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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: ${{ inputs.npm-token }}
-      run: |
+      run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> ~/.npmrc
-        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)"
 
     - name: Run multi-semantic-release
       shell: bash

templates/tools-semantic-release/release.config.cjs

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ module.exports = {
   plugins: [
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-    ["@semantic-release/exec", { prepareCmd: "npm pkg set version=${nextRelease.version}" }],
+    ["@semantic-release/exec", {
+      prepareCmd: "npm pkg set version=${nextRelease.version}",
+      publishCmd: "npm publish --access public",
+    }],
     "@markwylde/semantic-release-gitea",
   ],
 };