Updated readme and workflows

Author: tombch

.github/workflows/publish.yml

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+name: Publish
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 24
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+
+      - name: Install npm 11.5
+        run: npm install -g npm@11.5
+
+      - name: Display node and npm versions
+        run: |
+          node -v
+          npm -v
+
+      - name: Run a clean install of the project
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Publish the package to npm
+        run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

README.md

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-# `app-template`
+# React 17 Library Template
+
+This repository provides a minimal template and CI workflows for developing React 17 components, and publishing them to NPM as a component library.