Try this?

.gitea/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ jobs:
           go-version: '1.18'
       - name: "build"
         run: go run main.go
-      - name: "publish"
+      - name: "setup npm"
         run: npm config set @whatthegit:registry https://git.tf/api/packages/whatthegit/npm/
+      - name: "publish"
         run: |
           npx -p "@whatthegit/meli-cli" meli upload ./public \
             --url "https://pages.qa" \