diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
index 6f933806..92de9278 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-markdown-task.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-markdown-task.ya?ml"
       - ".markdown-link-check.json"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-markdown-task.ya?ml"
       - ".markdown-link-check.json"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml
index 312eefb0..8e799df5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
       - "**/.prettierignore"
       - "**/.prettierrc*"
       # CSS
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/check-prettier-formatting-task.ya?ml"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
       - "**/.prettierignore"
       - "**/.prettierrc*"
       # CSS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml b/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml
index 6a9f8e75..0160deea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-workflows-task.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/*.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/*.ya?ml"
-      - "**/.npmrc"
+      - ".npmrc"
       - "package.json"
       - "package-lock.json"
       - "Taskfile.ya?ml"
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 5e48e364..c883e084 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ includes:
   dist: ./DistTasks.yml
 
 vars:
+  # Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/assets/npm-task/Taskfile.yml
+  # Path of the project's primary npm-managed project:
+  DEFAULT_NPM_PROJECT_PATH: .
   # Source: https://github.com/arduino/tooling-project-assets/blob/main/workflow-templates/assets/release-go-task/Taskfile.yml
   PROJECT_NAME: "arduino-lint"
   DIST_DIR: "dist"
@@ -155,6 +158,8 @@ tasks:
       WORKFLOWS_DATA_PATH: "./.github/workflows/*.{yml,yaml}"
     deps:
       - task: npm:install-deps
+        vars:
+          PROJECT_PATH: .
     cmds:
       - |
         wget \
@@ -248,6 +253,8 @@ tasks:
     desc: Format all supported files with Prettier
     deps:
       - task: npm:install-deps
+        vars:
+          PROJECT_PATH: .
     cmds:
       - |
         npx \
@@ -412,6 +419,8 @@ tasks:
     deps:
       - task: docs:generate
       - task: npm:install-deps
+        vars:
+          PROJECT_PATH: .
     cmds:
       - |
         npx \
@@ -423,6 +432,8 @@ tasks:
     desc: Automatically correct linting violations in Markdown files where possible
     deps:
       - task: npm:install-deps
+        vars:
+          PROJECT_PATH: .
     cmds:
       - |
         npx \
@@ -435,6 +446,8 @@ tasks:
     desc: Check for problems in Markdown files
     deps:
       - task: npm:install-deps
+        vars:
+          PROJECT_PATH: .
     cmds:
       - |
         npx \
@@ -447,7 +460,7 @@ tasks:
   npm:install-deps:
     desc: Install dependencies managed by npm
     dir: |
-      "{{default "./" .PROJECT_PATH}}"
+      "{{default .DEFAULT_NPM_PROJECT_PATH .PROJECT_PATH}}"
     cmds:
       - npm install
 
@@ -498,7 +511,7 @@ tasks:
       STYLELINTRC_SCHEMA_PATH:
         sh: task utility:mktemp-file TEMPLATE="stylelintrc-schema-XXXXXXXXXX.json"
       INSTANCE_PATH: >-
-        {{default "." .PROJECT_PATH}}/package.json
+        {{default .DEFAULT_NPM_PROJECT_PATH .PROJECT_PATH}}/package.json
       PROJECT_FOLDER:
         sh: pwd
       WORKING_FOLDER: