Use .npmrc to actually use the access token in the env var

Author: mashalifshin

.github/workflows/publish_to_npm.yml

@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Use default Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
-        with:
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
         env:
-          NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_ACCESS_TOKEN }}   # See .npmrc for where this is used.

.npmrc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_ACCESS_TOKEN}