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 # Offchain Labs GitHub Actions
 
 A collection of reusable GitHub actions and workflows.
+
+## Publish an npm package
+
+The [`publish-npm`](publish-npm/action.yml) composite action publishes a pnpm package to npm using [trusted publishing](https://docs.npmjs.com/trusted-publishers) and [staged publishing](https://docs.npmjs.com/staged-publishing). 
+
+It accepts stable tags (`v1.2.3`) and `alpha`, `beta`, or `rc` prerelease tags (`v1.2.3-beta.0`), verifies that the tag matches `package.json`, and selects the matching npm dist-tag (`latest`, `alpha`, `beta`, or `rc`). The packed tarball is checked with a dry run before it is staged for publishing.
+
+Configure the calling repository and `.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml` as a trusted publisher on npm, using the `Publish` GitHub environment. The calling workflow is responsible for checking out and building the package before invoking the action:
+
+```yml
+name: Publish NPM Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish to npm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: Publish
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up pnpm and Node.js
+        uses: pnpm/setup@v1
+        with:
+          runtime: node@24
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: pnpm build
+
+      - name: Publish package
+        uses: OffchainLabs/actions/publish-npm@main
+        with:
+          working-directory: src
+```
+
+### Permissions
+
+The calling job must grant these permissions because composite actions cannot declare job-level permissions:
+
+- `contents: read` allows the workflow to check out the repository.
+- `id-token: write` allows pnpm to request the GitHub OIDC token required by npm trusted publishing.
+
+With trusted publishing configured, no npm token secret is required.
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+name: Publish npm package
+description: Validate, pack, and publish an npm package using pnpm
+
+inputs:
+  working-directory:
+    description: Directory containing the package to publish
+    required: false
+    default: .
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Resolve package version and npm dist-tag
+      env:
+        RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [[ ! "$RELEASE_TAG" =~ ^v(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-(alpha|beta|rc)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*))?$ ]]; then
+          echo "Tag must be vX.Y.Z or vX.Y.Z-{alpha,beta,rc}.N, for example v1.0.2 or v1.0.2-alpha.0." >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG#v}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "NPM_DIST_TAG=${BASH_REMATCH[5]:-latest}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+    - name: Verify package version matches tag
+      env:
+        PACKAGE_JSON: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}/package.json
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        PACKAGE_VERSION=$(jq -er '.version' "$PACKAGE_JSON")
+        if [ "$PACKAGE_VERSION" != "$NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION" ]; then
+          echo "$PACKAGE_JSON version ($PACKAGE_VERSION) must match the tag version ($NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION). Bump and commit $PACKAGE_JSON manually before tagging." >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+    - name: Pack package
+      working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: pnpm pack
+
+    - name: Verify package
+      working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: pnpm stage publish ./*.tgz --dry-run --no-git-checks --tag "$NPM_DIST_TAG"
+
+    - name: Publish package
+      working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: pnpm stage publish ./*.tgz --no-git-checks --tag "$NPM_DIST_TAG"