npm Publish CI/CD

Automate npm package publishing via GitHub Actions with proper authentication, version bumping, changelog generation, and provenance.

Trigger

Activate when the user wants to:

• Set up automated npm publishing via GitHub Actions
• Configure OIDC or token-based npm authentication in CI/CD
• Add automatic version bumping to their npm package
• Create a release workflow that publishes to npm on merge/tag/release
• Migrate from manual npm login + npm publish to automated CI/CD
• Add npm provenance to their published packages
• Choose between semantic-release, changesets, or release-please

Decision sequence

Step 1 — Choose authentication method