ci: add release workflow for npm publishing

Author: jahirultusar

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Release (npm)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write   # needed to create a GitHub Release
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: npm test
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npm publish --access public
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          generate_release_notes: true