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+name: Publish Next
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [ prereleased ]
+
+env:
+  TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+  PACKAGE_NAME: "" # to be filled later
+  PACKAGE_VERSION: "" # to be filled later after checkout
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish next to npm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: fill package name
+        run: |
+          if [[ $TAG_NAME =~ ^eastern-arabic\/v.* ]]; then
+              PACKAGE_NAME="@numerals/eastern-arabic"
+          else
+              echo "❌ tag name: $TAG_NAME doesn't point to any publishable package"
+              exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "📦 Package name: $PACKAGE_NAME"
+          echo "PACKAGE_NAME=$PACKAGE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: fill package version
+        run: |
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' packages/$PACKAGE_NAME/package.json)
+          echo "🔢 Package version: $PACKAGE_VERSION"
+          echo "PACKAGE_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: validate tag name
+        run: |
+          if [[ ! $TAG_NAME =~ ^$PACKAGE_NAME\/v([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)-next\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)$ ]]; then
+              echo "❌ Invalid tag name: $TAG_NAME not suitable for @next tag"
+              exit 1
+          else
+              echo "✅ Valid tag name: $TAG_NAME"
+          fi
+
+      - name: validate version in package.json
+        run: |
+          if [[ ! $PACKAGE_VERSION =~ ^([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)-next\.([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]*)$ ]]; then
+              echo "❌ Invalid version name: $PACKAGE_VERSION not suitable for @next publish"
+              exit 1
+          else
+              echo "✅ Valid @next version: $PACKAGE_VERSION"
+          fi
+
+      - name: check if version in package.json is matching tag name
+        run: |
+          if [[ "$PACKAGE_NAME/v$PACKAGE_VERSION" != $TAG_NAME ]]; then
+              echo "❌ Version in package.json of $PACKAGE_NAME: $PACKAGE_VERSION is not matching with tag name: $TAG_NAME"
+              exit 1
+          else
+              echo "✅ Version: $PACKAGE_VERSION in package.json of $PACKAGE_NAME is matching with tag name: $TAG_NAME"
+          fi
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+          always-auth: true
+          cache: yarn
+
+      - run: yarn workspaces foreach --all install --immutable
+      - run: yarn lint
+      - run: yarn build
+      - run: yarn test
+
+      - name: publish @numerals/eastern-arabic @next to npm
+        if: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME == '@numerals/eastern-arabic' }}
+        run: yarn workspace eastern-arabic npm publish --access public --tag next
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EASTERN_ARABIC_PUBLISH_AUTH_TOKEN }}