chore(ci): add a release-please configuration

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

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+# this workflow automatically creates release PRs when something gets merged into the main branch.
+# we're using the strategy documented here https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/blob/main/docs/manifest-releaser.md
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+        with:
+          release-type: node
+          command: manifest
+          # see https://github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action#github-credentials
+          # in case we want to run more workflows

.release-please-manifest.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/manifest.json",
+  "packages/aa": "3.1.2",
+  "packages/allow-scripts": "2.3.1",
+  "packages/browserify": "15.7.0",
+  "packages/core": "14.2.0",
+  "packages/lavapack": "5.2.0",
+  "packages/node": "7.1.0",
+  "packages/preinstall-always-fail": "1.0.0",
+  "packages/tofu": "6.0.2",
+  "packages/viz": "6.0.9"
+}

release-please-config.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    "packages/aa": {},
+    "packages/allow-scripts": {},
+    "packages/browserify": {},
+    "packages/core": {},
+    "packages/lavapack": {},
+    "packages/node": {},
+    "packages/preinstall-always-fail": {},
+    "packages/tofu": {},
+    "packages/viz": {}
+  }
+}