diff --git a/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/publishTemplate-test.js b/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/publishTemplate-test.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+const {publishTemplate, verifyPublishedTemplate} = require('../publishTemplate');
+
+const mockRun = jest.fn();
+const mockSleep = jest.fn();
+const mockGetNpmPackageInfo = jest.fn();
+const silence = () => {};
+
+jest.mock('../utils.js', () => ({
+  log: silence,
+  run: mockRun,
+  sleep: mockSleep,
+  getNpmPackageInfo: mockGetNpmPackageInfo,
+}));
+
+const getMockGithub = () => ({
+  rest: {
+    actions: {
+      createWorkflowDispatch: jest.fn(),
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+describe("#publishTemplate", () => {
+  beforeEach(jest.clearAllMocks);
+
+  it("checks commits for magic #publish-package-to-npm&latest string and sets latest", async () => {
+    mockRun.mockReturnValueOnce(`
+      The commit message
+
+    #publish-packages-to-npm&latest`);
+
+    const github = getMockGithub();
+    await publishTemplate(
+      github, 
+      '0.76.0',
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      owner: 'react-native-community',
+      repo: 'template',
+      workflow_id: 'release.yml',
+      ref: '0.76-stable',
+      inputs: {
+        dry_run: true,
+        is_latest_on_npm: true,
+        version: '0.76.0',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("pubished as is_latest_on_npm = false if missing magic string", async () => {
+    mockRun.mockReturnValueOnce(`
+      The commit message without magic
+    `);
+
+    const github = getMockGithub();
+    await publishTemplate(
+      github, 
+      '0.76.0',
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      owner: 'react-native-community',
+      repo: 'template',
+      workflow_id: 'release.yml',
+      ref: '0.76-stable',
+      inputs: {
+        dry_run: false,
+        is_latest_on_npm: false,
+        version: '0.76.0',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("#verifyPublishedTemplate", () => {
+  beforeEach(jest.clearAllMocks);
+
+  it("waits on npm updating for version but skips if not latest", async () => {
+    mockGetNpmPackageInfo
+      // template@<version>
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.reject('mock http/404'))
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve());
+    mockSleep
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve())
+      .mockImplementation(() => { throw new Error('Should not be called again!') });
+
+    const version = '0.77.0';
+    await verifyPublishedTemplate(version);
+
+    expect(mockGetNpmPackageInfo).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('@react-native-community/template', version);
+  });
+
+  it("waits on npm updating version and latest tag", async () => {
+    const version = '0.77.0';
+    mockGetNpmPackageInfo
+      // template@<version>
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.reject('mock http/404'))
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve())
+      // template@latest != version
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve({ version: '0.76.5' }))
+      // template@latest == version
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve({ version }));
+    mockSleep
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve())
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve())
+      .mockImplementation(() => { throw new Error('Should not be called again!') });
+
+    await verifyPublishedTemplate(version, true);
+
+    expect(mockGetNpmPackageInfo).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@react-native-community/template', version);
+    expect(mockGetNpmPackageInfo).toHaveBeenCalledWith('@react-native-community/template', 'latest');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/.github/workflow-scripts/publishTemplate.js b/.github/workflow-scripts/publishTemplate.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+const {run, sleep, getNpmPackageInfo, log} = require('./utils.js');
+
+const TAG_AS_LATEST_REGEX=/#publish-packages-to-npm&latest/
+
+/**
+ * Create a Github Action to publish the community template matching the released version
+ * of React Native.
+ */
+module.exports.publishTemplate = async (
+  github,
+  version,     // 0.75.0-rc.0, note no 'v' prefix
+  dryRun = true,
+) => {
+  log(`📤 Get the ${TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG} repo to publish ${version}`);
+
+  const commitMessage = run('git log -n1 --pretty=%B');
+  const isLatest = TAG_AS_LATEST_REGEX.test(commitMessage);
+
+  const majorMinor = /^v?(\d+\.\d+)/.exec(version);
+
+  if (!majorMinor) {
+    log(`🔥 can't capture MAJOR.MINOR from '${version}', giving up.`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  // MAJOR.MINOR-stable
+  const ref = `${majorMinor[1]}-stable`;
+
+  await github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
+    owner: 'react-native-community',
+    repo: 'template',
+    workflow_id: 'release.yml',
+    ref,
+    inputs: {
+      dry_run: dryRun,
+      is_latest_on_npm: isLatest,
+      version,
+    },
+  });
+};
+
+const SLEEP_S = 10;
+const TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG = '@react-native-community/template';
+
+/**
+ * Will verify that @latest and the @<version> have been published.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This will infinitely query each step until successful, make sure the 
+ *       calling job has a timeout.
+ */
+module.exports.verifyPublishedTemplate = async (version, latest = false) => {
+  log(`🔍 Is ${TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG}@${version} on npm?`);
+
+  while (true) {
+    try {
+      await getNpmPackageInfo(TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG, version);
+      log(`🎉 Found ${TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG}@${version} on npm`);
+      break;
+    } catch(e) {
+      log(`Nope, fetch failed: ${e.message}`);
+    }
+    await sleep(SLEEP_S);
+  }
+
+  log(`🔍 Does latest → ${version} on npm?`);
+
+  while (latest) {
+    try {
+      const pkg = await getNpmPackageInfo(TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG, 'latest');
+      if (pkg.version === version) {
+        log(`🎉 ${TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG}@latest → ${version} on npm`);
+        break;
+      } else {
+        log(`🐌 ${TEMPLATE_NPM_PKG}@latest → ${pkg.version} on npm, retrying...`);
+      }
+    } catch(e) {
+      log(`🚨 Fetch failed (will retry): ${e.message}`);
+    }
+    await sleep(SLEEP_S);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflow-scripts/utils.js b/.github/workflow-scripts/utils.js
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
+
+function run(...cmd) { 
+  return execSync(cmd, 'utf8').toString().trim();
+}
+module.exports.run = run;
+
+await function sleep(seconds) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, seconds * 1000));
+}
+module.exports.sleep = sleep;
+
+async function getNpmPackageInfo(pkg, versionOrTag) {
+  return fetch(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${pkg}/${versionOrTag}`).then(resp => res.json());
+}
+module.exports.getNpmPackageInfo = getNpmPackageInfo;
+
+module.exports.log = (...args) => console.log(...args);
+