chore: prepare package for npm publishing

- add github actions workflow to publish v* tags to npm using node 20
- add npx usage and env example to readme for quick start
- remove private flag and add bin entries for project-canis and canis
- bump copyright year to 2026

Author: mrepol742

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Publish to npm
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Publish to npm (with provenance)
+        run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

README.md

@@ -41,14 +41,38 @@ Canis supports multiple AI providers out of the box:
 
 - Node.js (>=18.x)
 - MySQL
-
-  You can changed the db provider in `prisma/schema.prisma`
-
 - Redis/Valkey
 - WhatsApp Account
 - Chrome browser
 - FFMPEG
 
+
+##  Skip through this long setup and use NPX
+If you want to skip the setup and just want to run the bot, you can use NPX to run the bot without cloning the repo or installing dependencies.
+
+```sh
+npx project-canis
+```
+
+Once you install the bot using NPX, you configure the required environment variables in the `.env.example` using this command
+```sh
+export PROJECT_CANIS_ALIAS=Canis
+# automatically reboot canis, if a potential memory leak has been detected,
+# or the memory usage was just way too high
+export PROJECT_AUTO_RESTART=false
+export PROJECT_THRESHOLD_MEMORY=1024
+export PROJECT_MAX_MEMORY=2048 # 2GB
+export PROJECT_AUTO_DOWNLOAD_MEDIA=true
+export PROJECT_MAX_DOWNLOAD_MEDIA=25 # 25MB
+export PROJECT_ENABLE_BOT_FONT=true
+# for more configuration, please refer to the .env.example file
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can also run the bot using this short command:
+```sh
+npx canis
+```
+
 ## Getting started
 
 1. **Clone repo**
@@ -123,7 +147,7 @@ A Telegram version of Project Canis is available at [project-canis-tg](https://g
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright 2025 Melvin Jones Repol
+Copyright 2026 Melvin Jones Repol
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

package-lock.json

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "name": "project-canis",
   "version": "11.1.0",
   "description": "Canis Major and the constellation Canis Minor, the “lesser dog,” are widely regarded as two hunting hounds that follow Orion, the great hunter of ancient Greek legends.",
-  "private": true,
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "prisma generate && ts-node scripts/build.ts",
@@ -11,6 +10,10 @@
     "dev": "ts-node src/runner.ts src/index.ts",
     "test:sentry": "ts-node tests/sentry.ts"
   },
+  "bin": {
+    "project-canis": "./dist/runner.js",
+    "canis": "./dist/runner.js"
+  },
   "author": {
     "name": "Melvin Jones Repol",
     "email": "mrepol742@gmail.com",