Publish Placeholder Package

Overview

Use this skill to publish a minimal placeholder package to npm at 0.0.0. This is used to reserve the package name and unblock npm-side OIDC configuration for CI publishing.

Workflow

1. Confirm publish target.

• Collect:
  • npm package name (for example, @remix-run/my-package)
  • package directory in repo (for example, packages/my-package)
• Validate the package does not already exist at 0.0.0:

npm view <package-name>@0.0.0 version

• If it already exists, stop and report that no placeholder publish is needed.

2. Build a temporary placeholder package outside the repo.

• Always publish from a temp directory to avoid shipping real package files by mistake.
• Create the temp directory and write a minimal package.json:

tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
cd "$tmp_dir"

cat > package.json <<'JSON'
{
  "name": "<package-name>",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "Placeholder package for Remix CI/OIDC setup",
  "license": "MIT",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/remix-run/remix.git",
    "directory": "<repo-package-dir>"
  },
  "publishConfig": {
    "access": "public"
  }
}
JSON

• Add a short README:

cat > README.md <<'MD'
# Placeholder Package

This package is a placeholder published at `0.0.0` to reserve the npm name and configure CI publish permissions.
MD

3. Ensure npm auth is valid (expect re-auth/OTP).

• Check session:

npm whoami

• If not authenticated, run:

npm login

• Expect npm to require a fresh login and/or one-time password. If prompted for OTP, request it from the user and continue.

4. Publish the placeholder.

• Publish with public access:

npm publish --access public

• If the account enforces 2FA for writes, publish with OTP:

npm publish --access public --otp <code>

5. Verify and report.

• Verify the published version:

npm view <package-name>@0.0.0 version

• Report:
  • package name
  • published version (0.0.0)
  • confirmation that npm package exists for OIDC permission setup

6. Clean up temp files.

rm -rf "$tmp_dir"

Notes

• Keep placeholder publish minimal. Do not publish full source code for this step.
• This is a one-time bootstrap step. Normal releases should continue through CI.