chore: add release-please manifest config

- Add release-please-config.json with package configuration
- Add .release-please-manifest.json to track current version
- Split workflow into separate release-please and publish jobs
- Add issues permission to workflow

Author: andris9

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -6,28 +6,31 @@ on:
 permissions:
     contents: write
     pull-requests: write
+    issues: write
     id-token: write
 
 name: release
 jobs:
     release-please:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        outputs:
+            release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         steps:
             - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
               id: release
-              with:
-                  release-type: node
-            # The logic below handles the npm publication:
+
+    publish:
+        needs: release-please
+        if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        permissions:
+            contents: read
+            id-token: write
+        steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-              # these if statements ensure that a publication only occurs when
-              # a new release is created:
-              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
               with:
                   node-version: 24
                   registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
             - run: npm ci
-              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
             - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
-              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    ".": "1.8.19"
+}

release-please-config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "package-name": "@postalsys/email-ai-tools",
+            "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore${scope}: release ${version} [skip-ci]"
+        }
+    }
+}