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actions/release/action.yml

@@ -23,16 +23,11 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
-    - name: Verify NPM_TOKEN
+    - name: Configure npm auth
       shell: bash
       env:
         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.npm-token }}
-      run: |
-        if [ -z "$NPM_TOKEN" ]; then
-          echo "::error::NPM_TOKEN is empty or not set"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-        echo "NPM_TOKEN is set (${#NPM_TOKEN} chars)"
+      run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
 
     - name: Run multi-semantic-release
       shell: bash