ci: add release-please for automated releases

Automates version bumps, CHANGELOG updates, and GitHub Releases.
The existing publish workflow chains automatically via the release event.

Author: isanchez31

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

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+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json

.release-please-manifest.json

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+{
+  ".": "0.1.17"
+}

release-please-config.json

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+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "changelog-sections": [
+        { "type": "feat", "section": "Added" },
+        { "type": "fix", "section": "Fixed" },
+        { "type": "perf", "section": "Performance" },
+        { "type": "revert", "section": "Reverted" },
+        { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "chore", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "ci", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "test", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "build", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "refactor", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "style", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": true }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}