ci: Add workflow for creating GitHub releases

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Create Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*' # Trigger on version tags like v1.0.0, v1.2.3, etc.
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write # Needed to create releases
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x' # Match the CI workflow version
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: npm test # Important: Ensure tests pass before releasing
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2 # Popular action for creating releases
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Provided by GitHub Actions
+        with:
+          draft: true # Create the release as a draft initially
+          # Optionally, you can generate release notes automatically:
+          # generate_release_notes: true
+          # Assets can be uploaded later if needed, e.g.:
+          # files: |
+          #   ./release-*.zip