diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 49c5667..362f504 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -12,17 +12,14 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     tags: ['v*']
-  # The reconciler, and the reason this is reliable. A merge made with
-  # GITHUB_TOKEN (auto-merge, or any bot) starts no workflow, so the push
-  # trigger above silently does not fire for exactly the merges that matter.
-  # This repo has no auto-merge today, which is precisely why the schedule
-  # belongs here now rather than after it is added and a release goes missing.
-  #
-  # The schedule asks the registry the same idempotent question on a timer:
-  # is package.json's version published? A release missed by any means goes
-  # out within the hour without anyone noticing it was missed.
+  # The reconciler, and the reason this is reliable. A merge made by auto-merge
+  # uses GITHUB_TOKEN, and a push with that token starts no workflow — so the
+  # push trigger above silently does not fire for exactly the merges that matter.
+  # The schedule asks the registry the same idempotent question on a timer: is
+  # package.json's version published? If a release was missed by any means, it
+  # goes out within the hour without anyone noticing it was missed.
   schedule:
-    - cron: '17 * * * *'
+    - cron: '43 * * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -64,14 +61,11 @@ jobs:
       - if: steps.check.outputs.publish == 'true'
         run: npm run verify
 
-      # Bootstrap auth. Trusted publishing (OIDC) needs no token and is the
-      # destination; until it is configured on the package, NPM_TOKEN is what
-      # authenticates. The token expires — token-health.yml warns before it does,
-      # rather than letting a release be the thing that discovers it.
+      # Auth is trusted publishing (OIDC): npm accepts this job's identity token
+      # because the package's Trusted Publisher is pinned to exactly this repo
+      # and workflow. No npm token exists anywhere, so none can leak or expire.
       - if: steps.check.outputs.publish == 'true'
         run: npm publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Tag the released commit
         if: steps.check.outputs.publish == 'true'
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 58e6cf3..e1e72fb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "threadkit",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "threadkit",
-      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "version": "0.1.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@eslint/js": "^9.39.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1bb9770..32d6704 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "threadkit",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "description": "Headless multi-participant message threads. Permission is participation, unread is per-person, and an AI can be a participant subject to the same visibility rules as everyone else.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Mao Nakamoto",