Rework download-tools to use vsce-helper

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
+  packages: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           node-version-file: package.json
           registry-url: https://npm.pkg.github.com
@@ -170,6 +173,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           node-version-file: package.json
           registry-url: https://npm.pkg.github.com

.github/workflows/tpip.yml

@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   report:
     permissions:
       contents: write  # for Git to git push
+      packages: read
+
     name: Generate report
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -36,8 +35,12 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           node-version: '20'
+          registry-url: https://npm.pkg.github.com
+          always-auth: true
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: Install dependencies

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
             "name": "Run download-tools.ts",
             "skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"],
             "program": "${workspaceFolder}/scripts/download-tools.ts",
-            "runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/ts-node",
-            "runtimeArgs": [],
-            "args": ["-f", "gdb"]
+            "runtimeExecutable": "npx",
+            "runtimeArgs": ["tsx"],
+            "args": []
         },
         {
             "type": "node",

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
     // Ensure editing files in this workspace uses Unix line endings
     "files.eol": "\n",
+    "markdownlint.configFile": ".github/markdownlint.jsonc",
 }

DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
   > npm install -g yarn
   ```
 
+- Point npm to GitHub Package registry via `~/npmrc`:
+
+  ```txt
+  @open-cmsis-pack:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
+  //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${GITHUB_TOKEN}
+  ```
+
+  And ensure your GitHub token is present in your environment's
+  `GITHUB_TOKEN` variable.
+
 ## Building
 
 Major parts are platform independent but due to the inclusion of binary tools the resulting

package.json

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "yarn run build",
-    "download-tools": "ts-node scripts/download-tools.ts",
+    "download-tools": "tsx scripts/download-tools.ts",
     "clean": "git clean -f -x ./node_modules ./dist ./coverage ./tools",
     "build": "webpack --mode production && yarn lint",
     "build:no-lint": "webpack --mode production",
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
     "test": "jest --reporters=default --reporters=./node_modules/jest-html-reporter",
     "all": "yarn && yarn download-tools && yarn test",
     "package": "vsce package --yarn",
-    "tpip:report": "ts-node scripts/tpip-reporter --header docs/tpip-header.md docs/third-party-licenses.json TPIP.md",
+    "tpip:report": "tsx scripts/tpip-reporter --header docs/tpip-header.md docs/third-party-licenses.json TPIP.md",
     "lint:md": "markdownlint **/*.md -c ./.github/markdownlint.jsonc -i ./node_modules ./dist ./coverage ./tools",
-    "check:links": "ts-node scripts/check-links.ts -i ./node_modules/** -i ./.github/** -c ./.github/markdown-link-check.jsonc",
-    "copyright:check": "ts-node scripts/copyright-manager.ts --mode=check --include=src/**/*.ts,scripts/**/*.ts --exclude=**/node_modules/**,coverage/**,dist/**,tools/**",
-    "copyright:fix": "ts-node scripts/copyright-manager.ts --mode=fix --include=src/**/*.ts,scripts/**/*.ts --exclude=**/node_modules/**,coverage/**,dist/**,tools/**"
+    "check:links": "tsx scripts/check-links.ts -i ./node_modules/** -i ./.github/** -c ./.github/markdown-link-check.jsonc",
+    "copyright:check": "tsx scripts/copyright-manager.ts --mode=check --include=src/**/*.ts,scripts/**/*.ts --exclude=**/node_modules/**,coverage/**,dist/**,tools/**",
+    "copyright:fix": "tsx scripts/copyright-manager.ts --mode=fix --include=src/**/*.ts,scripts/**/*.ts --exclude=**/node_modules/**,coverage/**,dist/**,tools/**"
   },
   "vsce": {
     "yarn": true,
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     "yaml": "^2.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@open-cmsis-pack/vsce-helper": "^0.1.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.4",
     "@types/jest": "^30.0.0",
     "@types/minimist": "^1.2.5",
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@
     "ts-jest": "29.4.0",
     "ts-loader": "^9.5.2",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "tsx": "^4.20.3",
     "type-fest": "^4.41.0",
     "typescript": "^5.8.3",
     "typescript-eslint": "8.37.0",

scripts/check-links.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!npx ts-node
+#!npx tsx
 
 /**
  * Copyright 2025 Arm Limited

scripts/copyright-manager.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!npx ts-node
+#!npx tsx
 
 /**
  * Copyright 2025 Arm Limited