build: add semantic-release for automated npm publishing

Adds `.releaserc` and a release GitHub Actions workflow, releasing
from the `frontend-base` branch as a prerelease (`alpha`) to the
`latest` dist-tag.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: arbrandes

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Release CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - frontend-base
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write  # Required for OIDC
+  contents: write  # For Semantic Release tagging
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Release to npm/Github
+        run: npx semantic-release@25
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENEDX_SEMANTIC_RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.releaserc

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "branches": [
+    "placeholder",
+    { "name": "frontend-base", "prerelease": "alpha", "channel": "latest" }
+  ],
+  "tagFormat": "v${version}",
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+    "@semantic-release/npm",
+    "@semantic-release/github"
+  ]
+}

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+https://github.com/edx/frontend-app-learner-dashboard.git"
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/openedx/frontend-app-learner-dashboard.git"
   },
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",