diff --git a/.github/workflows/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/action.yaml
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index 0000000..53f834e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Test actions/setup
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - actions/**
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      packages: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
+      - name: Setup scout
+        uses: ./actions/setup
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - run: scout --version
diff --git a/actions/setup/README.md b/actions/setup/README.md
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index 0000000..62b8d53
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+++ b/actions/setup/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Scout Setup Action
+
+This is a GitHub Workflow Action to setup @glasskube/scout.
+
+## Inputs
+
+- `token` (required): The GitHub Token used to authenticate against the GitHub package registry.
+  You can use ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} or a custom personal access token.
+  It needs permission to read public packages from the GitHub package registry.
diff --git a/actions/setup/action.yaml b/actions/setup/action.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/setup/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Setup @glasskube/scout
+description: Install @glasskube/scout globally using npm
+inputs:
+  token:
+    required: true
+    description: GitHub Token for NPM registry
+outputs: {}
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup node.js
+      uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4
+      with:
+        node-version: "20"
+        registry-url: "https://npm.pkg.github.com"
+        scope: "@glasskube"
+    - name: Install scout
+      shell: sh
+      run: npm install --global @glasskube/scout@0.1.0 # x-release-please-version
+      env:
+        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index e77d812..fb6ec6e 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
       "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
       "draft": false,
       "prerelease": false,
-      "include-component-in-tag": false
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "extra-files": [
+        "actions/setup/action.yaml"
+      ]
     }
   },
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
-}
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+}