diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fcb11a7e..b6624c75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jcabi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcabi-matchers</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.0</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -194,6 +194,18 @@ OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
       <version>3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
+      <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eolang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jucs</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.cactoos</groupId>
       <artifactId>cactoos</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java b/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java
index 5f2c7160..abb90fe6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java
@@ -75,16 +75,13 @@
  * @since 0.1
  * @checkstyle ClassFanOutComplexity (500 lines)
  */
-@EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = false, of = "all")
-@SuppressWarnings
-    (
-        {
-            "PMD.TooManyMethods",
-            "PMD.CyclomaticComplexity",
-            "PMD.GodClass",
-            "PMD.StdCyclomaticComplexity"
-        }
-    )
+@EqualsAndHashCode(of = "all")
+@SuppressWarnings({
+    "PMD.TooManyMethods",
+    "PMD.CyclomaticComplexity",
+    "PMD.GodClass",
+    "PMD.StdCyclomaticComplexity"
+})
 public final class Directives implements Iterable<Directive> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/xembly/XemblerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/xembly/XemblerTest.java
index 991b3652..02c4390a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/xembly/XemblerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/xembly/XemblerTest.java
@@ -29,20 +29,33 @@
  */
 package org.xembly;
 
+import com.jcabi.matchers.XPathMatcher;
 import com.jcabi.matchers.XhtmlMatchers;
+import com.jcabi.xml.XML;
 import com.jcabi.xml.XMLDocument;
+import com.jcabi.xml.XPathContext;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import net.jqwik.api.ForAll;
 import net.jqwik.api.Property;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.cactoos.experimental.Threads;
+import org.cactoos.iterable.Mapped;
+import org.cactoos.list.ListOf;
 import org.cactoos.scalar.LengthOf;
 import org.cactoos.scalar.Repeated;
+import org.eolang.jucs.ClasspathSource;
+import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
 import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
+import org.hamcrest.core.AllOf;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 
 /**
  * Test case for {@link Xembler}.
@@ -261,4 +274,49 @@ void printsNamespaces() {
             Matchers.containsString("x:color=\"green\"")
         );
     }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ClasspathSource(value = "org/xembly/stories/", glob = "**.yml")
+    void checksYamlStories(final String story) {
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+            "modifies XML document with a few directives",
+            story,
+            new XemblerTest.StoryMatcher()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matcher for stories.
+     *
+     * @since 0.33.0
+     */
+    private static final class StoryMatcher extends BaseMatcher<String> {
+        @Override
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        public boolean matches(final Object item) {
+            final Map<String, Object> yaml = new Yaml().load(
+                String.class.cast(item.toString())
+            );
+            final Directives directives = new Directives();
+            for (final String dir : (Iterable<String>) yaml.get("directives")) {
+                directives.append(new Directives(dir));
+            }
+            final XML xml = new XMLDocument(yaml.get("before").toString());
+            new Xembler(directives).applyQuietly(xml.inner());
+            return new AllOf<>(
+                new ListOf<>(
+                    new Mapped<>(
+                        str -> new XPathMatcher<>(str, new XPathContext()),
+                        (Collection<String>) yaml.get("xpaths")
+                    )
+                )
+            ).matches(XhtmlMatchers.xhtml(xml.inner()));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void describeTo(final Description description) {
+            description.appendText("matches");
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/xembly/stories/simple.yml b/src/test/resources/org/xembly/stories/simple.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2cda8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/xembly/stories/simple.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2025, Yegor Bugayenko
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met: 1) Redistributions of source code must retain the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+# disclaimer. 2) Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+# disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+# with the distribution. 3) Neither the name of the xembly.org nor
+# the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
+# products derived from this software without specific prior written
+# permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT
+# NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
+# INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+# SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
+# STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
+# OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+---
+before: |
+  <root/>
+directives:
+  - XPATH "/root";
+  - ADD "hello";
+  - ATTR "foo", "bar";
+xpaths:
+  - /root/hello
+  - /root/hello[@foo='bar']