I accepted the task to publish the oidc-client-js type definition file to the @types organization on NPM. There are two bits to this task:

  1. Publish the type definitions to NPM.
  2. Update those type definitions easily.

The TypeScript handbook describes two ways to publish declaration files. The handbook recommends the first approach.

There are two main ways you can publish... 1. bundling with your npm package [emphasis added], or 2. publishing to the @types organization on npm. If you control the npm package you are publishing declarations for, then the first approach is favored [emphasis added].

First, we add a main and a types property to our package.json.

{
    "name": "oidc-client",
    "main": "./lib/oidc-client.js",
    "types": "./lib/oidc-client.d.ts"
}

Second, we publicize our type declaration by adding a reference to our package in the DefinitelyTyped repo external package list. Actually, do NOT publicize your declaration files.

The type definitions are now published to NPM, and it's easy to update them.

Note: see the TypeScript handbook for details on including declarations for package dependencies.