feat(release-please): add release-please action

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• Every repository repeats the same release-please step, so the pinned version, the token wiring and the paths drift apart one repository at a time.
• The configuration itself stays a file in each repository because release-please fetches it from the branch over the API rather than from the checkout, so the action owns the defaults around it and the README carries the template.

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• .github/release-please-config.json
• .github/release-please-manifest.json
• .github/workflows/release-please.yml
• actions/release-please/README.md
• actions/release-please/action.yml

Walkthrough

This change adds a composite action that validates release-please configuration and workflow paths. The repository documents the action, runs it in CI, and registers it in the release-please package configuration and manifest.

Changes

Release-please validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validation action and documentation actions/release-please/config/action.yml, actions/release-please/config/README.md, actions/release-please/README.md	The new composite action checks expected files, JSON syntax, stray files, and workflow paths. The documentation describes its usage and validation rules.
Repository integration .github/release-please-config.json, .github/release-please-manifest.json, .github/workflows/ci.yml	The repository registers the action package and runs the local validation action in CI.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cbe48

The action can approve workflows that still contain outdated release configuration paths or fail unrelated workflows. Correct the workflow parsing before merging.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the addition of the release-please action, which is the main change.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the configuration drift problem addressed by the new release-please action and relates directly to the changeset.

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In `@actions/release-please/config/action.yml`:
- Around line 34-63: Update the workflow validation loop around the releasing
workflows and config/manifest key checks to parse YAML step structure, identify
each step using release-please-action, and validate that step’s own with mapping
for config-file and manifest-file. Do not use comment-sensitive global grep or
the first matching key in the workflow; ensure every release-please step is
checked against the expected paths while unrelated comments and steps are
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• .github/release-please-config.json
• .github/release-please-manifest.json
• .github/workflows/ci.yml
• actions/release-please/README.md
• actions/release-please/config/README.md
• actions/release-please/config/action.yml

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