diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, development]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: 12
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install @semantic-release/changelog @semantic-release/git @semantic-release/changelog @semantic-release/commit-analyzer @semantic-release/exec @semantic-release/git semantic-release/release-notes-generator
+      - name: Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npx semantic-release
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diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
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+{
+    "branches": ["+([0-9])?(.{+([0-9]),x}).x", "main", "next"],
+    "plugins": [
+        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+        [
+            "@semantic-release/changelog",
+            {
+                "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md",
+                "changelogTitle": "# Semantic Versioning Changelog"
+            }
+        ],
+        [
+            "@semantic-release/npm",
+            {
+              "npmPublish": false,
+              "tarballDir": "dist"
+           }
+        ],
+        [
+            "@semantic-release/exec",
+            {
+                "prepareCmd": "./prepare-release.sh ${nextRelease.version}"
+            }
+        ],
+        [
+            "@semantic-release/git",
+            {
+                "assets": [
+                    "CHANGELOG.md"
+                ]
+            }
+        ],
+        [
+            "@semantic-release/github",
+            {
+                "assets": [
+                    {
+                        "path": "dist/**"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "gossamer",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "<div align=\"center\">   <img alt=\"Gossamer logo\" src=\"/docs/assets/img/gossamer_banner.png\" width=\"600\" /> </div> <div align=\"center\">   <a href=\"https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0\">     <img alt=\"License: GPL v3\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge&label=License\" height=\"20\"/>   </a>     <a href=\"https://github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/actions\">     <img alt=\"build status\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/ChainSafe/gossamer/build?branch=development&style=for-the-badge&logo=github&label=build\" height=\"20\"/>   </a>   <a href=\"https://godoc.org/github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer\">     <img alt=\"go doc\" src=\"http://img.shields.io/badge/godoc-reference-5272B4.svg?style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\" />   </a>   <a href=\"https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer\">     <img alt=\"go report card\" src=\"https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer?style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\" />   </a> </div> <div align=\"center\">   <a href=\"https://app.codecov.io/gh/ChainSafe/gossamer\">     <img alt=\"Test Coverage\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ChainSafe/gossamer/development?style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\" />   </a>     <a href=\"https://discord.gg/zy8eRF7FG2\">     <img alt=\"Discord\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/discord/593655374469660673.svg?style=for-the-badge&label=Discord&logo=discord\" height=\"20\"/>   </a>   <a href=\"https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/tagged/polkadot\">     <img alt=\"Gossamer Blog\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/Medium-grey?style=for-the-badge&logo=medium\" height=\"20\" />   </a>     <a href=\"https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/tagged/polkadot\">     <img alt=\"Twitter\" src=\"https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/chainsafeth?color=blue&label=follow&logo=twitter&style=for-the-badge\" height=\"20\"/>   </a> </div> <br />",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "release": {
+    "branches": [
+      "development",
+      "next"
+    ]
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer"
+}
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