Important Issue: ignore-scripts=true blocks all lifecycle scripts for all packages, including those that require them to function correctly after a fresh install. The most relevant example in this repo is esbuild (a devDependency declared in package.json), which uses a postinstall script to download the correct platform binary. With ignore-scripts=true, a fresh npm install on a new machine will produce a non-functional esbuild binary, and npm run bundle will fail silently or with a confusing error.

The PR description acknowledges this with the lifecycle-script-allowed[] workaround, but that syntax (lifecycle-script-allowed) is not a real npm config key — it does not exist in any npm version. The valid approaches are:

1. Use npm install --ignore-scripts=false esbuild after initial install (manual, error-prone for new contributors)
2. Move esbuild to use a wrapper package that doesn't rely on install scripts (e.g., esbuild-wasm)
3. Use a .npmrc per-package override via //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken style or a tool like pnpm that has a proper allowlist
4. Accept the tradeoff and document it clearly, then require contributors to re-run npm install --ignore-scripts=false esbuild when needed

At minimum, the README note should be expanded to mention that esbuild may need manual install if it's not already cached in node_modules.

Suggestion: save-exact=true pins exact versions when running npm install <pkg> but has no effect on the already-committed package.json — existing entries like "esbuild": "^0.25.0" keep their caret ranges. This setting only changes behavior for future npm install <new-package> commands run by developers.

If the goal is truly reproducible builds, the existing package-lock.json already provides that guarantee — save-exact=true is complementary but not sufficient on its own to harden the existing entries. Consider whether the intent is:

• Enforcing exact pins for future additions (this setting does that — acceptable, just document it)
• Pinning all current entries (would require updating package.json ranges to exact versions — a separate, larger change)

This is a low-risk setting but the distinction should be made clear in the PR description or a follow-up comment.

Suggestion: The comment says "one-time after cloning" but npm run prepare should also be re-run after npm ci in a clean CI-like environment (since ignore-scripts=true will suppress it). Consider rewording to make it clear this is required any time node_modules is re-created from scratch:

npm run prepare       # run once after npm install (sets up husky git hooks)

Also, since this is a client-side browser library consumed by downstream projects, it is worth noting that the .npmrc will affect consumers who clone the repo, but ignore-scripts=true does not propagate to consumers who install the published npm package — so there is no downstream impact for library users.

Important Issue: This note only mentions husky, but omits the more impactful case: esbuild's binary setup also relies on a postinstall script. A new contributor following these instructions exactly (npm install then npm run prepare) will have a broken esbuild and will hit a confusing failure when running npm run bundle or any build step.

The note should either:

1. Explicitly call out that esbuild requires npm install --ignore-scripts=false esbuild after the initial install, OR
2. If esbuild happens to be bundled without its native binary in the node_modules already committed (which would be unusual), clarify that.

Recommended expanded note:

> **Note:** `.npmrc` sets `ignore-scripts=true` for supply-chain safety. After `npm install`:
> 1. Run `npm run prepare` once to install the husky `pre-push` lint hook.
> 2. Run `npm install --ignore-scripts=false esbuild` if `npm run bundle` fails (esbuild requires its postinstall script to download the platform binary).