diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.js.yml b/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
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+# This workflow will do a clean installation of node dependencies, cache/restore them and run tests across different versions of node
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-nodejs
+
+name: Node.js CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [20.x, 22.x]
+        # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: "npm"
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
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+# This workflow will run tests using node and then publish a package to GitHub Packages when a release is created
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/publishing-packages/publishing-nodejs-packages
+
+name: Node.js Package
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm test
+
+  publish-npm:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - run: npm ci
+      # scoped packages are private by default so need to add public flag
+      - run: npm publish --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# markdown
+
+[![Build status](https://github.com/scheduleonce/markdown/actions/workflows/node.js.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/scheduleonce/markdown/actions) [![styled with prettier](https://img.shields.io/badge/styled_with-prettier-ff69b4.svg)](https://github.com/prettier/prettier)
+
+> Thin wrapper for markdown parsing and output sanitization
+
+## Installation
+
+To install this module, run the following command:
+
+```sh
+$ npm install --save @oncehub/markdown
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+## Development
+
+### Tests
+
+Run tests via `npm test`.
+
+### Deployment
+
+Package is automatically published to npm when [creating a new release](.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml) on Github. Check out the release section in the repo. Read more about releases [here](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository).
+
+## License
+
+This module is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@oncehub/markdown",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Markdown parser and sanitizer",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}