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+---
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: build-and-publish-npm
+
+platform:
+  os: linux
+  arch: arm64
+
+workspace:
+  path: /drone/src
+
+steps:
+  - name: check-version
+    image: node:22-alpine
+    environment:
+      NPM_REPO_URL:
+        from_secret: NPM_REPO_URL
+      NPM_USERNAME:
+        from_secret: NPM_USERNAME
+      NPM_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
+    commands:
+      - apk add --no-cache curl
+      - PACKAGE_NAME=$(node -p "require('./package.json').name")
+      - VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+      - |
+        if [ "$DRONE_TAG" != "$VERSION" ]; then
+          echo "Tag '$DRONE_TAG' does not match package.json version '$VERSION'; refusing to publish."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > /tmp/.npmrc
+      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> /tmp/.npmrc
+      - echo "Checking if $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION exists on $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
+      - |
+        if npm view "$PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION" version --userconfig /tmp/.npmrc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          echo "$PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION already exists; skipping build."
+          exit 78
+        else
+          echo "New version detected: $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION"
+        fi
+
+  - name: quality-gate
+    image: node:22-alpine
+    environment:
+      NPM_REPO_URL:
+        from_secret: NPM_REPO_URL
+      NPM_USERNAME:
+        from_secret: NPM_USERNAME
+      NPM_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
+    commands:
+      - |
+        if [ -z "$NPM_REPO_URL" ] || [ -z "$NPM_USERNAME" ] || [ -z "$NPM_PASSWORD" ]; then
+          echo "NPM_REPO_URL / NPM_USERNAME / NPM_PASSWORD are not set" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
+      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+      - npm install
+      - echo "Running quality gate..."
+      - npm run quality-gate
+
+  - name: build-package
+    image: node:22-alpine
+    commands:
+      - npm install
+      - echo "Building npm package..."
+      - npm run build
+      - ls -l dist
+
+  - name: publish-to-private-npm
+    image: node:22-alpine
+    environment:
+      NPM_REPO_URL:
+        from_secret: NPM_REPO_URL
+      NPM_USERNAME:
+        from_secret: NPM_USERNAME
+      NPM_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: NPM_PASSWORD
+    commands:
+      - echo "registry=$NPM_REPO_URL" > .npmrc
+      - echo "_auth=$(echo -n "$NPM_USERNAME:$NPM_PASSWORD" | base64 | tr -d '\n')" >> .npmrc
+      - echo "Publishing to private npm at $NPM_REPO_URL ..."
+      - npm publish --access restricted
+
+trigger:
+  event:
+    - tag