Decoding the GitHub recommendations for npm maintainers

This piece outlines practical steps for npm maintainers to harden package publishing: adopt Trusted Publishing using OIDC to eliminate long‑lived secrets, enforce 2FA for all writes and publishing, and prefer WebAuthn/passkeys or hardware security keys over TOTP, using granular access tokens when automation is required. It explains how these controls reduce the blast radius of leaked credentials, resist phishing/MITM via origin‑bound cryptographic authentication, and what trade‑offs to expect (CI/CD provider limitations, single trusted publisher per package, command‑line/browser flows). The goal is to improve the resilience of the npm supply chain and raise the bar for account compromise across projects and organizations.