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+name: Publish to npm and Tag Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+  # TO-DELETE: created for testing only
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  # Add  timestamp
+  print_timestamp: 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      PR_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.get_pr_branch_name.outputs.PR_BRANCH_NAME }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate timestamp
+        run: |
+          echo "TIMESTAMP=$(TZ='America/Los_Angeles' date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Execution time (Pacific Time Zone) $TIMESTAMP
+        run: |
+          echo "Execution time (Pacific Time Zone) $TIMESTAMP"
+
+  # Fetch the latest version from NPM
+  fetch_latest_version:
+    needs: [print_timestamp]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get latest package version
+        run: |
+          LATEST_VERSION=$(npm view @story-protocol/core-sdk version)
+          echo "Latest version on NPMJS is $LATEST_VERSION"
+
+  # TO-DO: check if pushed version is greater than the latest version on NPM
+
+  build-test-publish:
+    needs: [fetch_latest_version]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@d882d12c64e032187b2edb46d3a0d003b7a43598 # v2.4.0
+        with:
+          version: 8.8.0
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js environment
+        uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.0.0
+          cache: pnpm
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: pnpm build
+
+      # Disabled test for now for later validation
+      - name: Test
+        run: pnpm test
+
+      # - name: Publish to npm
+      #   run: |
+      #     cd packages/core-sdk
+      #     npm publish
+      #   env:
+      #     NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}