Fixes #536

Description

Update the github action for publish cycle. using the .npmrc file to check for env vars during the publish script.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/publishing-packages/publishing-nodejs-packages#publishing-packages-to-the-npm-registry

According to docs, this should be good. Not a high priority, so this can go out with future releases after merged.

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Documentation update

Checklist:

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• My commits follow the commitizen commit convention
• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.