic's superpower is knowing exactly which pieces of the UI have changed anywhere in your project.

### Open a pull request

Open a pull or merge request in your Git provider and Chromatic will automatically create a corresponding UI Review.

### Detect UI changes

Chromatic generates a visual changeset for pull requests by comparing the UI between your branch and the base branch. This speeds up review because reviewers know exactly what pieces of UI have changed and how.

### Assign reviewers

Assign teammates for feedback. Bring along designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to refine the UI together.

### Discuss the details

Reviewers start a discussion to request updates. Discussions are organized in threads and attached to the specific UI that needs to change. Resolve discussions to show that the feedback was heard.

### Track everyone's feedback

Chromatic gathers all change requests and sign-offs from your team into one checklist. Each item needs to be resolved in order for the UI Review to pass.

### Merge with confidence

When UI Review "passes", the corresponding CI check will also pass. This is a sign to your team that the PR nails the specifications - merge with confidence.

> “Chromatic made it possible to include designers in the review flow during development of the actual components.”

Speed up stakeholder sign-off

## Frequently asked questions

How is UI Review different from UI Test?

When should I ask for UI Review?

Does UI Review cost more?

Can I disable UI Review if I’d prefer not to use it?

What commits does Chromatic use to calculate the UI changeset?

> “Our product team loves Chromatic. It's truly helped kickstart a better relationship between designers and developers.”