diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5447643e04b66..b5ae35a7c06d4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-if (require.main === module) {
-  require('./lib/cli.js')(process)
-} else {
-  throw new Error('The programmatic API was removed in npm v8.0.0')
-}
+
+const { deepStrictEqual } = require("assert");
+
+//Object.entries
+const resultFromObjectEntriesFn = Object.entries(process.env).filter(item => item[0].includes("_package_config_"));
+
+//Object.fromEntries
+const resultFromEntriesFn = Object.fromEntries(resultFromObjectEntriesFn);
+
+//compare using deepStrictEqual - > comp
+deepStrictEqual(resultFromEntriesFn, {
+  npm_package_config_array_0: "item1",
+  npm_package_config_array_1: "item2",
+  npm_package_config_array_2: "item3"
+})
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a946e38493e0e..d87f5ef51959f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@
     "resetdeps": "node scripts/resetdeps.js",
     "rp-pull-request": "node scripts/update-authors.js",
     "postlint": "template-oss-check",
-    "template-oss-apply": "template-oss-apply --force"
+    "template-oss-apply": "template-oss-apply --force",
+    "start":"node index.js"
   },
   "tap": {
     "test-env": [
@@ -264,5 +265,12 @@
   "license": "Artistic-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": "^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0"
+  },
+  "config":{
+    "array":{
+      "0":"item1",
+      "1":"item2",
+      "2":"item3"
+    }
   }
 }