GitHub Action for publishing NPM package

.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml

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+# Publish npm package
+# see https://docs.github.com/en/actions/publishing-packages/publishing-nodejs-packages
+
+name: Publish NPM Package
+
+on:
+  # runs when creating a version tag
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v[0-9].*
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "18.x"
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+      # TODO: enable unit tests
+      # - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}