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Allow calling via corepack

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Description

Npm is not wrapped by default when running corepack enable.

This can be requested of the corepack team, see https://github.com/nodejs/corepack/issues/138

IMHO it would be great, so that the packageManager field would also be honored fir npm.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Corepack issue and the behavior of corepack enable around npm. Trace how the packageManager field is currently handled for npm, then define completion as npm being wrapped by default and that field being honored consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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