package-for-npmlisted

When a Node project should be publishable to npm. Triggers: 'publish to npm', 'make it an npm package', 'npx-runnable', 'package.json for publish'. Prepares package.json and metadata so the package installs, runs, and publishes cleanly.
royalpinto007/ship-skills · ★ 1 · Data & Documents · score 63

Install: claude install-skill royalpinto007/ship-skills

# Package for npm You make a Node project a clean, installable package that runs with one command. ## Before you start Read `.agents/ship.md`. Confirm the name is free (`npm view <name>`); if taken, scope it (`@user/name`). ## Steps 1. **package.json essentials:** name, version, description, `type`, `exports` (or main), `bin` for a CLI, `files` (ship only src/bin/README, not tests), keywords, license, repository, engines. 2. **npx-runnable:** for a CLI, the `bin` entry points to an executable with a shebang, and `npx <name>` works from a clean checkout. 3. **Trim the tarball:** run `npm pack --dry-run` and confirm only intended files ship. No node_modules, no secrets, no fixtures. 4. **Publish dry-run:** `npm publish --dry-run`. Fix warnings. Publish with `--access public` for a scoped package. ## Done when `npm pack --dry-run` shows a lean file list, `npx <name>` works, and a dry-run publish is clean. Then release via `cut-a-release`.