ci: automate releases (#5186)

Fixes #5159

Author: voxpelli

.github/release-please/config.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/v16.12.0/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "node",
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    { "type": "feat", "section": "🌟 Features", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "fix", "section": "🩹 Fixes", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "docs", "section": "📚 Documentation", "hidden": false },
+
+    { "type": "chore", "section": "🧹 Chores", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "perf", "section": "🧹 Chores", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "refactor", "section": "🧹 Chores", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "test", "section": "🧹 Chores", "hidden": false },
+
+    { "type": "build", "section": "🤖 Automation", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "ci", "section": "🤖 Automation", "hidden": true }
+  ],
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
+}

.github/release-please/manifest.json

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+{".":"10.7.0"}

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

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+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  release_please:
+    name: release-please
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      releaseCreated: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          config-file: .github/release-please/config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/release-please/manifest.json
+
+  npm_publish:
+    name: Publish to npm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: npm
+    needs: release_please
+    if: needs.release_please.outputs.releaseCreated
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          show-progress: false
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts --force --no-fund --no-audit
+
+      - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}