Fixing publish/split workflow

Author: ddebowczyk

.github/workflows/split.yml

@@ -3,43 +3,54 @@ on:
   push:
     tags: ['v*']
 
-env:
-  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+#env:
+#  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
 jobs:
   split:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        package:
-          - local: 'packages/addons'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-addons'
-            name:  'instructor-addons'
-          - local: 'packages/auxiliary'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-aux'
-            name:  'instructor-aux'
-          - local: 'packages/http-client'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-http-client'
-            name:  'instructor-http-client'
-          - local: 'packages/hub'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-hub'
-            name:  'instructor-hub'
-          - local: 'packages/instructor'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-struct'
-            name:  'instructor-struct'
-          - local: 'packages/polyglot'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-polyglot'
-            name:  'instructor-polyglot'
-          - local: 'packages/setup'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-setup'
-            name:  'instructor-setup'
-          - local: 'packages/tell'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-tell'
-            name:  'instructor-tell'
-          - local: 'packages/utils'
-            repo:  'cognesy/instructor-utils'
-            name:  'instructor-utils'
+        include:
+          - local: packages/addons
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-addons
+            name:  instructor-addons
+
+          - local: packages/auxiliary
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-aux
+            name:  instructor-aux
+
+          - local: packages/http-client
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-http-client
+            name:  instructor-http-client
+
+          - local: packages/hub
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-hub
+            name:  instructor-hub
+
+          - local: packages/instructor
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-struct
+            name:  instructor-struct
+
+          - local: packages/polyglot
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-polyglot
+            name:  instructor-polyglot
+
+          - local: packages/setup
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-setup
+            name:  instructor-setup
+
+          - local: packages/tell
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-tell
+            name:  instructor-tell
+
+          - local: packages/utils
+            repo:  cognesy/instructor-utils
+            name:  instructor-utils
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -48,27 +59,22 @@ jobs:
 
       # Verify release notes exist for this package
       - name: Verify release notes
-        id: check_notes
         run: |
-          TAG_NAME=${{ github.ref_name }}
-          NOTES_PATH="${{ matrix.package.local }}/release_notes/${TAG_NAME}.md"
-          
-          if [ -f "$NOTES_PATH" ]; then
-            echo "NOTES_EXIST=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "Notes found at $NOTES_PATH"
+          TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}                            # v0.13.2
+          NOTES={{ matrix.local }}/release_notes/${TAG}.md
+          if [[ -f "$NOTES" ]]; then
+            echo "release notes found: $NOTES"
           else
-            echo "NOTES_EXIST=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "Warning: No release notes found at $NOTES_PATH"
-            # Create a minimal release note if none exists
-            mkdir -p "${{ matrix.package.local }}/release_notes"
-            echo "# ${TAG_NAME}\n\nThis release is part of the main monorepo release ${TAG_NAME}." > "$NOTES_PATH"
-            echo "Created minimal release notes"
+            echo "no notes – creating stub → $NOTES"
+            mkdir -p "$(dirname "$NOTES")"
+            printf '# %s\n\nSplit release of %s.\n' "$TAG" "${{ matrix.name }}" > "$NOTES"
           fi
 
       # ► push branch + tag
       - name: Split Monorepo
         uses: "danharrin/monorepo-split-github-action@v2.3.0"
         with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.SPLIT_TOKEN }}      # PAT here
           tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}             # e.g. v1.2.3
           package_directory: ${{ matrix.package.local }}
           repository_organization: cognesy
@@ -77,11 +83,12 @@ jobs:
           user_email: 'ci@cognesy.com'
 
       # ► create GitHub Release with notes
-      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      - name: Publish GitHub release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SPLIT_TOKEN }}     # PAT once for all API calls
         with:
           repository: ${{ matrix.package.repo }}          # target repo
           tag_name:    ${{ github.ref_name }}             # v1.2.3
           body_path:   ${{ matrix.package.local }}/release_notes/${{ github.ref_name }}.md
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}