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Make the general Node.js actions independently usable before adding release automation in #562.

• Default installation lifecycle scripts to disabled in setup, build, lint, test and the reusable CI workflow. Callers can explicitly enable them; container jobs keep their existing behavior.
• Let setup-node configure tooling without installing dependencies for packaging prepared build files or caller-managed installation. Normal build, lint and test jobs keep installation enabled.
• Group the existing package actions under actions/package/create and actions/package/publish.
• Make package creation consume prepared source/build files, with optional artifact restoration. The caller owns checkout, runtime setup, dependencies and version changes.
• Add get-package-manager.outputs.pack-command for native npm, pnpm and Yarn Classic packing with lifecycle scripts disabled. Package creation uses an isolated output directory and cleans it on failure.
• Use GitHub Script's supplied helpers for command execution, file operations and tarball discovery.
• Use the root Node 24 runtime in fixture checks and configure Renovate for runtime, pnpm fallback and Docker action updates alongside Dependabot. The pnpm fallback is declared once as DEFAULT_PNPM_VERSION; a project's packageManager declaration takes precedence.

Breaking changes: update the package action paths, remove the Package action's version input, and prepare source/tooling/version/build output before calling it. Installation hooks now require ignore-scripts: false. Package creation always disables lifecycle scripts.

The existing package example and generated references follow these APIs. The new preparation/release workflows, version commits, recovery behavior, release-specific actions, tests and consolidated ADR are delivered by #562.

Review and merge order: this PR → #562 (single-package release) → #563 (workspaces/Lerna).

Validation:

• Seven native packaging scenarios passed on Node 24: npm root/nested, Yarn Classic, and pnpm 10/12 root/workspace packages. Checks cover script suppression, package-manager precedence, prepared bytes and versions, lockfile preservation, paths with spaces/metacharacters, fresh consumer installation, and failure cleanup.
• Local action/workflow contracts, inline script syntax and documentation links passed; no references to the new release actions or workflows remain in this branch.
• Repository lint passed for the changed files. The Publish action reference was regenerated through CI Dokumentor after separating recovery-specific inputs and outputs.
• Renovate strict configuration validation and local dependency extraction passed. Focused pnpm fallback checks cover missing/blank declarations, project version precedence and invalid manifests. The action reference was regenerated from its metadata, and README separators use colons.
• GitHub integration checks run on this PR. No release tags or publication were performed.

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 100.00%. Comparing base (b7eadcf) to head (24df06a).

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