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+name: Release to NPM
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        type: string
+        description: Version to release, e.g. "v0.1.2"
+        required: false
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+
+jobs:
+  npm-publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.16.0
+      - name: Set version env
+        id: set_version
+        ## if version is not provided as input, use the tag name
+        run: |
+          echo "tag=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          if [ -z "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" ]; then
+              echo "tag=${{ github.ref }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+      - name: Update version of npm package
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.set_version.outputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          npm version $RELEASE_VERSION
+      - name: publish the npm package
+        uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}