diff --git a/.envrc.private.local.example b/.envrc.private.local.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d98d30f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc.private.local.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG="$PWD"/.npmrc.private
+export NPM_CONFIG_ACCESS=restricted
+export GITHUB_NPM_KEY=
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diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc.private
similarity index 50%
rename from .npmrc
rename to .npmrc.private
index 3e9169e..948c887 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc.private
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 @xlink-network:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
+//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${GITHUB_NPM_KEY}
\ No newline at end of file