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-This action sets by node environment for use in actions by:
+This action sets up a node environment for use in actions, including npm and yarn.  It:
 
-- optionally downloading and caching a version of node - npm by version spec and add to PATH
-- registering problem matchers for error output 
+- sets up the specified version of node (downloading it if it's not already available)
+- adds node, npm and yarn to the PATH
+- registers problem matchers for error output 
 
 # Usage