Switch automatically

Is there any way to make it so when I clone down a brand new repo that uses devEngines and cd into it, I'm automatically on the correct Node/npm version, via corepack. Example:

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "devEngines": {
    "runtime": {
      "name": "node",
      "version": ">= 24.0.0"
    },
    "packageManager": {
      "name": "npm",
      "version": "11.7.0"
    }
  }
}

I'm fine with a one time series of steps to install corepack and enable it or whatever, but I don't want to have to do any steps at all after that. I should be able to just git clone https://github.com/org/my-project.git && cd my-project && npm i && npm start and know that if that project uses a different version of Node or npm from what I have it will download it automatically and switch to it before doing the npm i.

This is fully possible with Volta (not with devEngines object, but a similar volta object in the package.json). But Volta is no longer maintained. Can Corepack be used as a replacement today, or would it be possible for it to add support for these features? Thanks.

Start by reading Corepack's current handling of project metadata and version selection, then investigate how devEngines is represented and whether switching on cd is within Corepack's scope. The requested behavior is automatic Node and npm selection before npm i; done means a documented, supported workflow that requires no per-repository steps after initial setup.