try manually creating npmrc

Author: mckervinc

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "20.x"
 
+      - name: Authenticate with npm
+        run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}" > ~/.npmrc
+
       - name: Install yarn
         run: npm install -g yarn