diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index 7d11bc285..a1be39f67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -103,25 +103,25 @@ jobs:
           # cache-dependency-path: "**/package-lock.json"
       - name: setup project
         run: |
-          echo "::group::install deps"
-          npm i --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
-          echo "::endgroup::"
+          npm install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+      - name: setup examples
+        run: |
           echo "::group::install example javascript"
-          npm --prefix examples/node/javascript i --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          npm run -- dev-setup:examples:js     --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::install example typescript cjs"
-          npm --prefix examples/node/typescript/example.cjs i --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          npm run -- dev-setup:examples:ts-cjs --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::install examples typescript mjs"
-          npm --prefix examples/node/typescript/example.mjs i --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          npm run -- dev-setup:examples:ts-mjs --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
       - name: setup tools
         run: |
           echo "::group::install docs-gen deps"
-          npm --prefix tools/docs-gen i --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          npm run -- dev-setup:docs-gen   --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::install code-style deps"
-          npm --prefix tools/code-style i --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          npm run -- dev-setup:code-style --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
       - name: make reports dir
         run: mkdir -p "$REPORTS_DIR"
@@ -509,8 +509,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "::group::install project"
           npm install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::install docs-gen"
-          npm --prefix tools/docs-gen install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          echo "::group::install docs-gen deps"
+          npm run -- dev-setup:docs-gen --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
       - name: api-doc ${{ matrix.target }}
         run: npm run api-doc:${{ matrix.target }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3126dec1d..b5dd1eabb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -eux
           git config --local user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git config --local user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+          git config --local user.name  "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
       - name: Setup Node.js ${{ env.NODE_ACTIVE_LTS }}
         # see https://github.com/actions/setup-node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -100,14 +100,25 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_ACTIVE_LTS }}
       - name: setup project
         run: |
-          echo "::group::install project"
           npm install --ignore-scripts --include=optional --loglevel=silly
+      - name: setup examples
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::install example javascript"
+          npm run -- dev-setup:examples:js     --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+          echo "::group::install example typescript cjs"
+          npm run -- dev-setup:examples:ts-cjs --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::install code-style"
-          npm --prefix tools/code-style install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          echo "::group::install examples typescript mjs"
+          npm run -- dev-setup:examples:ts-mjs --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+      - name: setup tools
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::install docs-gen deps"
+          npm run -- dev-setup:docs-gen   --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::install docs-gen"
-          npm --prefix tools/docs-gen   install --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
+          echo "::group::install code-style deps"
+          npm run -- dev-setup:code-style --ignore-scripts --loglevel=silly
           echo "::endgroup::"
       # no explicit npm build. if a build is required, it should be configured as prepublish/prepublishOnly script of npm.
       - name: login to registries
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2bec2240f..a58eeec7a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -165,19 +165,23 @@
     "example": "./examples"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "dev-setup": "npm i && run-p --aggregate-output -lc dev-setup:*",
-    "dev-setup:code-style": "npm --prefix tools/code-style install",
+    "dev-setup": "npm i && run-p --aggregate-output -lc dev-setup:\\*",
     "dev-setup:docs-gen": "npm --prefix tools/docs-gen install",
+    "dev-setup:code-style": "npm --prefix tools/code-style install",
+    "dev-setup:examples": "run-p --aggregate-output -lc dev-setup:examples:\\*",
+    "dev-setup:examples:js": "npm --prefix examples/node/javascript i --ignore-scripts",
+    "dev-setup:examples:ts-cjs": "npm --prefix examples/node/typescript/example.cjs i --ignore-scripts",
+    "dev-setup:examples:ts-mjs": "npm --prefix examples/node/typescript/example.mjs i --ignore-scripts",
     "prepublish": "npm run build",
     "prepublishOnly": "run-s -lc build test",
-    "build": "run-p --aggregate-output -l build:*",
+    "build": "run-p --aggregate-output -l build:\\*",
     "prebuild:node": "rimraf dist.node",
     "build:node": "tsc -b ./tsconfig.node.json",
     "prebuild:web": "rimraf dist.web",
     "build:web": "webpack build",
     "prebuild:d": "rimraf dist.d",
     "build:d": "tsc -b ./tsconfig.d.json",
-    "test": "run-p --aggregate-output -lc test:*",
+    "test": "run-p --aggregate-output -lc test:\\*",
     "test:node": "c8 mocha -p",
     "test:web": "node -e 'console.log(\"TODO: write web test\")'",
     "test:lint": "tsc --noEmit",