Npmpublish

npm Publish

Publish npm packages to the npm registry with sensible defaults:

• Private by default - Sets publishConfig.access: restricted
• Patch bump by default - Increments version by 0.0.1

Usage

# Publish with defaults (private, patch bump)
npmpublish

# Specify bump type
npmpublish --bump minor    # 0.1.0
npmpublish --bump major    # 1.0.0
npmpublish --bump patch    # 0.0.1 (default)

# Publish as public (use carefully!)
npmpublish --public

# Dry run (see what would happen)
npmpublish --dry-run

# Publish from a different directory
npmpublish --dir /path/to/package

Options

| Option | Description | Default | |--------|-------------|---------| | -b, --bump | Version bump: patch, minor, major | patch | | --public | Publish as public package | false (private) | | --dry-run | Preview without publishing | false | | -d, --dir | Package directory | current dir |

Requirements

• NPM_TOKEN in ~/.secrets for authentication
• Valid package.json in target directory

What It Does

1. Reads package.json
2. Ensures publishConfig.access: restricted (unless --public)
3. Bumps version by specified amount (default: patch/0.0.1)
4. Updates package.json
5. Runs bun publish
6. Confirms private access on npm registry

Examples

# Standard publish for internal package
npmpublish

# Release new feature version
npmpublish --bump minor

# Breaking change release
npmpublish --bump major

# Check what would be published
npmpublish --dry-run

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: hasna
• Source: hasna/skills
• License: Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.