diff --git a/packages/npm/.gitignore b/packages/npm/.gitignore
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index 00000000..3c3629e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/npm/.gitignore
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+node_modules
diff --git a/packages/npm/package.json b/packages/npm/package.json
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+++ b/packages/npm/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@matrix-org/spec",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Data definitions for the Matrix Spec",
+  "author": "matrix.org",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "files": [
+    "sas-emoji.json"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/npm/sas-emoji.json b/packages/npm/sas-emoji.json
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+++ b/packages/npm/sas-emoji.json
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+../../data-definitions/sas-emoji.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/npm/yarn.lock b/packages/npm/yarn.lock
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/npm/yarn.lock
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+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+